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July 2007, Volume 2

	Dear Teacher, Get off to a good start with your students' parents this year with our advice to parents. They will appreciate your help when it comes to things like study skills, reading improvement, and homework time. Encourage your students to get to know each other on the first day of school this year with icebreakers. There are enjoyable activities and worksheets that will help your students introduce themselves to their classmates and you. There are many different types of assessment you can use when evaluating student work. Our printables and guides will get you organized from day one, so that you'll be ready at report-card time! Also in this issue: Women's Equality Day and Harry Potter mania! Best Wishes, The Editors of TeacherVision.com FEATURED THEMES Advice for Parents Help parents adjust to the new school year with these resources. Organization: Advice for Parents Ninth Grade: Advice to Parents Homework: Setting the Stage Building Skills Daily Literacy Routines Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire Developmental Information Encouraging Pre-Readers: Advice for Parents Using the Library Parental Help at Home Teacher-Parent Collaboration More Icebreakers These activities will help your students get to know each other during the first week of school. The Giving Tree Icebreaker Create a Scrapbook Icebreaker Personal Mandalas Classmate Book Report Icebreaker "Getting to Know You" Game Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry Postcards Icebreaker The Feature Story Icebreaker More Women's Equality Day August 26 is Women's Equality Day. Celebrate by showing your students what a difference women have made in American history. Notable Quotes by Women Women's History Women's History Crossword Puzzle U.S. Women's Firsts Women Suffrage Leaders Slide Show "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth The History of Women's History The Nineteenth Amendment Women and World War II Suffragettes Wife of Founding Father Speaks Out More Harry Potter The release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is sure to get your students talking. Be prepared for Harry Potter mania with our resources. Harry Potter Timeline Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan (Lesson Plan) Make a Harry Potter Board Game (Lesson Plan) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Movie Quiz Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Book Quiz Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Quiz 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Quiz 2 Hogwarts Quiz (Advanced) Biography of J.K. Rowling More TEACHING TOOLS Assessment Learn about assessment strategies, modifications, and how to enhance your existing methods. Assessment vs Evaluation Categories of Evaluation Assessment Forms Using Multiple Intelligences in Testing and Assessment Authentic Assessment Self-Assessment Ongoing Assessment: Cooperative Learning 1 Assessment and Accommodations Team Evaluation Form Rubrics Library More				Celebrate Roald Dahl Day!   Plan a splendiferous event in honor of Roald Dahl's birthday on September 13th, or any other simply marvelous day! Download scrumdiddlyumptious activities and a gloriumptious bookmark. Find everything you need to make Roald Dahl Day a success!   Poll: Harry Potter, Summer '07 Which Harry Potter release are you looking forward to the most this summer – the new book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; or the new movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Here are the poll results, so far: 17%   33%   50%   0%     The new movie! It's going to be the best one yet!   The new book! No movie can compare to a great book, and the final installment of this series will be no exception.   Both -- I can't possibly choose. I'm a big Harry Potter fan.   Neither. I never really understood the Harry Potter craze. Share your opinion now on this or any other TeacherVision® poll! Plus, view all of our resources on Harry Potter, the boy wizard. Computer Lessons and Activities   Keep your students' technology skills up-to-date with our printable computer activities and lessons. Acrostic Poem Cinquain Mosaics Computing Multiplication Facts Egyptian Hierogylphs on the Internet Getting into Grammar How Distant Are the Planets from the Sun? PowerPoint Projects The Virtual Body More   Hurricane Katrina Anniversary It's been two years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf of Mississippi. Commemorate this event by teaching your students all the hurricane basics. Timely Topics   First Moon Landing (July 20, 1969) Parents Day (July 22) Puerto Rico Constitution Day (July 25, 1952) World Wide Web Anniversary (August 1, 1990) Signing of the Declaration of Independence (August 2, 1776) Hiroshima Day (August 6) International Art Appreciation Day (August 9) President Richard Nixon Resigned (August 9, 1974) National Friendship Week (August 12-18) Panama Canal Opened (August 15, 1914) National Aviation Day (August 19) Women's Equality Day (August 26) International Blog Day (August 31) More July Events More August Events