Webresource: Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

RIVERDEEP'S CLASSROOM FLYER: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD
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1. TODAY IN HISTORY
- The Year was 1849
- Learn about Elizabeth Blackwell

2. TEACHING TOOLS
- High Frequency Word Walls
- Young Writers' Workshop
- Valentine Math
- Kid Stickers

3. DAILY PRINTOUT
- Easy Valentine Wordsearch

4. LESSONS & RESOURCES
- Group Activity Cards for Reading
- Responding to Literature

5. INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS
- Interactive Elementary Learning Exercises

6. SITE OF THE DAY
- Learning to Write

7. TEACHER TO TEACHER
- Proverbs Request
- Sayings, Phrases and Proverbs

8. SUBSCRIPTION & CONTACT INFO

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1. TODAY IN HISTORY

The Year was 1849 . . .
and today Elizabeth Blackwell was granted a medical
degree from Geneva College in New York. She was the
first woman in America to receive a medical degree.
She was met with much incredulity and derision, even
upon obtaining her degree. She was both determined
and persistent however, throughout her life and ca-
reer. Blackwell went on to further studies in medicine
in London, England, and became quite active in found-
ing medical organizations to help the poor and infirm.
She also founded the Women's Medical College in New
York City. A fascinating woman, you can read more
about her here: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/blackwell_e.htm

"For what is done or learned by one class of women
becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the
property of all women."

- Elizabeth Blackwell

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2. TEACHING TOOLS

HIGH FREQUENCY WORD WALLS:
http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/curriculum/curriculum/documents/grade1HFwallwords.pdf

Alphabetically listed in large font, lower case, these
words are all selected from the high frequency usage
list for early elementary students. (1-2)

YOUNG WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
http://www.meddybemps.com/9.700.html

Each of these printable writing prompt pages supplies
both a picture prompt and a starting sentence. Use them
for daily writing practice throughout the school year,
with numerous seasonal topics included. (1-3)

VALENTINE MATH:
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/math.Valentines.html

On this student handout for 2nd and 3rd grade stu-
dents, they must add and/or subtract three sums, then
apply the correct answers to a secret code to yield
a Valentine's Day message. (2-3)

KID STICKERS:
http://kidprintables.com/stickers/funkidspage.gif

These wonderful kid stickers can be printed out direct-
ly onto sticker sheets, or print two pages of them in-
stead onto cardstock and use them for memory games.
(PreK-4)

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Riverdeep's Reading Solutions:
http://www.riverdeep.net/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/RVDP/CATALOGS/CAT07_READING.PDF

Do you know all the resources that Riverdeep has to
offer for reading programs? You can view the offerings
online here, with detailed descriptions of the award-
winning Destination Reading program, the Edmark Read-
ing Program, Reader Rabbit programs, Words Around me,
Read Write and Type, and the Living Books Library.
Come over and take a look!

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3. DAILY PRINTOUT

EASY VALENTINE WORDSEARCH:
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/wsearch.Val.Easy.html

Formulated specifically for early elementary classes,
print out copies of this easy Valentine's Day wordsearch
to celebrate the occasion and learn the appropriate vo-
cabulary terms. You can also create heart templates to
add these seasonal words to your word wall for February.
(1-2)

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4. LESSONS AND RESOURCES

GROUP ACTIVITY CARDS FOR READING:
http://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/70/321/

There are numerous resources here to use in your element-
ary classroom for reading lessons and activities. Differ-
ent skills are targeted, including linguistic awareness
and print knowledge, or you can print out activity cards
by skill level, including "Making Progress" cards or
beginning cards; excellent resources to add to your core
reading curriculum. (K-3)

RESPONDING TO LITERATURE:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=30

This lesson plan provides a format for responding to
stories in kindergarten through 2nd grade, using the
popular Corduroy stories for modeling the process. Stu-
dent handouts are included for investigations into char-
acter, prediction and sequencing. (K-2)

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Riverdeep's Donation to Underserved Children:
http://www.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=337,976224&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

This past year saw many great landmarks for Riverdeep,
including receiving prestigious awards. Another of its
achievements was to partner with Computers for Youth
(CFY) to donate interactive math and reading software
to help underserved children succeed in school. Read
more about this wonderful program here.

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5. INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS

INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISES:
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#

These online and interactive exercises are all geared
to early learning skills. They can be used as well for
skill assessment throughout the school year. Skills and
exercises covered include identifying numbers and let-
ters, for keyboard recognition and more. (PreK-2)

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6. SITE OF THE DAY

LEARNING TO WRITE:
http://www.literacycenter.net/parents_teacher/writing_center.htm#

This literacy center provides online tutoring in creating
basic shapes and learning to write letters. It is avail-
able in English, Spanish, German and French. (K-2)

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7. TEACHER TO TEACHER

ORIGINS OF PROVERBS REQUEST:
"Does anyone know where I can find a site that has the
meanings of various proverbs and sayings (ie. a penny
saved is a penny earned)? Thanks!"
Sharon Christen
4th grade teacher
Centreville

ORIGINS OF SAYINGS, PHRASES AND PROVERBS:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proverbs.html
http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/
http://www.bartleby.com/bartlett/

Try any of the lists for explanations of various sayings
and phrases, along with the origin of that saying. Use
the 2nd link above to access the proverbs category, and
the rest of the links for further explorations into
proverbs and sayings. (All)

WRITE TO US!
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projects, and suggestions, to interact with other educators.

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