June 2010 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2010 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

• "BE AN INSPIRING TEACHER!"
• CALENDAR EVENTS
• EASY IDEAS TO WRAP UP THE YEAR
  (TEACHERS, GR. K- 8)
• EMBRACE LIFE (TEACHERS, PARENTS, GR. 3-UNIVERSITY)
• NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (TEACHERS)
• BITSTRIPS (TEACHERS, GR. 4-12)
• THE JEWEL OF MUSCAT (TEACHERS, GR. 1-12)
• SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
• BEADS BY U

Be An Inspiring Teacher

“Create Your Ideal Classroom, Motivate Your Students, And Maintain A Work Life Balance"

"In one word, this course was practical!" B. Carriere,
Grade 4/5 Teacher

A Wonderful Resource For Staff PD

Click Here To Discover More About How To Be An Inspiring Teacher

Calendar Events

Madaraka Day (Kenya)June 1
Queen's Birthday (New Zealand) June 7
Queen's Birthday (Australia except, WA) June 8
Flag Day June (USA) 14
Father’s Day (USA, Canada, U.K.) June 21
Summer Solstice June 21
St. Jean Baptiste Day (Quebec Canada) June 24

EASY IDEAS TO WRAP UP THE YEAR
(TEACHERS, GR. K- 8)

5 great ideas to wrap up your year. Read how Sue Gruber uses these ideas for the end of the year: Letters to Incoming Students; Welcome to School Bulletin Board; Easy to Make Yearbooks; No Stress Field Trip and Field Day the Easy Way.

Click Here For Easy Ideas To Wrap Up The Year

EMBRACE LIFE (TEACHERS, PARENTS, GR. 3-UNIVERSITY)

Embrace Life is a campaign designed to remind individuals of the importance of wearing their seat belts supported by The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. The campaign has become an Internet phenomenon, Embrace Life smashed through one millions views online in less than two weeks

As the summer approaches, and more of our students and families will be travelling by car on vacations, this video is a great reminder to "buckle up"!

Click here for Embrace Life

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (TEACHERS)

Watch hundreds of films online from the National Film Board of Canada. Enjoy documentaries, animations and alternative dramas on the web, on your personalized home page, or on your iPhone.

Click Here For National Film Board Of Canada

BITSTRIPS (TEACHERS, GR. 4-12)

My grade 5 students really enjoy this site. It's not hard to know why. Here's a fast and easy way to get your reluctant readers and writers to draw comics and write story lines to go with them. A wonderful end of the year activitiy.

Click Here For Bitstrips

THE JEWEL OF MUSCAT (TEACHERS, GR. 1-12)

The Jewel of Muscat site features free lesson plans and fun class activities covering geography, history and technology for students aged 6-16, centred on the reconstruction and new voyages of a 9th century trading ship that sailed the Maritime Silk Road from Arabia to China.

Click Here for The Jewel of Muscat

Beads By U

You create your own style...now you can create jewelry to match it. And you don't need to spend hours practising - just watch the DVD and start creating! All of the designs featured in the Beads By U DVD are fun and easy to make. They're fast too - you'll finish a project within half an hour...perfect for when you want to wear it right away!

Click Here To Find Out More Beads By U

http://www.beadsbyu.com/

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