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Getting Involved in Your child's Education

When parents are involved in their children's education, kids do better in school.1. Want to learn how to help your child achieve and succeed? Read on! You'll learn why involvement is so important and suggestions for how to get involved.

 

Find out about plants with Zip the bee

This interactive activity provides information about the different parts of a plant, the plant life cycle and pollination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Maiers puzzle lesson

Angela Maiers demonstrates to 1st grade students how piecing together a puzzle is similar to being a great reader

Quizlet
Quizlet is similar in concept to flashcards, but much more interactive. You can create short quizzes then choose from a range of activities to perform the quiz, share it with others or a select group or class.

 

Backyard Buddies are the native animals that share our built-up areas, waterways,  backyards and parks. Backyard buddies are also the people who value native animals  and plants, and want to protect and help them.

This Science Experiment looks at what happens when Food Coloring is mixed with Oil and Water
 

PIVOTAL TEACHERS EZINE

 

30th November 2008

 

Read this newsletter online

 

Thought for the Day:

 

Learning to teach is a bigger job than universities, schools, experience, or personal disposition alone can accomplish.
 -- Sharon Feiman-Nemser

 

Hello and welcome

 

 Contents

 

  1. This Month - Diary events, Remembrance Day, Spring, Autumn/Fall

  2. Latest lesson plans and resources

  3. Kids book reviews

  4. Book Review - Teaching with Love and Logic

  5. Video - The octopus and Evaluating Online Resources  

  6. Just for Fun

  7. Closing Thought

 

 1.  This month

 

The calendar of current education-related events is here. 

 

Adoption Clubhouse
November is Adoption Awareness Month. The Adoption Clubhouse provides age-appropriate information for curious kids. Start your tour of this outstanding site by learning about famous people who were either adopted or had adopted family members. Next stop on your tour: the "Adoption Talk" section with a glossary of "Adoption Words" and positive/negative language alternatives in "Be Word Wise." more » » » 

 

Autumn/Fall

Make a fall word scrambler Click here

Spring

Lesson plan based on the story "The Tiny Seed"  Click here

 

2.  Latest additions to the Website (http://www.consultpivotal.com/for_teachers.htm):

 

I have added lots of new sites to the page of Christmas resources. http://www.consultpivotal.com/Christmas.htm

Runaway stars

This is a segment from Science News for Kids and includes an article and a word search http://www.consultpivotal.com/space.htm#runaway

 

A page of names and links for Australian landscape painters (http://www.consultpivotal.com/australian_landscape.htm)

 

New booklists

Like Twilight - The Dead, the Dying and the Undead (http://www.consultpivotal.com/like_twilight.htm)

High reading Age for Younger Age Groups (http://www.consultpivotal.com/high_reading_age.htm)

 

Make a Rainbow Tank

Looking through the tank, you should notice that objects several metres away appear to be edged in rainbow colours.  Instructions here ...

 

3. Recent Kids Book reviews

Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett

Includes lesson plans, classroom helpers, a recipe for gingerbread, a printable & instructions for a Christmas gingerbread garland

High School Musical 3

The Books,  the movie, the games, downloads and lesson plans

Where the Streets had a name

By By Randa Abdel-Fattah

The Big Splash

by Jack Ferraiolo

4.  Book Review : Teaching with Love and Logic

by John Fay

 

 Teachers often find themselves facing a variety of classroom situations never covered in initial training. This valuable resource helps teachers increase skills, enhance professional development and maximize classroom learning time.

 More on the book : http://www.consultpivotal.com/teaching_love.htm

Will this be your free book of the month from the book club?

 

 

5.  Video: The octopus and Evaluating Online Resources  

 

 

 

6.  Just for Fun:

 

Incredible basketball star - this girl is five years old 

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=l25bkqWPAQI

7.  Closing Thought

In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
-- Lee Iacocca

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Watch a video of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

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‘Red Rubber Ball’ Bounces in


What is it that excites you, makes you smile and fuels your dreams?

Click on the picture for more about this inspirational book for children.

 

Mapping our world
Discover a unique perspective on the world with this interactive whiteboard resource for ages 8-14.

 

Catch the Fly
Mr. Frog needs you to give him the x, y coordinates for a fly so he can dine. Type in the correct coordinates of where the fly lands to feed the frog.

 

Open Source Mind Mapping Programs:  EdDraw,  MindMeister, FreeMind

 

 

Water conservation online game

Mission H2o, a water conservation game that teaches players how to optimise water usage in the home.

 

Carbon Smart

Calculate a household's greenhouse gas emissions online by answering questions about the use of transport, home appliances, and wastes. Also find
out what can be done to reduce a carbon footprint.

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