Learning Page April 2007 Newsletter

April 2007

In this issue:
New "April Showers" Worksheets
Free Resources for Teacher Appreciation Week
National Poetry Month Is Here
Celebrate Earth Day!
Keep Students Reading All Summer
Sites for Teachers: Adventures in Reading
Comments of the Month: A Great Fit for All Ages
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NEW "APRIL SHOWERS" WORKSHEETS
April showers bring May flowers. And spring is the time for birds, bunnies, butterflies, and being able to play outside as the weather warms up. This month, Learning Page brings you a collection of fun springtime activities that include:
A spring crossword puzzle
A rainy day maze
A spring picture find
A weather paragraph activity
Spring poetry writing
And more! You'll also find three great printable books in this month's "April Showers" activities:

How Is the Weather Today?: A girl introduces various types of weather and the clothing and activities that suit each weather type.

Just the Wind: Enjoy this poetic tribute to spring winds.

Tommy's Disastrous Day: When RK-5's tracking device is remotely activated, Tommy is launched on a mysterious adventure.

Next month, Learning Page will celebrate May with a collection of activities related to Mother's Day and plants.

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FREE RESOURCES FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7–11. In honor of teachers everywhere, the Learning Page sister sites are opening up one website each day of that week FOR FREE! The schedule is as follows:
May 7: Reading-Tutors
May 8: Raz-Kids
May 9: Reading A-Z
May 10: Writing A-Z
May 11: Vocabulary A-Z

Mark your calendar! The LearningPage family of websites invites you to enjoy timesaving online books, lessons, activities, and worksheets for differentiated instruction. Just download, print, and they're yours to keep!

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IS HERE

April is National Poetry Month. Learning Page joins schools, libraries, booksellers, publishers, and poetry lovers everywhere in celebration of poetry's vital place in our culture. When the showers start to fall in April, Learning Page suggests you curl up and enjoy the rain while reading your favorite poems.

Reading A-Z, a Learning Page sister site, has a nice collection of poetry books and nursery rhymes, including many classics. Be sure to check out Reading A-Z's poetry writing program, too!

Reading A-Z's poetry books are just a fraction of the website's more than 2,270 printable books. The website also offers lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, flashcards, and reader's theater scripts--everything you need to teach reading at a very affordable price. Guided reading, phonics, alphabet, and so much more, all with just the click of your mouse and for only a few pennies per book!

Visit Reading A–Z to try free samples and subscribe today. Annual subscriptions cost between $49.95 and $79.95 (depending on the license type required).


CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!

April 22 is Earth Day, a time to reflect on the preservation of our home planet. These are just a few of Reading A-Z's books for Earth Day.

Introducing Planet Earth
Katie's Forest Finds
Plight of the Polar Bear
The Three-R Plan
Threats to Our Atmosphere

For more Earth Day resources, check out Vocabulary A-Z, another Learning Page sister site. Vocabulary A-Z has entire categories of words relevant to Earth Day, including:
Conservation
Habitats
Animals
Plants
Water
Landforms
Space
and more!

Just choose the words you want to use, and Vocabulary A–Z does the rest, creating five days worth of customized lessons, worksheets, and assessments. Generate your first few custom vocabulary lessons for free and subscribe today.

KEEP STUDENTS READING ALL SUMMER

Summer will be here before you know it. How will the young people in your life keep up their reading skills? Raz-Kids, a Learning Page sister site, is a great resource for keeping kids interested in reading all summer long.

Raz-Kids combines kids' love of animation with effective online reading instruction. The website offers interactive books--now 137 books at 27 levels--to motivate students and help them learn to read. The books have laugh-out-loud animation and sound effects to hold readers' interest.

Kids can browse in the interactive bookroom and choose books that appeal to them the most.

Annual subscriptions cost between $29.95 and $59.95 per classroom (depending on the license type required). Check out free samples, subscribe today, and support your young people in maintaining their reading skills without giving up a minute of their summer fun.

SITES FOR TEACHERS: ADVENTURES IN READING

Want to find hundreds of the best websites for teachers? Sites for Teachers provides a comprehensive list of Internet resources ranked by their popularity. Here are a few of our favorite websites:

Book Adventure

Children create their own book lists from more than 6,000 titles, take multiple-choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary success.

Online Learning Haven

A comprehensive home-schooling and distance-learning resource covering history, science, language arts, math, crafts, and cooking.

UsingEnglish.com

Teacher resources of all levels for English, including ESL handouts, lesson plans, online quizzes, jobs, education news, and forums.

To find hundreds of teaching resources, visit Sites for Teachers. Many of the materials are free.

COMMENTS OF THE MONTH: A GREAT FIT FOR ALL AGES

"I am directing a program for gifted children, and I find that many of your materials support the inquiry-based, hands-on, collaborative program our students are involved in. Thank you for all the great resources."— Fran Hertzberg

"Learning Page is a great site. Thank you for all the fun, seasonal worksheets and theme packs. I really enjoy having free and easy-to-download materials for all ages."— Jennifer Larson

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Happy Earth Day!

Bob Holl
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