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******************************************************** Classroom Technology for HOMESCHOOLING ******************************************************** Issue 1 February 2003 ******************************************************** Dear Homeschooler, Welcome to the first issue of the
new Classroom Technology for HOMESCHOOLING Newsletter We send this newsletter around the
twentieth of the month preceding the month all
******************************************************** Important Dates for FEBRUARY (Some great sites for research and
activities have been included with some February Library Lovers Month Get at letter writing activity, bookmarks, and poster at: February 1 Robinson Crusoe Day This day is not necessarily
about the Robinson Crusoe book, but is about survival, adventure,
and self-reliance. These are themes that students can Learn about Crusoe at: http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9899/Feb01_99/crusoe.htm Read the Daniel Defoe's book at: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/17/31/frameset.html Get a lesson plan with activity sheet, and a poster at: February 2 Ground Hog Day If the groundhog comes out of
its hole and sees it's shadow we are in Take an Internet Scavenger Hunt about Ground Hog Day at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/images/sh_ws_seasons.pdf Learn about Ground Hog Day at: February 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Read the actual treaty and learn about this time in history at: February 2, 1948 Sri Lanka established February 2, 1956 Morocco established February 3, 1821 Elizabeth Blackwell birthday February 4, 1904 Charles Lindbergh birthday February 5 Weatherpersons Day Saluting those folks, meteorologists
and not, who tell us each day what Get a chart for a month of weather
watching, along with some weather http://www.classroomtech.com/news/weatheractivity.doc Directions for making a folk art weathervane at: February 6, 1788 Massachusetts admitted to the U.S. February 6, 1911 Ronald Reagan birthday February, 1812 Charles Dickens birthday February (2nd week) Random Acts of Kindness Week Random Acts of Kindness are
those sweet or lovely things we do for no Get a lesson plan with activity sheets, and poster at: February 8, 1822 Jules Verne birthday February 8 Kite Flying Day We have no idea who flew the
first kites, but we can date kites as far back February 9, 1773 William H. Harrison birthday February 11, 1847 Thomas Alva Edison - birthday February 11, 1929 Vatican City established February 11 National Inventors Day In recognition of the enormous
contribution inventors make to the nation and Visit a great site with lesson materials and web resources at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor/invention.htm Get an activity sheet and posters at (warning, 7.4MB file): February 12, 1809 Charles Darwin birthday February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln birthday February 13 Get a Different Name Day For the millions of people who
hate their birth names, this day allows them February 14, 1859 Oregon admitted to the U.S. February 14, 1912 Arizona admitted to the U.S. February 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei birthday Learn about Galileo at: http://www.gis.net/~mtf/smvocab.htm http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/ Visit an interactive museum at: http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/4/index.html How much do you know about Galileo? Take some quizzes at: February 15, 1803 John Sutter birthday February 15, 1898 The Maine destroyed February 18, 1930 Pluto discovered Find out how difficult it was to find this planet at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ice_fire//9thplant.htm Learn all about Pluto at: http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/pluto.html http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/pluto.html Find some lesson plans and activities about Pluto at: February 18, 1965 Gambia established February 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus birthday Read a biography of Copernicus at: http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm February 20, 1956 Tunisia established February 22, 1732 George Washington birthday February 22, 1819 Florida purchased February 24, 1582 Gregorian Calendar Day Learn about calendars at: http://serendipity.magnet.ch/hermetic/cal_stud/cal_art.htm http://www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/gregory.htm Do you wonder what happened
on your birthday or any other day? The February 25, 1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir birthday February 27, 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthday February 27 International Polar Bear Day Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore. A male polar bear stands between eight and nine feet tall and weighs between 750 and 1400 pounds. Learn more about polar bears at: http://www.polarbearsalive.org/ http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/polar_bear.html Play a game to match polar pairs at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/game/index.html Directions for carving a polar bear at: http://www.kinderart.com/multic/inuit.shtml
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for Comprehension for Intermediate Students is the first Our two workbooks for Beginning Sounds, English and Spanish, were designed for beginning reading students, or below grade level students who need to learn beginning sounds and vocabulary. All of our products, including these new workbooks, can be found at: ***************************************************************** Homeschooling News
Homeschool Dads Want to Take Active Role About 850,000 students were homeschooled
in the spring of 1999, according to the "I think there's a real awakening
going on," said Robert Ziegler, spokesman for the Learn more at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030122/ap_on_re_us/homeschool_fathers_1
Lingle advocates alternative schooling To fix what she called a broken system of public education, Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday proposed changes that would give parents more choices and students an alternative to the traditional school system. In her first State of the State address, Lingle advocated allowing more public charter schools and fully financing them, as well as focusing on other options, such as schools within a school, magnet schools, e-schooling and homeschooling. Learn more at: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jan/22/ln/ln12a.html
Twelve Step Program for the Stressed-Out Homeschool Mom Today, while talking in a chat room
with Karen, she gave me the idea for this column. My advice to Karen was to yell at her children to "KNOCKITOFF!" Learn more at: http://www.crosswalk.com/family/home_school/1180209.html
Muslims craft their own curriculum The Saleem family is part of a small
but growing number of American Muslims opting Learn More at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0114/p13s01-lecl.html
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