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Articles in August 2005 issue of Instructor
- Q & A real advice
by Sheila G. Flaxman - Share your thoughts wiki-style
- For Karen King, teaching means reaching out
- Clean your community
- Good behavior graph
- Name phonics
- Improve vocabulary with Text Talk
- Awesome art posters
- Write it: online writing workshop
- Anna Quindlen: the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer tells us about great teachers and what tops her education wish list
- 7 just-right books for back-to-school
by Lynne T. Burke - 4 creative ways to use a graphing calculator
- Standards
- Bag bargain books
- A penny for your thoughts
- Healthful curriculum
- 10 ways to … decorate your classroom: get your class involved and watch the community feeling bloom
by Jennifer Prescott - Meet tomorrow's Web designers
- Time for a fresh start
by Dana Truby - Tweens & tech
- Helping hands
- Poetry appreciation day
- Fishy "fossil" prints
by Kim Bartholomew - Classroom homepage builder
- Build a bully-free classroom: stay-cool strategies to teach your students
- We visited schools in nine states
- A modern-day superhero
- Milk jug Animals
by Karen Skophammer - Future self-portraits
- Marvelous markers
- Mentor Teacher program
- The hidden lives of middle schoolers: what's really going on in the minds of middle schoolers? Instructor talks to Linda Perlstein, who spent a year finding out
by Jenn Shreve - Full shelves
by Alicia Estis - Classroom stars
- Pharaoh party
- Guest readers
- How do you use alphabet books?
- Jasper Johns: Flag
- Teacher challenge
by J. Perez - School spending: Springfield, USA
- New special Ed guide
- Insist on kindness and respect and kids will follow your lead
by Ron Clark - No secrets
by Wendy North - Deadlines to watch
- A photo welcome
- No Homework Club
- 32 ideas to use now!
- 10 jobs in one! Scientist, coach, computer whiz … teaching is many professions rolled into one. We asked Instructor readers what it really takes to be "highly qualified."
by Caralee Adams - From homeroom star to rock star
- Teddy bear sleepover
- Substitute's bag of tricks
- Online courses
- Take a photo, make a friend: easy photo activities that build early skills, self-esteem, and community
by Beth Geyer - A conversation about tutoring: straight talk about the Sylvan Learning Center method
- Middle school matters
- Go global
- School supplies
- Instructor catalog showcase: a showcase for your catalogs, products and brochures
- Help wanted! Meaningful work and cool job titles can get middle graders thinking about the work world in new ways
by Pamela Chanko - Stack it, file it, rack it: 6 great storage solutions
- Timely timesavers
by Maureen Eliasson - Renovate your room
- Race car math
- Test detective
- Learn from the experts at Science Explorations