Sylvia: Great news, the teacher says we have a test today come rain or shine.
Connor: So what's so great about that?
Sylvia: It's snowing outside!

The Bully Free Classroom
Subtitled, "Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8," this useful volume provides well over 100 bite-sized ideas that are quick to read and common-sensical. Bullying, of course, is a terrible phenomenon in the schools and famously hard to deal with effectively. So, a relatively brief (166 pages) resource that offers a wide variety of ideas and approaches is probably one of the most valuable items you can have on hand as a teacher in the modern classroom.
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Today's Column
Bernie Poole: The Best-Laid Plans
"I had a wonderful two days in Bangalore, lecturing and visiting schools for children with disabilities and training-to-work tech centers for disabled adults. I lectured to psychology majors about assistive technologies and universal design, and to education majors about instructional technology. I met so many beautiful people. It was pure joy."

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This Week's "Teacher Feature"...
Starring Donna Kelley
Students share their accomplishments with "brag calls."

Lesson Planning Theme of the Week
Dino-Mite Lessons
Lions and tigers -- and Stegosauruses -- oh my! Few teaching topics excite young students the way dinosaurs can. Make the most of their interest in meat eaters of the Mesozoic Era with these lessons and resources. Included: Dinosaur finger puppets, draw a dinosaur, Triceratops flipbook, build a Box-o-saurus, more. Plus Web sites of interest and dinosaur books worth cracking.

Good News Today!
Keep a stack of Good News Postcards by your desk at all times. When you see a student doing something positive, jot a quick note to the parents on one of the postcards and give it to the student to take home. If you do that just two or three times a day, every parent should hear some "good news" every couple of weeks.

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