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Weekly Newsletter October 8, 2014 Free Webinar: October 30 Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Children for Kindergarten Join us for our interactive webinar and discover the methods and techniques from the award-winning Get Set for School Pre-K curriculum that provides children with foundations for future academic success. Register now →     Daily editing builds students' skills! With Every-Day Edit exercises, challenge students to find and fix 10 errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation or grammar. Details matter. Can you find all the errors? Autumn Fun White House Pablo Picasso   Lesson Planning Ebola Outbreak: Student Discussion Guide Use this useful guide and suggested resource to enhance your lesson plan. Lesson Plan Booster: How Can Students Help a Bullied Peer? This grade 6-12 discussion considers the impact of bullying and teaches ways to help mistreated students. Are Students Getting Enough Feedback? Six Questions Teachers Should Ask Reporting on standardized test data isn't the only way to provide students with feedback. Check out these tips. Search for more lesson plans and mini-lessons by subject and explore our recently added lessons. Professional Development Report Card Comments Suggestions for comments to help when looking for just the right phrase. Professional Development Should Include Real Life Experiences Choosing complex, age-appropriate texts in professional development lectures and simulations will help teachers discover what really works best in the classroom. Teaching Study Skills During the meeting of one school's "Breakfast Club," students share homemade flash cards, practice test questions, matching games, and more.Don’t miss our Prof. Dev. Columns and Classroom Management Tips. Early Childhood Make a Shape-o-Lantern Children reinforce learning about shapes with this cute craft. Halloween Coloring Sheet Kids will have fun with this spooky activity. Fire Safety: Get Low and Go Teach children the importance of crawling low to the floor when trying to exit through smoke. See more Early Childhood content here or search for content that meets your needs. Technology 13 Ways to Use Pinterest in the Classroom Get pinning and discover great solutions to improve your room. Technology Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data Microsoft and 13 other companies have promised not to sell student information or behaviorally target advertising. Tech Experts Provide Four Questions for Teachers Trying New Tech Tools Tech options should be evaluated closely before classroom use.   Administrators Gallup Survey Shows Most Principals Support Common Core Standards 73 percent of superintendents believe that the Common Core Standards are just about right for most students. Principal Encourages Teachers to Work Together to Differentiate Instruction Turn to special education teachers for guidance in how to reach students of varying levels. Principal Offers Six Meetings That Work for Administrators It's time to have meetings where things get done. Browse administrator columns in our archive. Education News Special Feature: Educator Deals and Freebies This week’s finds include an anti-bullying pin and poster, a family reading kit and great inference lesson plan materials.    School Counselors Have Enormous Impact on Students, Study Finds The presence of a counselor reduces incidences of disruptive behavior. First-Year Teachers Share Why They Teach These recent graduates can't think of anything they'd rather do than teach and they share their passion with others. American Historical Association Sends Support Letter to Colorado Students The AHA clarified the role of the AP History teacher and lent their support to protesting students. Could You Be Our Next Teacher of the Day? Share your successes in the classroom, plus a few interesting facts that make you unique. Click here to submit yourself for consideration, and be sure to check out all of our honorees!Every month, Teachers of the Day from that month are entered in a prize drawing. The winning Teacher of the Month receives a $100 school-supply gift card. At the end of the calendar year, one lucky Teacher of the Year wins a $250 school-supply gift card.   The EdWorld Exchange Find great lesson plans, worksheets, templates, teaching guides and more! School Funding Center Need funding for your school? Find grant money fast with the most comprehensive grant database available. Check out our FREE Trial today! Check out the School Funding Center Blog for grant writing tips , advice and current Grant Opportunities. SchoolNotes On this free platform, post homework, create and share flashcards, keep a calendar of events and upload documents, images and URLs. Students and parents receive notification when you update your SchoolNotespage. Stay Connected! Share, Pin and Tweet  Send EducationWorld your story ideas and bylined articles. Follow us on Facebookand Twitter. Look for our Pinterest boards.