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            <title><![CDATA[Journal Prompts for Students]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/qt/jpromptsx.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Journal Prompts offer focus and structure to your Journal Writing Program.  These Journal Prompts are perfect for your elementary school students to use during writing time.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Veterans Day Lessons]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/cs/lessonplansthe/a/veteransday.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Veterans Day lessons for elementary school teachers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Veterans Day 2001]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa110101a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Veterans Day resources for elementary school teachers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heterogeneous Groups]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/educationglossary/g/gheterogeneous.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A definition of the education glossary term Heterogeneous Groups.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Lessons Ideas, Activities, Crafts, History, and Lesson Plans for Elementary Educators from About.com]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Lessons Ideas, Activities, Crafts, History, and Lesson Plans for Elementary Educators from About.com]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bio Poems]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/educationglossary/g/gbiopoems.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A definition of the teaching term Bio Poems, from your About.com Guide to Elementary Education.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[&quot;I Remember&quot; Poems]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/a/memory_poems.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Using a set structure for poems is an effective way to offer poetry &quot;training wheels&quot; to your young students. Budding poets will enjoy expressing their creativity through the structure you offer them.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tutoring Business Plan]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/becomingateacher/a/tutoring2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Once you've planned to start a tutoring business, it's then time to implement a tutoring business plan and start meeting with clients.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lesson Plan Required Materials]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/reqd_materials.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Required Materials is the seventh step of writing an effective lesson plan for the elementary school classroom.  Make sure you have the required materials for your lesson plan before you get started.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Problem Principals]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/professionaldevelopment/a/gfh.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you sense growing tension with a problem administrator, you must be proactive.  Here's how to do it...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Descriptive Writing Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/qt/describing_qs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It's not enough just to tell students, &quot;Write down detail.  Be creative and specific!&quot;  They're just learning how to write, so we need to show them what exactly to think about and write down.  Here are some inspiring questions that get to the heart of descriptive, detailed writing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Christmas Lesson Plans]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/cs/socialstudies/a/decemberholiday.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ideas for Christmas Lesson Plans (Hanukkah and Winter, too).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Find A Teaching Job]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/becomingateacher/p/jobs_hub.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use these tips and tools to find a teaching job as quickly as possible.  Includes help with resumes, potential interview questions, and more!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merit Pay Pros and Cons]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/assessmentandtesting/a/meritypay.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The issue of Merit Pay for teachers is one of the most controversial issues in the field of education.  Elementary Educators have a lot to get off their chests when it comes to this issue.  Here are the main pros and cons so that you can educate yourself and join the discussion, too.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Biography Poem]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/qt/samplebiopoem.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Biography Poems are a fun and novel way for your students to tell their life stories.  Have them illustrate their poems, too, and you'll have an easy bulletin board for Back to School Night.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hanukkah Lesson Plans]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/decemberholidaylessons/a/chanukah_lesson.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ideas for Hanukkah lesson plans for your elementary school classroom.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Seven Reasons To Teach]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/becomingateacher/tp/whyteach.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you thinking about becoming a teacher?  Here are the top seven reasons to become a teacher.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Teaching Writing]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/a/Writing_Hub.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Strategies for Teaching Writing in the Elementary School classroom.  Teaching Writing is one of the most important parts of the Elementary curriculum.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tongue-Twisters]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/cs/languagearts/a/tonguetwisters_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Tongue-Twisting Language Arts Lesson for teaching creative writing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Teachable Moment]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/educationglossary/g/gteachmoment.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What is a teachable moment in the classroom?  Here is the definition of a teachable moment in education.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Story Starting Ideas]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/cs/languageartswr/a/WritingStart.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Teaching Tips for Helping Your Students to Begin Their Writing in a Strong and Effective Way]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elementary Educators - Online Project Center - Bubble, Bubble, Oh How They Bubble - from About.com]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/library/blbubble.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bubble, Bubble, Oh How They Bubble, a lesson plan for Elementary Educators, written by Janice McNair. from your About.com Guide.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Simple Tips to Help Children Decode Text]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa111803a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How to Get Your Students' Undivided Attention.  For elementarty school educators.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Design a Pen Pal Program]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/languageart1/a/pen_pals.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How to Design a Kids Pen Pal Program for the elementary school classroom.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/novemberholidayslessons/qt/thankspoem.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Need a quick Thanksgiving lesson plan?  Combine poetry and character-building with this Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oral Presentations: A New Twist on Sharing]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa102900a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Oral Presentations: A New Twist on Sharing.  Especially for elementary school teachers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Journal Prompts]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/od/novemberholidayslessons/qt/thanksjournal.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use these Thanksgiving journal prompts as inspiration for your students' journal writing work in the month of November.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Topographic Maps Lesson]]></title>
            <link>http://k6educators.about.com/cs/languageartsless/a/lpss46a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use this Topographic Maps Lesson Plan to teach your students about geography and maps.  A Topographic Maps Lesson Plan is part of your Social Studies curriculum in elementary school.]]></description>
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