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In This Week's Issue (Click the Quick Links below): What's New @ StarTeaching   U.S. Congress Unit Plan   Re-Directing the Off-Task Student Using American Sign Language Signs NEW! Hank Kellner:  "Write What You See" - Using Photos in Your Writing Tech/21st Century Corner:  Is The Educational Establishment Scared? Themes on Life:  "Worry Not Bug" NEW! Science Activities for Any Setting   10 Days of Writing Prompts   10 Days of Math Problems School Features: The Montessori Method (part 3) New Teacher's Niche: Reward Day For Your Students Student Teachers' Lounge: Creating A Classroom Rules Pamphlet Book of the Month Club: On Common Ground: The Power Of Professional Learning Communities   Website of the Month: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills   Winter Book Sale for Teachers

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Re-Directing the Off-Task Student Using American Sign Language Signs by Kim Taylor-DiLeva

It is frustrating when your students are off-task and not doing what you expect them to be doing. They could be talking with a classmate, fooling around, or just not paying attention. No matter what they are doing, the frustration comes from the fact that they are not listening while you are teaching and you struggle to get them back on task.  You say the student’s name aloud to try to get their attention, but probably repeat their name with little or no response. You are bothered with having to call their name and if the child is not embarrassed, they will be happy to have the attention on him/her, even if it is negative. In addition, your other students will now become distracted as well and will be trying to figure out what their classmate did in order to have their name called to begin with.

Fortunately, you do have other alternatives to get your students to focus when they are off-task. By using American Sign Language signs, you can re-direct the student who is off-task while still keeping your other students focused on what they are supposed to be doing. For example, you can repeat the signs for “pay attention” or “look at me” to the off-task student without distracting your other students. It is much less disruptive to your classroom than interrupting your lesson by calling attention to one child. By using signs, you can continue teaching but make a sign directed at the student who is off-task. The student will be less embarrassed because they are not having attention drawn to them and they can understand visually what they are supposed to be doing. For a student who is talking you can sign “quiet,” or for a student who is fooling around you can sign “stop.”

By only using signs, you can instruct the student to pay attention without having to yell. Rather than focusing on the negative, this method serves as a positive reminder for the student to focus on what they should be doing.  With less interruptions, you will be less frustrated without having to nag your students as often and your students who are on-task won’t be disrupted either.

	Using Photography To Inspire Writing By Hank Kellner Write What You See
A veteran of the Korean War, Hank Kellner is a retired educator who has served as an English Department chairperson at the high school level and an adjunct Associate Professor of English at the community college level. For several years he published "Kellner's Moneygram", a newsletter for photographers. He also owned and operated Simmer Pot Press, a small press specializing in cookbooks, for several years. Kellner is the creator of many photographs and articles that appeared in publications nationwide; the author of extensive reading comprehension materials for a publisher of educational materials, and a former contributing editor to Darkroom Photography magazine. His current publication is Write What You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing (Cottonwood Press, due out January, 2009) Born in New York City, Kellner now lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit his blog at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com.

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	Creating A Class Rules Pamphlet

Our seventh & eighth grade team accomplishes this by creating a course introduction pamphlet. This tri-fold pamphlet is given out on the first day of class and presented by each member of the teaching team.  That way we teachers are all on the same page, and students have consistency between their classes.

Creating a pamphlet is relatively easy on a word processing program.  You will need to change your page setup from 'portrait' (normal 8.5 x 11 tall) to a 'landscape', the 8.5 x 11 long. You will also need to create two or three columns to type in (two if you are simply folding in half, or three if the pamphlet is a tri-fold). Your word processing program will automatically adjust your document's margins, though you might want to print it out and double check the margin space when you're finished (sometimes copy machines will 'slide' your original up to 1/2 inch, so try a sample). Once the paper is folded, this setup will make your pamphlet look professional. A bi-fold pamphlet is easy to create and fold, but a tri-fold looks so much nicer both to your students and parents.

You'll want a catchy cover with basic class or grade information.  Include a school graphic or clip art with the teachers' names, the classes, periods, room numbers, and other key info. We've added a place for both students and parents to sign, indicating that they have read through and understood these rules and procedures. This returned signature becomes the students' first assignment for your class. In fact, I like to allow three days to get them turned in, giving 10 extra credit points if it's two days early, and 5 extra credit points for one day early.

The next few pages display what we will cover in class this year. Its not in great detail, but simply an overview. In English, for example, a brief section is devoted to our main areas, writing, reading, literature, speech, technology, and presentations. In science, a brief section is devoted to the areas of ecosystems, matter, waves, rocks & minerals, and weather. The same is done for math and social studies and any other core classes.

The last few pages cover class rules and procedures. We always try to have just a few important rules that are general enough to cover most events that can happen in class. We like to include a rule about respecting all people and materials, since this is general enough to cover most poor behavior choices not specifically mentioned.

You'll want to include a section on your discipline procedures so students know exactly what punishments or consequences are due to them if they make poor behavior choices. Again, leave yourself room by adding a statement such as "Serious or continual problems may result in skipping one or more discipline steps." As always, follow your school or district's codes or policies in making up your class rules.

Procedures are different from rules in that these are desired behaviors you want your students to display at particular moments in class. Some procedures will include your class warm up or wrap up, passing in papers, raising hands, lining up, sharpening pencils, and even answering the telephone, among others. You'll want to spend some quality time thinking of what your students are going to DO in class, and the most effective way to accomplish these tasks. Be clear and simple when writing these down so the kids understand them.

The rules packer looks nice and professional. Students and parents alike will enjoy (and respect) the fact that you've taken the time to spell out exactly your expectations and to begin communicating with them. By having a section to sign and return, no one can claim they weren't aware of your rules or procedures.

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	Is The Educational Establishment Scared?  By Mark Benn Middle School Teacher

If you’re reading this article the title probably isn’t referring to you. But I’d like you to think about the idea. Professions of all kinds are being turned upside down by one thing, the Internet. 

The Internet is changing the way life is lived, and causing a lot of upheaval along the way in many establishments. When you look at the music and movie industry and its fight to stop the illegal downloading and copying of music and movies. The telecommunications companies trying to stay viable as website companies like Skype change their world by providing free to very inexpensive phone service to people around the world. The world of journalism is being undone, as we’ve known it. Take the example of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London. Within a few short minutes of the bombing photos and information was already posted on the Internet. As the hours passed it was continually revised and updated. This example is repeated daily throughout the world. With the Internet, anyone can be a reporter through print, video, and pictures. 

Another area that is changing is in publishing books. A person can publish books on their own through websites. Books are coming out in print online and in audio versions. As in anything online like music, movies, and books, because of the openness of the Internet, these things end up being copied and shared across the Internet for free. 

So what does all this have to do with my title? What happens when you are no longer the primary source of learning and knowledge? Are you going to feel threatened? 

As I watch my teenage children using the Internet, I observe them constantly in the process of learning.  They work hard at their learning; I just wish they would work that hard on schoolwork. The Internet provides a source of knowledge that is in constant growth, editing, and revision. That’s something a textbook can never be. It’s also made up of multi-media and other non-text sources of learning that are far more engaging to students today. 

Educational researchers are frustrated by the slow movement of K-12 education changing even though it is well documented on how using technology engages students and improves their learning when used correctly. 

Now back to the question, are we changing slowly because we’re fearful of not being the sage on the stage anymore? I’ve heard teachers say: I don’t’ know how to use the technology.  When I say to them our job is to design the plan and the students will run with it. They just look at me blankly. Not being the main provider of the learning is a foreign language to many. The idea of the kids taking charge of their own learning is a scary, out of control idea.  

I believe we need to get out of our comfort zone and stretch ourselves like we ask the students to do.  Professional development is the key, but it needs to be purposeful and supported by the administration. Then, teachers need to be held accountable. That is when we will see real change in the classrooms. 

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	U.S. Congress Unit Plan By Kelly Payne

Knowledge of government enables individuals to define the roles of citizens within a constitutional democracy and to compare the American system of government with other systems. Civic knowledge builds understanding about the exercise of power. With knowledge of government and politics, citizens are equipped to evaluate domestic and international policy and to exert influence in public affairs.

US Congress Unit Plan

Standards addressed by unit: Michigan Curriculum Frameworks 
• Subject: Social Studies • Strand III: Civic 

Perspective:

Students will use knowledge of American government and politics to make informed decisions about governing their communities.  Over time and in varying contexts, students construct an increasingly sophisticated civic perspective organized by the following themes: 

• Standard III.1: Purposes of Government - All students will identify the purposes of national, state, and local governments in the United States, describe how citizens organize government to accomplish their purposes and assess their effectiveness. All societies establish governments to serve intended purposes. The purposes served by a government and the priorities set have significant consequences for the individual and society. In order to accomplish their purposes, governments organize themselves in different ways. 

• Grade HS - High School Performance Benchmark 2: Evaluate how effectively the federal government is serving the purposes for which it was created. Performance Benchmark 3: Evaluate the relative merits of the American presidential system and parliamentary systems. 

• Standard III.4 : American Government and Politics - All students will explain how American governmental institutions at the local, state, and federal levels provide for the limitation and sharing of power and how the nation’s political system provides for the exercise of power. The American system of government is based on shared power. Citizens who operate effectively within the federal system understand its institutions and how to work within them. 

• Grade HS - High School Performance Benchmark 2: Analyze causes of tension between the branches of government. 

Objective(s): To learn the basic workings of Congress and the process of how a bill becomes a law. Summary:  In this unit students will learn the basic workings of the United States Congress through various activities and learning techniques. Students will analyze and discuss current legislation in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Students then will create their own bills and take them through the legislative process, with the end result being participation in a mock Congress simulation. 

STAGE I: IDENTIFY DESIRED RESULTS Enduring Understanding(s):  Students will understand the process of how Congress passes legislation that affects their daily lives and futures. Essential Questions:  How and why does Congress pass legislation that affects and changes a variety of aspects of life in America today? Knowledge and Skills: Students will be acquainted with what Congress does; Students will Identify how Congress is elected; Students will be able to describe the structure of each house of Congress; Students will be able to explain the in depth process of how a bill becomes a law. 

STAGE II: DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (ASSESSMENT) What evidence will show that students understand? 

Performance Tasks (summarized):  Student written bills on a relevant issue in their life (attached), Students notes- to follow study guide and packet (attached), Redistricting activity, Mock Congress Simulation (attached)  
Attachments: 
1. Congress Packet Page 2 
2. Congress Packet Page 9: Describes the Process of How a Bill becomes a law 
3. Congress Packet Page 1: Congress Study Guide 
4. Congress Packet page 11: Blank bill for creation of own legislation 
5. Day 1 Congress simulation proceedings  To use the first day of Congressional simulation 

Other evidence: Committee Reports, Headline Activity, Pop Quiz Race (group activity, attached), Written reflection on Mock Congress (attached), How a bill becomes a law quiz, US Congress test. 

Attachments: 
1. Pop Quiz Race Reinforcement activity. Students complete this the day after finishing study guide. Students are given 7 minutes to fill in working off of memory, then they are given 5 minutes to work with notes, the final step is group work, students work together to make sure they all have the same information, and that it is correct. Groups race to get done first, then the group finished first, with the most correct receive a prize. 
2. Written reflection after Mock Congress - This is the Collins writing across the curriculum style 

Student Self-Assessment:  Students will self assess through the bills they write, and how well they participate in the mock Congress

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The Montessori Method (part 3) Courtesy of K12Academics.com

Montessori is a highly hands-on approach to learning. It encourages children to develop their observation skills by doing many types of activities. These activities include use of the five senses, kinetic movement, spatial refinement, small and large motor skill coordination, and concrete knowledge that leads to later abstraction

The Montessori Classroom:

A Montessori classroom is quiet, bright, clean, well-maintained and attractive. Nothing should be torn, broken, dirty, or otherwise unattractive. Furniture is child-sized, and there is no teachers' desk. The typical classroom consists of four areas: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, and Mathematics. Practical life includes activities such as buttoning, sweeping, pouring, slicing, tying, etc. Sensorial includes activities to stimulate and train hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

Most Montessori classrooms try to include ways for the children to interact with the natural world, perhaps through a classroom pet (rabbits, gerbils, mice, etc.), or a small garden where the children can plant vegetables or flowers.

In schools that extend to the upper grades, each Montessori classroom still includes an approximately three-year age range in order to establish a non-competitive atmosphere in the classroom. This system allows for children to review work as many times as necessary and to move rapidly through the materials as they are able, as well as allowing children to become natural teachers by sharing what they have learned. The children realize that class work is different for each person and are less likely to try to keep track of where other children are academically.

Pedagogical Materials:

Every activity has its place in the classroom and is self-contained and self-correcting. The original didactic materials are specific in design, conforming to exact dimensions, and each activity is designed to focus on a single skill, concept or exercise. All of the material is based on SI units of measurement (for instance, the Pink Tower is based on the 1cm cube) which allows all the materials to work together and complement each other, as well as introduce the SI units through concrete example. In addition to this, material is intended for multiple uses at the primary level. A perfect example of this is the "Knobbed Cylinder" materials: not only do they directly offer a sensorial lesson, but indirectly the child's grip on the cylinders paves the way for holding a pencil, and the grades of cylinders allow for an introduction to mathematics.

Other materials are often constructed by the teacher: felt story board characters, letter boxes (small containers of objects that all start with the same letter) for the language area, science materials (e.g. dinosaurs for tracing, etc.), scent or taste activities, and so on. The practical life area materials are almost always put together by the teacher. All activities, however, must be neat, clean, attractive and preferably made of natural materials such as glass or wood, rather than plastic. Sponges, brooms and dustpans are provided and any mishaps (including broken glassware) are not punished but rather treated simply as an opportunity for the children to demonstrate responsibility by cleaning up after themselves.

At higher grade levels, the teacher becomes more involved in creating materials since not only the students but also the potential subject matter widens so much. However, many of the earlier materials can be revisited with a new explanation, emphasis or use; for example, the cube that a five-year-old used as an exercise in color matching is revealed to the junior-high level student to physically embody the mathematical relationship (a+b)3=a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 +b3.

Montessori Lessons:

A child may not work with an activity until the teacher has demonstrated its proper use to him or her, and then he or she may use it as he or she wishes (limited only by his or her imagination or a danger to the material, himself or herself or others) Each activity leads directly to a new level of learning or concept. When a child "plays," he or she is acquiring the basis for later concepts. Repetition of activities is considered an integral part of this learning process and children are allowed to repeat activities as often as they wish. A child becoming tired of the repetition is thought to be a sign they are ready for the next level of learning.

The child proceeds at his or her own pace from concrete objects and tactile experiences to abstract thinking, writing, reading, science, mathematics. For example, in the language area, the child begins with the sandpaper letters (26 flat wooden panels, each with a single letter of the alphabet cut from sandpaper and affixed to it). The child's first lesson is to trace the shape of the letter with their fingers while saying the phonic sound of the letter. A next level activity might be the letter boxes (small containers each with a letter on the top, filled with objects that begin with that letter). Having mastered these, the child may move on to the word boxes (small containers each with a short three-letter word on the top, for example CAT, containing a small wooden cat and the letters C, A, T). One child might move through all three levels of lessons in a few weeks while another might take several months; although there is a prescribed sequence of activities there is no prescribed timetable. A Montessori teacher or instructor observes each child like a scientist, providing him with appropriate lessons as he is ready for them.

Home schoolers may find both the philosophy and the materials useful since each child is treated as an individual and activities are self-contained, self-correcting, and expandable. Aspects of the Montessori Method can easily scale down to a home schooling environment - save, of course, Montessori's requirement for large, mixed age groups of children

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	Reward Day For Your Students

We start our first Reward Day between Halloween and Thanksgiving. This is a good time for us because the first marking period and fall parent conferences are over. Kids have settled in to the new school year and they are a bit more motivated at this point. This gives us about a three week window, which is a short time for the students to achieve moderate success.  It is not too long of a time for them to lose sight of their academic and behavior goal.  The reward is a couple of hours of time with a fun activity.  One activity the kids really enjoy is bringing in a Karaoke machine.  

Our second Reward Day occurs during the four weeks between thanksgiving break and Christmas break.  This one is a bit longer, and the reward is bigger.  It may be a half day or more and it usually includes food or snacks of some sort.  This year we took the kids sledding and played outdoor games in the snow.  Then we came back to school for hot cocoa and cookies.  

We then set up our biggest reward during the longest stretch from the new semester (end of January) to just before spring break. This helps to break up the monotony of that time period and to give the students a goal to work toward. This is generally a nice, fun day trip outside the school.  Last year we took the kids to an indoor arena / fun park with bowling, mini-golf, arcade games, and of course a pizza and soda lunch.  

To fund our trips, we have to raise much of our own cash. We use a variety of activities that directly involve the students. That way they get something out of the activity besides just raising money (or donating money). We hold yearly basketball and volleyball tournaments where students participate. Sometimes it is even the students against the staff, which is really fun. We've also held 3-on-3 tournaments, dodgeball games, art fairs, Karoake, dances, plays, and video gaming tournaments. We take a dollar donation from the students to participate, and we run the activities ourselves. We usually get some cheap prizes for the winners, and we always have a concession stand because the whole school is invited to watch! We also sell bottled water and snacks to kids on Fridays.

Raising money isn't much fun unless you make it fun. When the kids participate, it is much easier on the wallets. But there are times we do have kids pay part of their way for field trips, especially if there is an entry fee for our destination (like a museum or theme park). We try not to ask for much because we are not an affluent community.

The reward days are great motivators for kids. We always notice a higher percentage of qualifying students for each successive reward day. They get the hint - be good and do your work and the teachers will reward you well!

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