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Sponsored by: Cisco Discover Options for Funding Your Technology Needs... Today, schools are faced with enormous challenges. Educators can respond to these challenges by taking advantage of a variety of funding options, including E-rate, grants, and leasing. View on-demand Webcasts on education funding. View now. Previous Newsletters Catch up on the ones you missed. Tips Library Browse hundreds of tips we've gathered over the years. Works4Me Lounge Meet other teachers and share classroom tips on our online discussion board Send Us Your Tips We couldn't do it without you! DISCLAIMER Works4Me is a vehicle for instructional staff to share their ideas with other instructional staff. As such, it does not constitute an endorsement of any particular curriculum or teaching method by the National Education Association or any of its affiliates. Time for Partners From Betty Dhein (bettydhein@comcast.net), a second grade teacher in Tewksbury, New Jersey: “My students have a clock with 12 numbers. Each person picks a 12 o'clock partner and then we go to 1 o'clock etc. When we are finished, each person has a clock with names by each number on the clock. The result is 12 combinations of partners which we keep handy to save time. The kids like it.” Comment on This Tip More Classroom Management Tips Nature Bracelets From Sherry Gardner (sgardner@alsd.k12.ca.us): "In autumn, my students make nature bracelets. Take masking tape and turn it so the sticky side is out and then stick leaves, grass, and flowers to the tape I have done this activity two ways, going outside and collecting items or having things on tables for students to choose. Flowers work best if just the petals are used. I found this idea on the ChildFun Family Website." Comment on This Tip More Art Tips Question of the Week: Family Homework From the Works4Me Worker Bees: “Teachers are always looking for new ways to improve the connection between home and school. Homework and projects that include parents are one way to improve this connection. What are your ideas for family homework projects?” Send Us Your Answer View Replies & Post Your Tip Cheating and Cheaters Heard Last Week in the Works4Me Lounge: “What techniques are you using to prevent cheating in your classrooms? How do you handle a student whom you catch cheating?” Comment on This Tip More Classroom Management Tips   Submit a Tip We couldn't do it without you! Click here to submit a tip or reply to this email. Please contribute your own brief, practical, broadly applicable classroom tip to Works4Me. When submitting a tip, please include your full name, school, specific assignment (grade/subject), city and state. This newsletter is only as good as the tips we receive, so send your ideas today. Sponsored by: Cisco Uncover Valuable Funding Opportunities... Hear from education funding experts about how to gain funding to implement advanced network solutions that can improve academic and administrative effectiveness: Use the federal E-rate program, one of the largest sources of funds for technology in the United States Effectively identify, apply for, and win grants Gain flexibility and convenience by financing through leases View on-demand Webcasts to learn how to acquire the technology funding you need to transform your own school or district. View now.      > Unsubscribe           > Forward to a Friend National Education Association 1201 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036