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Supplemental Rules for Monopoly
This piece is to accompany The Real Monopoly: America's Racial Wealth Divide
January 3, 2011
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Bullies vs. Overweight Kids: How Can You Help?
A new study shows that obese kids are 65 percent more likely to be bullied than their peers of normal weight. Wendy Craig, a professor of psychology, highlighted the importance of teachers being proactive when she told CNN, “bullying and obesity are both major public health concerns that teachers and schools—and not just parents—need to address.”
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Illustrated Vocabulary
In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part.
July 19, 2014
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Anti-Bullying Resources
Any teacher looking to combat bullying should start with the Teaching Tolerance documentary Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History. This free movie includes a viewers guide with great anti-bullying
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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
Pulling off a successful Mix It Up at Lunch Day takes detailed planning and coordination, but we have loads of ready-to-use strategies and activities to help!
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Prior Knowledge and Personal Association Surveys
These surveys ask students what they know or how they feel about specific words in the text they are reading.
July 19, 2014
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The Fighting Mynahs

A story from Hawaii about how it’s better to share and cooperate than to squabble and fight.
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