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Teachers
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  • Keep up to date with assignments and important announcements
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  • Contact teachers through their easy-to-use contact pages
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  • Access practical tips and other resources from EducationWorld.com



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Father: How do you like going to school?
Son: The going is fine. So is the coming home. I'm just not too excited about the time in between!



A First-Year Teacher's Guidebook
This practical book can help not only first-year teachers, but also established professionals, with eminently useful ideas for classroom management, using technology, handling parent conferences, and many other topics. Especially handy for the early-career teacher are sections on teaching in rural and urban settings, education issues, and first day / first week / first month ideas.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.


Today's Column
Cathy Puett Miller: Involving Parents in Their Children's Literacy
"The National Center for Family Literacy reports that 'parents reading with children improves children's language skills and heightens their interest in books.' Highlight the power of reading at home with your students and their parents by setting up your own 'Is Your Home Reader-Friendly?' program. Making it fun ensures kids and parents will make time for reading."



Now Showing!
This Week's "Teacher Feature"...
Starring Kátia Pereira
Classroom pictures are worth a few English words.


Lesson Planning Theme of the Week
President's Day
Observed on the third Monday each February, Presidents' Day is a holiday that lends itself to classroom activities and online exploration. As a tribute to all past presidents, we invite you and your students to tour the White House or design a presidential monument with these legendary lessons. Included: Fabulously presidential activities plus links to games, printables, and more.



Teacher Idea Files
See an idea you like in a teacher magazine? Find two or three ideas in one issue? Instead of letting those magazines gather dust and take up space, tear out the ideas you think you might use and file them. Create a file folder for each month of the school year and drop the ideas into the folder named for the month in which you would most likely use the idea. Then make it a point to go through the monthly folders a month in advance to review and choose a new idea or two to try out in the weeks ahead.


If you could relive your life, would you be an educator again?


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