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The students quest is to learn some amazing facts about penguins.

Educational Technology Guy is a great blog written by a physics teacher.  His blog relies on the fact that teachers want new ideas about technology and how to use it.  Davids blog has great resources that connect teacher to websites that will help them grow in their technology skills. 

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This website has so much to offer the teacher. Enhancing learning with FREE lesson plans and educational resources. It also has a Widget Library, live Webinars, online courses and the Standards Alignment.

http://www.desktoprating.com/wallpapers/movies-wallpapers-pictures/dinosaur-wallpaper-thumb.jpg Dinosaur Web Quest Introduction Students will begin a dinosaur hunt. This very easy web quest will introduce students to the concept of using various links to find information. They will also develop skills for opening and closing various windows in Internet Explorer. Using the various links, they will discover facts about dinosaurs.

This article has several ideas for small group activities that build skills and promote teamwork. It focuses on building learning strategies with diverse learners. I really like this website and will be using it it the future for teaching Reading and helping those that are struggling with this subject. ABCs of Teaching Reading classroom strategies helping struggling readers, reading topics from a-z Cooperative Learning has been proven to be effective for all types of students, including academically gifted, mainstream students and English language learners (ELLs) because it promotes learning and fosters respect and friendships among diverse groups of students. In fact, the more diversity in a team, the higher the benefits for each student. Peers learn to depend on each other in a positive way for a variety of learning tasks. Students typically work in teams of four. This way, they can break into pairs for some activities, and then get back together in teams very quickly for others. It is important, however, to establish classroom norms and protocols that guide students to: Contribute Stay on task Help each other Encourage each other Share Solve problems Give and accept feedback from peers

Teachers are lifelong learners. In fact, ongoing education is a requirement for teachers of every public school level, from kindergarten through 12th grade. Known as professional development, this education -- usually in the form of workshops, seminars and training courses -- helps teachers stay up to date with new trends and learn fresh strategies, techniques and methods for classroom challenges.

DLTK'S website is filled with lots of free printable material that a teacher could easily use in their classrooms.  There mini book unit is great to print out free books for your classroom.  This will allow students to apply their knowledge of letter sounds to read simple sentences.