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		<title>Student Biography Puzzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Crafts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give each of your students a piece of construction paper. Have them create a collage that best describes themselves with illustrations that fill the entire page. Ideas to include are [...]
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		<title>Back to School Venn Diagram</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Organizers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Elementary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have students learn more about each other using a giant, human venn diagram.  Plus, it&#8217;s a fun back to school ice breaker! Lay out two big rope circles on the [...]
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		<title>Getting to Know You Activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can you learn more about your students?  The first week of school, send a brown paper bag with a parent letter home.  Explain that the bag is going to [...]
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<li><a href='http://www.quickteachingtips.com/mathematics/hula-hoop-ven-diagram/' rel='bookmark' title='Hula Hoop Venn Diagram'>Hula Hoop Venn Diagram</a></li>
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		<title>Silhouettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Crafts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bulletin Boards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I help my 5th graders with tracing silhouettes.  After they have cut them out they find words and phrases in magazines to add to their silhouettes representing their thoughts and [...]
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		<title>First Day Bingo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bingo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an icebreaker on the first day of school I have played Name Bingo with my second graders. I give each student a blank bingo card and have them wander [...]
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		<title>First Day With Kindergartners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I start my day by having my students color nursery rhyme coloring pages at their tables that will eventually be made into a little book each child gets to take [...]
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		<title>Back to School Bulletin Board: Kids at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year I created a &#8220;Kids at Work&#8221; bulletin board. I used black background paper bordered with a yellow border.  The centerpiece of the board was a yellow diamond that [...]
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		<title>Back to School Flower Bulletin Board Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the school year when you are looking for things to do with your students during their free time, let them create a bulletin board for you [...]
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		<title>Bulletin Board Idea: Academic and Personal Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I had my third graders write 3 academic goals and 1 personal goal for the school year in a speech bubble.  I then placed a digital printed picture [...]
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		<title>Open House Scavenger Hunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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