The Joy of Teaching

Newsletter

October, 2004

You can also find a copy of this Newsletter @ http://teach.fcps.net/trt18 

Remember to look for the following sites from one of the links on the homepage.

Tech Tip 

 

Ever had a student to type their entire piece in all caps?  Here is how you can change all caps to lowercase. 

    

With the mouse:

  1. Highlight all. 

  2. Format Menu--> Change Case 

  3. Select Sentence Case.

With the keyboard:

  1. Press Ctrl + A (Select All) 

  2. Press Shift + F3 until you get the look you want. This toggles between several options (all caps, all lower case, or sentence case)

This tip was copied from Kim Overstreet's Tip Page.

Writing

Creative Writing with Images and other lesson plans using pictures.  

 

As a member of the KDE Marker Papers team in 1997, 8 or something, I have just received a complimentary CD of the "Digital" Marker Papers.  The letter also notified me that the Marker Papers will be posted on the KDE website by late fall.  Also, each district will receive a CD copy of the Marker Papers.  (Note:  I noticed this KDE letter was dated April 28, 2004;  post marked June 17, 2004; placed in my mailbox sometime during the last 2 weeks?)  So lets keep a lookout in late fall, whenever that is, for this new website.  Meanwhile, if you would like a CD copy please let me know.

 

Writing Feature Articles with Word  

www.unitedstreaming.com 

   Some movies you might use for this month: 

(Hint:  When you go to the site, copy the title from here and past the title into the search box.)

  • Type in a search for Native Americans and find movies for specific tribes.  

  • “Holiday Facts and Fun: Christopher Columbus”  This is for grades K-4.  Explains what Columbus did and how we celebrate Columbus Day.  

  • Fossils:  Windows into the Past This is for Grade 4-above.  However, since this topic is on the Curriculum Map for 3rd grade.

  • Literacy and Learning:  Reading Across the Curriculum Grade 5 tells about how to use a KWL chart for informational reading.

  • Solids, Liquids, and Gases: A First Look for Grade 1-3 and Solids, Liquids, and Gases for grade 4-6 

  • Math Monsters: Estimation Grade K-2 and Mathematical Eye: Near Enough are about estimation and Mathica's Mathshop: A Sure Cure for K-4 is about skip counting and estimation.

Computer Tags

To download these, please right click, choose "Save Target As"

Solids, Liquids, Gas

Social Studies

Columbus  

 

Literacy

Stories, Poems, Tales and more by Grandpa Tucker

Science

Solids, Liquid, Gas silent movie with handouts. 

 

 

This Month's Desk Top

 Go to this site, right click on the calendar, choose  "set as background.' 

 

Schedule

Johnson -October 4, 5 , 15, 18, 27, 28                                Dixie - October 6, 7, 19, 20, 29

   Mary Todd - October 11, 12, 21, 22                                     Northern - October 13, 14, 25, 26

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
          1  Record Conference 2
3 4    Johnson 5   Johnson 6  Dixie 7    Dixie 8  Staff Meeting 9
10 11 Mary Todd 12   Mary Todd 13   Northern 14  Northern 15    Johnson 16
17 18   Johnson 19   Dixie 20   Dixie 21  Mary Todd 22   Mary Todd 23
24 25  Northern 26  Northern 27  Johnson 28  Johnson 29   Dixie 30
31

Nov. 11 - Regional STLP Show case

Nov. 20- Providing Digital Poetry and Storytelling workshop for WKU Writing Project, Bowling Green, KY