Classroom Teaching Ideas and Educational Activities

We no longer send out a regular newsletter, but we’re pleased to provide this archive of past newsletters for you. The Education Station newsletters below are filled with great teaching tips, useful links to teacher resource sites, helpful classroom ideas and educational activities for celebrating holidays, seasons and special days in your classroom, great specials to help you save money and articles that look at the latest practices in education. Our newsletters will help inspire you to be the best teacher you can be! We may still periodically send out the occasional newsletter, so be sure to sign up using the form on the chalkboard at the top of the page.

 

#15 Summer, 2005
Themes:
    Father’s Day
    End of the School Year
Tips:
    Students without Pencils
    McDonald’s Division
Article:
    It's Summer!
    Rest your body, restore your soul & have some fun!

#14 January, 2005
Themes:
    Winter
    The 100th day of school
Tips:
    Keeping Desks Clean ­ Neat Treat
    Cleaning Whiteboards ­ Baby Wipes
Article:
    Seven Practices of Great Teachers

#13 Christmas, 2004
Themes:
    The Polar Express
    Gingerbread Men
    Christmas
Great Ideas :
    Sharing the Gift of Reading
    Around the World Christmas Story
Article:
    THE TRUE TEACHER ACCEPTS ALL STUDENTS

#12 Back to School, 2004
Themes:
    Summer
    First Day of School
    Back toSchool
Tips:
    Magic Playdough
    Overhead Bingo Chips
Article:
    Approaches of Outstanding Teachers

#11 Summer, 2003
Themes:
    Father's Day
    End of the School Year
Tips:
    Spilled Paint
    Baby Wipes
Article:
    Using the Summer to Improve your Teaching

#10 May, 2003
Themes:
    Mother's Day
    Volunteers
Tips:
    Mother's Day/Father's Day Calendar
    Student Slates
Article:
    Overworked and Under-appreciated - A Tribute to Teachers

#9 February, 2003
Themes:
    100th Day of School
    Valentine's Day
Tips:
    Four Corner Questions
    Raining Management
Article:
    More than 100 ways to celebrate the 100th day of school

#8 December, 2002
Themes:
    Gingerbread Men
    Christmas
Tips:
    Sharing the Gift of Reading
    Managing incomplete homework
Article:
    60 Ways to Practice Spelling

#7 October, 2002
Themes:
    Fall
    Halloween
Tips:
    Smoother Transition Times
    Mounting Student Artwork
Inspirational Poem:
    Thanks for...

#6 August, 2002
Themes:
    Back to School
Article:
    What to do on the first day of school

#5 Summer, 2002
Themes:
    Father's Day
    End of the School Year
Article:
    Eight Winning Ways to Wrap Up the Year

#4 April, 2002
Themes:
    Volunteers
    Earth Day
Article:
    Volunteering in the Classroom Benefits Parents and Children

#3 March, 2002
Themes:
    Easter
    April Fool's Day
    Earth Day
Article:
    How to Achieve 100 Per Cent Student Participation

#2 February, 2002
Themes:
    St. Patrick's Day
    Arthur's 25th Birthday
    Easter
Article:
    Only the Brave

#1 January, 2002
Themes:
    100th day of school
    2002 Olympics
    Happy Valentine's Day
Article:
    The Power of the Classroom morning meeting