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Inauguration Day: Ten activities to help your students learn about and commemorate this historic event.

Math Games With Joanne and Jane: �What�s The Difference?� teaches subtracting 3-digit numbers.

Martin Luther King Jr.: More than 20 lessons that teach students about King's life and legacy. Plus countless teaching resources.

Writing Bug: Describe snow to someone who has never seen snow.

Early Childhood Theme: Mark the beginning of a new year with fun.

I Do Solemnly Swear: A lesson plan for grades 3-5 in which 55 presidential inaugurations are investigated.

Sites to See: This week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about presidential inaugurations.

Miguel Guhlin: Writing an AUP must be a collaborative, transparent process that facilitates conversation.

Gadget of the Week: With Poll Daddy, users can create and administer a one-question poll.

Diane Hodges� Looking Forward to Monday Morning: Ideas to drive your staff happy! This week: Half-Way There Party.

Pete Hall: Programs and technology can never trump the one thing we all know makes the biggest difference�

Focus On� Reading Achievement: Articles and practical tips for principals who seek creative ways to develop reading skills and scores.

Pawlas on PR: �Special pencils� a powerful principal tool.

Take Five for� Reflecting on the best job-interview questions.

Exceptional Event: Multicultural Fair.

Do You See What I Mean? Teaching students to interpret and create visual, digital, and audio media in a contemporary culture.

Introducing Tesselations: Students create tessellations from regular and irregular polygons.

Holiday Worksheets: Check out our Christmas and Hanukkah worksheets.

Gadget of the Week: Fodey�s newspaper clip generator is a great solution for enticing reluctant writers.

Brenda�s Blog: Brenda Dyck discusses a new suite of tools for teachers called Google for Educators.

Starr Points: Dear Santa: A holiday wish list for schools.

Education Humor With Regina Barreca: Just drop my masking tape and no one will get hurt.

Repaying the Kindness of Strangers: A teacher who survived the 2004 tsunami goes back to help those who helped her.

Read About It: What is a teacher researcher?

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