I'm resource teaching two eastern europeans. Running outa Idea's. Help please?
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In what area are you providing support?  I'm assuming ESL?  From there, we need a little bit more information about their langauge level.  What benchmarks do you use to determine their level and according to those benchmarks where are the students?\n\nBefore you teach them, you might want to brush up on your own punctuation.  "Idea's" = "Idea is".  "Ones" = "several of the number one".  It concerns me that your own poor language skills might rub off on these young, impressionable students.\n\nYou can always find extra materials based around what they're doing in their other classes.  If they're studying plants in Science, get them to design a crosswork puzzle about plants, writing the clues themselves.  See if you can find some relevant newspaper articles about current events that interest/affect students.  My students from Eastern Europe are usually excellent at speaking and listening, but show poor writing skills.  Peer editing is great for this.  Give them a question or writing prompt and have them write for ten or fifteen minutes.  Then they can swap papers and correct one another's work.  After you can discuss the changes that they made and why.  If you're looking for worksheets (which should be a last resort) try some of the links below (which require registration).  Don't throw a grammar worksheet on them if their program of study is structured around themes.  It's too insulting.
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For preschoolers, I would have a lot of action and songs.  Examples would include showing them and having them practice Stop Drop and Roll.  Feel free to email me for a cute short song that you could teach them.  Another idea is to have plastic items (from a toy bag purchased at the Dollar Store or Big Lots).  Have them name the different items...firefighter, fire truck, ambulance, etc.  End with a short story...I have various titles in my fire box and would be happy to share with you the titles...Clifford is just one off hand and it comes with a tape.  Another activity you could do for them is to go to the local fire dept and see if they would allow you to record various sounds...sirens, 911 operator, the person who announces a fire, water, maybe a firedog barking etc... or take your video camera or even camera to take photos.  Perhaps you could even arrange for them to visit your school or you go to them.  Also, ask them if they have any coloring books.  One last thought, try various websites for coloring pages and lesson plans (educational sites).  Have fun!!!!!
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How about some beanbag chairs and a small couch.  We also added a story time theatre with teired steps to maximize space for many students.  Plus if the children are young include some toy characters from the books and even artifacts from different countries.  Plus posters of famous faces promoting reading is a great addition.
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Try having students do double-entry journals as they read. They pick a quotation that they like, that illustrates a theme, or that they can talk about and then write their reaction to it. Have the students pair up and have a book dicussion by sharing their quote with another person. Grade the discussion by giving participation credit, then have the opposite partner present the entry and explain it. \n\nAlternately, you could assign parts of a text for small groups to present and teach through a presentation including a small project like a poster, comic strip, timeline, etc...that way, all kids will get the benefit of the story through each other and not have to slog through all of the text. Groups could also write and give a follow up quiz to their peers for credit. \n\nYou could also do a similar activity in which students focus on Spanish vocabulary development specfically. This would also work well as a vocabulary journal.\n\nGood luck!
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Can you try talking to another history teacher in your town? Good luck.
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I received from a friend a "survival kit for teachers" last year; it had several items with a clever explanation for each of them.  For example she put in a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that reminds me that I'm just a little part of the big picture, a band-aid for when my students' hurt and my efforts don't seem to work, an eraser to start each day on a clean slate, etc.  I found a site with some different ideas you could use for this http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/survivalkit.html
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enchantedlearning.com!!! It has everything you can imagine.  I'm a preschool teacher and use it all the time.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com is a very nice site.\n\nhttp://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html\n\nhttp://www.kidport.com/GradeK/GradeKHome.htm
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Try Lakeshore.com., it might be lakeshore learning.com. They have a lot of teacher goodies.
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if its real important to you you should hire a teacher or pay for teaching classes      p.s. when you give a person a best answer comment then you will earn 3 pts so it would be nice to help a brother out
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I wish there was a book.  I've found the best way is to simply talk to other teachers.  Borrow their ideas and shape them into what will work for you and your class.  It seems like at most staff developments the best you can hope to come away with is a few good ideas.
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Hope this helps - I've dozens more, if you need. \n(I am an elementary teacher and have taught third grade.)\n\nGiving Thanks:  A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp\nIt's a beautiful story with cool illustrations written by a Mohawk Chief - good for Thanksgiving, Earth Day, or environmental units\nhttp://www.leeandlow.com/teachers/guide12.html\n\n\nMy Teacher for President by Kay Winters\nfun, short, and good for a quick read or discussion about the president or America themes\nhttp://www.kaywinters.com/my_teacher.htm\n\nOfficer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman\nadorable story on safety and working as a team\nhttp://www.peggyrathmann.com/officerbuckle.html\n\n\nSorry to say, many of the other suggestions seem a little juvenile for third grade.
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This is pretty wide open.  Can you narrow down the age level and subjects?  I assume you are teaching literacy?
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try enotes.com, it gives you lesson plans and stuff on books, it also contains book summaries
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The best way is to relate all topics (holistic approach), for instance, depending on the age, let them do their own small books, let them do some short anecdotes using the computer, word recognition is possible to sing some songs and recognize words, let them write words in sand boxes.\n\n____________________________________\nNeed help or advise? Elektronic help online is the solution !\nMessenger: fxgonzal@hotmail.com\nCheap rates by the hour.
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Here are a few to get you started.  There are so many of them that it is almost impossible to limit the list.  Just do a search for any topic in teaching and you'll be sure to find great sites.  Have fun with it!
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How about how to start a revolution. \nYour teacher would love it if you start quoting Revolution for the Hell of it by Abbie Hoffman. You could also play some 60's music. I know that sounds dumb but it seems cool to me.