Resource: Dinah Zike New Products, DZA Academy 2008 Sessions, Upcoming Conferences

This is the guru of foldables (similar to lap books)and she has some great books with fantastic that are a lot of fun to make with your kids to help them learn!--Tabbi
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Dear E-Group Members,
Hope you are having a great school year and a wonderful fall. I am finished with chemotherapy and radiation and feeling much stronger. I will continue to take Herceptin via IV until January. It has been nice seeing many of you at conferences over the last few weeks, and I hope to see more of you soon.

Below, please note the many new products we now have available, the dates of the Dinah Zike Academy 2008 Sessions, and a list of the conferences we will attend and have booths at this fall. My best wishes and continued thanks to one and all,
Dinah Zike


Please help us by forwarding this note to those who might be interested in
learning more about the following new products
or attending the Academy sessions.

NEW PRODUCTS:
Equivalency Flips: EF-1 to EF-18
I have designed this new product so that one sheet of colored 8.5" x 11" paper folds to teach multiple equivalencies. Equivalency Flips teach fractions, decimals, percentages, time, money, seasons, meters, kilometers, miles, yards, liters, gallons, cups, and more. Each packet contains a classroom set of 12 identical die-cut color sheets with full-color instructions, or you can order a custom packet of 6 and 6, or a mixed set of one of each of the 16 different equivalencies.

Shipping Status: This product is in our warehouse and ready to ship immediately.
(Listed at the end of the "Order on Line" link at my web-site www.dinah.com.)

Foldables and VKVs for Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary: PreK-2nd As many of you know, I've been working on this 320-page book for years, and I am so happy to announce that it is finally ready! It is filled with over 1,000 color photographs illustrating how to make and use my newest series of folds called VKVs (visual kinesthetic vocabulary) and my Foldables to teach rimes, onsets, antonyms, analogies, homographs, homophones, dictionary skills, syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and more. The book also contains extensive word lists, lots of organization hints, and photographic instructions for book binding and making Foldables "grow."

Shipping Status: This book is at press so you can place orders now, and we will ship it as soon as it arrives in our warehouse.
(Listed at the end of the "Order on Line" link at my web-site www.dinah.com.)

We will send you e-group notices when the following are ready:
Foldables and VKVs for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling: 3rd-6th -- Spring 2008
Foldables and VKVs for Vocabulary, Spelling, and Test Prep: Middle School and High School -- Summer 2008
Foldables and VKVs for Grammar: Primary to Advanced Levels -- Fall 2008

Grammar Study Flips: MS, HS, and College Review SF 101
(EL level will be available soon!)

Study Flips is a new product line developed to turn one sheet of paper into a multi-layered, visually organized, kinesthetic study aid.

The first product in this series is for secondary grammar, and it features 20 duplicable sheets for individual student use, and 20 heavy-weight sheets for teacher/classroom use. Once the 20 heavy-weight, color-coded sheets are constructed, they can be used for years as study aids during class discussions, student writing activities, and test preparation. Example Grammar Study Flip titles include: Linking Verbs; Verbs: Conjugation and Tenses; Pronouns: Possessive vs. Contractions; Pronouns:Classes; Prepositions; Noun Cases; Nouns: Four Properties; Conjunctions: Subordinating; Conjunctions: Coordinating; Adverbs: Positive, Comparative, Superlative; Adjectives; Interjections; and more.

Shipping Status: This product is at press so you can place orders now, and we will ship it as soon as it arrives in our warehouse.
(Listed at the end of the "Order on Line" link at my web-site www.dinah.com.)

Dual-Cut Scissors: CCC95 $14.00 (See the "Order on Line" link at my web site, www.dinah.com .)
Dual-cut scissors cut twice in one stroke. Young children with small fingers and poor fine-motor skills can lift tabs easier if there is space between them. I used to create this space by making two cuts -- one on each side of a fold line -- every time I made a VKV or Foldable. These scissors do it all at once. They work especially well with index-weight paper and poster board.

Shipping Status: This product is ready to ship immediately.
(Listed at the end of the "Order on Line" link at my web-site www.dinah.com.)

DINAH ZIKE ACADEMY, 2008 Schedule
www.dzacademy. com

We will offer numerous new sessions at the DZ Academy in 2008, including Geography/Social Studies, Reading/Vocabulary, Math, and Science, as well as the recommended introductory Cross Curricular session.
1/15-1/17 Elementary Cross Curricular
1/22-1/24 MS/HS Social Studies and Geography
1/29-1/31 Elementary Reading-LA:Phonics, Vocab. & Spelling
2/12-2/14 Elementary Math/Science
2/19-2/22 MS/HS Science
3/11-3/13 MS/HS Cross Curricular
3/18-3/20 MS/HS Language Arts
4/15-4/17 MS/HS Cross Curricular
4/22-4/24 Elementary Cross Curricular
5/20-5/22 MS/HS Math
5/27-5/29 Elementary Reading-LA:Phonics, Vocab. & Spelling
6/10-6/12 Elem. Soc. Studies & Geography
6/17-6/19 Elem. Math/Science
6/24-6/26 MS/HS Sciences
7/8-7/10 Elementary Reading-LA:Phonics, Vocab. & Spelling
7/15-7/17 MS/HS Language Arts
7/29-7/31 Elementary Cross Curricular
8/5-8/7 MS/HS Cross Curricular

FALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Look for Dinah-Might Adventures' booths and/or presentations
at the following November/December 2007 conferences:

NCTM -- booth -- Houston -- Nov. 29-30
NMSA -- booth -- Houston -- Nov. 8-10
NCTE -- booth and presentation by Dinah Zike -- New York City --Nov. 15-18
CAST -- booth -- Austin -- Nov. 14-17
NSTA -- booth and presentations by Dinah Zike -- Denver -- Nov. 8-10
NSTA -- booth and presentations by Dinah Zike-- Birmingham -- Dec. 6-8
IRA -- booth -- Overland Park -- Nov. 8-11
IRA -- booth -- Little Rock -- Nov. 15-16
NAGC -- booth -- Minneapolis -- Nov. 7-11
NYRSA -- no booth--presentation by Dr. Judi Youngers -- Saratoga Springs -- Nov. 9
TSRA -- booth -- presentation by Tammy Halbrooks -- El Paso -- Nov. 9-11
TAGT -- booth -- Houston -- Nov. 14-16