Here are a couple interactive resources to help you teach about Martin Luther King Jr.

Elementary:
Martin Luther King Jr Book from MightyBooks.com:

MightyBooks Matching Game- Read the story above then match the vocabulary:


Grades 4 - 6:
Martin Luther King Jr's Brainpop video, activity and quiz

Grades 6 - 8:
Mapping Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.: A fact or opinion activity

PowerTeacher Gradebook Update

An upgrade to PowerTeacher GradeBook will now let you see student attendance and tardy totals for each term right within your Gradebook - nice information to have!

If you are ever curious exactly what days a student has been tardy or absent, remember the backpack feature in Powerteacher.

Click on the backpack, then select a student and choose "meeting attendance".  You can then cycle through each student.

*** For MS Staff - Even though we don't report attendance for each class period, it might be nice to know how many times a student is absent from your specific class.  Why not try to take attendance each class period and see how it goes for you. 

Projects That Engage Higher-Level Thinking Skills

How are we doing engaging student in higher-level thinking skills?  I came across this blog post today that I found helpful and encouraging.  Take a couple minutes to reflect on your current classroom activities as you read this blog.

Try some New Features in Power Teacher!

Now that you are used to using Power Teacher, we have a few new tricks to show you.  We think these features of Power Teachers will be ones you like and can use daily in your classroom.  Here is a 3 and a half minute screen cast to show you some new tricks.

Tip: Log into Power Teacher in one window or tab of your browser and have this running in another one so you can follow along.

80+ ways to use Google Forms

Google Forms is changing the way we collect answers and thoughts from our students.  Be sure to check out this link to over 80 sample of how to use Google Forms in Education.

Make Your Own Classroom Website with Weebly!

My last word...."newsletter".....got cut off.  I need to talk faster!!

Links to Power Teacher Screencasts

Here are links to the two screencasts Nate made for us to use to add comments and to verify grades.

Adding Comments:  http://www.screencast.com/t/gq38n7W2rAWz

Verifying Grades/Finalizing your gradebook:   http://www.screencast.com/t/gOfwnDboJBjj