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Articles in Oct 2002 issue of Instructor
- Magazine month - News & Trends - Association of Educational Publishers and Demco Inc. kicking off Children's Magazine Month - Brief Article
- October activities: from our readers - creative ideas to make learning fun
- Not-so-scary storybook October: put a literary twist on the season of bats, ghosts, and pumpkins - reading response journals
by Lucia Kemp Henry - Teacher tax breaks - News & Trends - $250 deduction may double - Brief Article
- Reunited - The October Times - fall of Berlin Wall reunites divided Germany - Brief Article
- Still spinning: Charlotte's Web celebrate Charlotte's 50th anniversary - lessons related to "Charlotte's Web"
by Jacqueline Clarke - Geography scores edge up slightly - News & Trends - Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001 reveals fourth grade scores - Brief Article
- On the bench - The October Times - Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education - Brief Article
- Lemony Snicket: terribly terrific ideas to follow the frightful Series of Unfortunate Events - Meet the Author - classroom activities
by Darcy Lockman - Letters
- Give me your tired, your poor - The October Times - Statue of Liberty - Brief Article
- The hostile hospital - Read-Aloud Excerpt - Book eight in Series of Unfortunate Events - Excerpt
by Lemony Snicket - Honoring Student Excellence - Contests Giveaways & Grants - VTech Electronics and the National PTA announce VTech XLence Awards - Brief Article
- Columbus lands - The October Times - Brief Article
- Starry, starry night: the sky's the limit with this constellations unit
by Patricia Janes - Oracle Technology Grants - Contests Giveaways & Grants - Oracle Help Us Help Foundation grants to aid public schools with over 50% low-income student populaton - Brief Article
- Crash! Boom! Bam! - The October Times - Black Tuesday
- Medieval times: explore the unique lifestyle of medieval castle dwellers through these creative activities
by Mackie Rhodes - Light up the page: create original texts with brilliant illuminations
by Christy Hale - CyberHunt activities - Christopher Columbus lesson ideas
by Philip Stevens - Books of possibility - Editor's Note - helping students discover joys of reading
by Jennifer Prescott - Getting boys to read it's the context! It's not the text type so much as the situation that determines why and how boys engage with reading
by Jeff Wilhelm - Limbourg Brothers: Tres Riches Heures, October - Masterpiece of the Month
by Christy Hale - Science all around - Booktalk - book recommendations and activity ideas for science education
by Judy Freeman - Red Ribbon Week - News & Trends - students to make pledge and symbolic gesture signifying committment to stay away from drugs - Brief Article
- Making the grade: veteran teachers share top strategies for acing your report-card writing - how teachers can make the report card process a positive experience for students, parents, and themselves
by Denise Willi - Imagination stretching - Poetry Workshop - ideas for teaching poetry
by Liza Charlesworth - Voters, mark your ballots! - News & Trends - National Student/Parent Mock Election
- Algebra in the elementary grades? Absolutely! - lesson ideas
by Marilyn Burns - State quarters: cross-curricular fun with the new designs - numismatics can provide framework for fun learning
by Michael Gravois