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The trusted resource for thousands of teachers nationwide

The challenge for K-8 teachers, librarians, and other educators is to find a way to capture students' attention so they will be excited by learning, not dreading the monotony of time-weathered instruction. The Teacher's Calendar is the panacea for stale lesson plans, offering innovative classroom ideas for every day of the year, from August 1 to July 31. Each page is packed with suggestions for class activities, bulletin boards, and school calendars. Sidebars highlight specific dates and provide curriculum ideas, lists of appropriate books, and related websites.

"The Teacher's Calendar is a treasure house of information. For the price, it is invaluable. It answers so many of the never-ending first-grade questions

I get every day!" --Jane Ann Robertson, 2004 Arizona Teacher of the Year

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1961966 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

From the Back Cover

What the best educators say about The Teacher's Calendar:

"The information contained in the index alone is worth the price of this book!"
--Alexis Ludewig, Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, 2002

"As a primary teacher I struggle to find appropriate material to nudge my students' understanding of the passing of time, history and geography. This resource is the perfect springboard to help me tackle these tough concepts."
--Barb Stoflet, Minnesota Teacher of the Year, 2002

How do you get students of the 21^st century to connect with the founding of Jamestown 400 years ago? Inspire them to go hog-wild for National Pig Day (March 1)? The Teacher's Calendar, School Year 2006-2007 gives you myriad ideas to bring these events and thousands others to life in your classroom.

This indispensable resource for teachers grades K-8 has hundreds of new entries, as well as 5,000 holidays, events, astronomical data and more, completely updated for the school year 2006-2007.

Inside you will find:

• New, unique holidays, including National Pajama Month (October), National Tooth Fairy Day (February 28) and National Fun Day (April 1)
• More birthdays of noted people, from Pope Benedict XVI (April 16) to Josh Parker (November 10) and Drake Bell (June 27), stars of Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh"
• Up-to-date information on new U.S. officeholders
• Historic anniversaries such as Henry Longfellow's 200^th birth anniversary and the 100^th anniversary of Mother's Day
• 50 new Curriculum Connections, including studying the Eiffel Tower (whose anniversary is March 31, 1889) in order to understand fractals and celebrating National American Indian Heritage Month (November) through reading folk tales

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