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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Halloween Books






Halloween Books:
 
All Hallow's Eve
The Story of the Halloween Fairy
Big Pumpkin
Bugs That Go Bump in the Night
Dragon's Halloween
Five Little Pumpkins
Go Away Big Green Monster
Halloween Bugs a Trick-or-Treat Popup
Halloween Puzzles
Halloween Sky Ride
Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve
Haunted House
I Spy Spooky Night
In the Haunted House
Inside a House That is Haunted
It's Halloween!
Miss Fiona's Stupendous Pumpkin Pies
Mrs. McMurphy's Pumpkin
Peek-a-Boooo!
Pigs Go to Market - Halloween Fun with Math and Shopping
Pumpkin Eye
Pumpkin Hill; Room on a Broom
Scary, Scary Halloween
Shake Dem Halloween Bones
Skeleton Hiccups
Tell Me a Scary Story
Ten Timid Ghosts
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
The Legend of Spookley, the Square Pumpkin
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
The Night Before Halloween
The Ugly Pumpkin
Thirteen Nights of Halloween
Too Many Pumpkins
Trick or Treat Countdown and Trick or Treat - Smell My Feet

Friday, October 15, 2010

Make A Difference Day-October 23, 2010



Make A Difference Day

Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate.  Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service and practical solutions for changing the world.  Make A Difference Day is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine in partnership with HandsOn Network.  It is not too late to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of others and do some service projects around the world.
 
To get started just visit the sources: http://www.usaweekend.com/section/MDDAY  USA WEEKEND Magazine
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/makeadifferenceday  Sign up at this Facebook page!
 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Halloween Lessons-Activities-Ideas



Thinking of Lessons and Activities for Halloween?

1. Read scary stories.
2. Tell Halloween classroom jokes.
3. Include pumpkins, bats, and scarecrows in your lessons.
4. Estimating candy is fun for any grade level.
5. Create a fictional cemetery to study history.
6. Create a candy collage.
7. Look at the life cycle of a pumpkin.
8. Take time to mention Halloween safety.
9. Do a candy sorting or graphing activity.
10. Have your class write spooky stories.
 
Weekly Tips for TeachersIssue 535: October 11, 2010
 
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

October Teachers' Planning Guide

Teaching Tip: Lesson Plan Ideas For October
Thinking of Lessons for October? October events / themes you will want.

1. On October 1st Henry Ford introduced the Model T.
2. On October 2nd Mahatma Gandhi was born.
3. October 4th through the 10th is Love Your Pets Week and World Space Week.
4. On October 6th Thomas Edison introduced motion pictures.
5. On October 11th Eleanor Roosevelt was born.
6. October 11th is Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving.
7. On October 14th Dwight D. Eisenhower was born.
8. October 16th is World Food Day.
9. October 11th through the 17th is Teen Read Week.
10. October 19th is What's Your Invention Day.
11. October 24th is United Nations Day.
12. On October 26th Hillary Rodham Clinton was born.
13. On October 27th Theodore Roosevelt was born.
14. October 31st is Halloween.
15. October is National Book Month, Scientist Appreciation Month, International Dinosaur Month, Children's Health Month, and Energy Awareness Month.

This Week in History
1779: John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain.
1916: The first Native American Day was celebrated.

Inspiring Teacher Quote
"A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. "
Terri Guillemets

Source: Weekly Tips for Teachers
Issue 533: September 27, 2010  http://www.teachnology.com/newsletters/533.html
 

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