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No More Chalk Dust
From Joann Benson (BensonMusic@yahoo.com), a vocal music teacher at Sandymount Elementary School in Hampstead, Maryland:
“An experienced teacher gave me this tip ages ago. For a terrific chalk board cleaner, dab a terry cloth rag with Old English Furniture Polish. Wrap it up right and put it in a Ziploc bag for a couple of days -- the oil will soak in. Use that rag instead of erasers for a "new board" look with no dust!”
Super Simple Whiteboards
From Kagey Duso (dusopeak@charter.net), a teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Midland, Michigan:
“I have found that the easiest, most convenient white boards for my students to use are made from heavy duty sheet protectors. I simply put a piece of white cardstock into the sheet protector. It works as well as the real thing. The sheet protector and/or card stock is cheap enough to replace so I do not need to worry about maintenance. Also storage is easy since they are so thin. I even have some classes put their ‘boards’ in their binders to pull out whenever necessary. There is also the additional advantage of being able to put a worksheet, graphic organizer, or graph paper into the sheet protector if one is needed for an activity.”
Question of the Week: Ongoing Professional Development
From the Works4Me Worker Bees:
“With the business of teaching always at the forefront, it can be tough to find time during the school year to keep up with the latest news and research related to your teaching and content area. How do you make time for it, and what resources have you found to help you integrate the latest innovations and research into your teaching?”
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Better Music Series
Heard Last Week in the Works4Me Lounge:
“Our elementary music department is trying to decide between the two companies to purchase a new music series: either Making Music (Silver-Burdett) or Spotlight on Music (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill). Both series offer quality components, but what I would like to know is which is better for me and my students? If anyone out there is using the current version of either series (or even better, if you have experience with both), please share your experience -- good, bad, or indifferent. Thank You!”
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