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Resources For The Classroom. Google. Create a brochure or flyer in five easy steps. The Educator's Best Friend. Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. GetParentalControls.org. Social Networking Sites: A Parent’s Guide. Social networking sites, chat rooms, virtual worlds, and blogs are how teens and tweens socialize online; it's important to help your child learn how to navigate these spaces safely.

Social Networking Sites: A Parent’s Guide

Among the pitfalls that come with online socializing are sharing too much information or posting comments, photos, or videos that can damage a reputation or hurt someone's feelings. Applying real-world judgment can help minimize those risks. Remind Kids that Online Actions Have Consequences The words kids write and the images they post have consequences offline. Some of your child's profile may be seen by a broader audience than you — or they — are comfortable with, even if privacy settings are high. Even if you delete the information from a site, you have little control over older versions that may exist on other people's computers and may circulate online. Tell Kids to Limit What They Share Tell your kids why it's important to keep some things — about themselves, family members, and friends — to themselves. Technology How-to Guides for the Rest of Us. Teaching Resources, Children's Book Recommendations, and Student Activities. Elementary Reading and Math Software.

Think.com, Oracle Education Foundation, Projects. EX Lesson Plan: Dinosaur Fossils. The teacher will activate prior knowledge by asking the students to share what they know about fossils.

EX Lesson Plan: Dinosaur Fossils

Teacher records responses on a KWL chart. Introduce vocabulary words that will be used in the lesson. Teacher records the words dinosaur, fossil, paleontologist, and extinction on index cards. Discuss the vocabulary words with the students. Ask the students how they think scientists get information about extinct animals. Tell the students they will be making fossils similar to the fossils that paleontologist have discovered.

Arrange students in groups of four. The following day prepare the plaster of paris by mixing with water. Students may visit to learn more information on fossils and paleontologists. Complete the KWL chart on what the students have learned about fossils. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home. The One Inch Square Project. Computer Teacher Resources. Archdiocesan Schools. Celebrating 172 Years of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee!

Archdiocesan Schools

Catholic schools offer a unique blend of faith and education. At any of the 110 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, children are prepared for future success, and are shaped to lead a Christ-centered life. Learn more about the benefits of Catholic education! Click here to find a school near you. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Elementary School Curriculum Click here to read the curriculum Information about Common Core State Standards for Archdiocese of Milwaukee Click here to read the documents Please wait while we gather your results. To Teach as Jesus Did: Lent 2014: Choose Life These bleak winter months have tested even the most resilient spirits. Read More... Vision 2014 By Kathleen Cepelka, Superintendent of Catholic Schools The following ten challenges for our Archdiocesan schools are also, in many individual cases, our major blessings.

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