Teacher Workshops at the State Museum & Capitol

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Elementary (K to 4th Grade) Teacher In-Service Workshop One-Day Workshops for First-Time Attendees: $15 Wednesday, June 16, or Thursday, June 17, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Learn how to use the Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol as educational resources. • Enjoy a tour of the Tennessee State Capitol. • Explore the museum on a museum scavenger hunt. • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. One-Day Workshop for Returning Attendees: $15 Friday, June 18, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. • Keynote Session: Using Hands-On Techniques to Promote Thinking & Learning in the Elementary Classroom, Dr. Karon LeCompte, Professor of Social Studies Education and Teacher Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and President of the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies. Reservations due by June 7, 2010. Click here to register online. If you wish to mail reservation form with check: Click here to download PDF file. Secondary (5th to 12th Grade) Teacher In-Service Workshop One-Day Workshops for First-Time Attendees: $15 Wednesday, June 23, or Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Learn how to use the Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol as educational resources. • Enjoy a tour of the Tennessee State Capitol. • Explore the museum on a museum scavenger hunt. • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. One-Day Workshop for Returning Attendees: $15 Friday, June 25, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. • Keynote Session: Dr. Bob Hunt, professor of the Civil War and Reconstruction at Middle Tennessee State University, will present a talk on Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War. Reservations due by June 14, 2010. Click here to register online. If you wish to mail reservation form with check: Click here to download PDF file. Don't miss Tennessee History Comes Alive! Family Day Saturday, May 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum will literally come alive on Saturday, May 8, as interpreters dressed in period costumes portray individuals from the Volunteer State's past. Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with historical characters while touring the exhibit, and can participate in special games and hands-on activities for children. The public is invited to attend free of charge. more Tennessee State Museum • 5th Avenue and Deaderick Street • 615-741-2692 For more information on the museum visit www.tnmuseum.org To view the museum's educational website visit TN4me.org

A new resource I found online......

Today I found a new resource that I just have to share with everyone. It arrived in a newsletter. I try to check out links that come in my newsletters but don't always find that they suit my needs. But today was different; I found a blog that is chock full of information and resources. Go take a look at LeadScape. This blog deals with a large array of issues that surround the subject of inclusion. Professional development is available if you take a look at the bar to the left side of the blog. I found information on RTI that is available for free to download! Woo hoo! I know teachers love free resources. Take a look and leave a comment about what you found to be helpful.

Looking towards this summer.....

It is April and items are already coming out about what to do over the summer. I wanted to share with you the 2010 Barnes and Noble Passport to Summer Reading information that I just received. Barnes and Noble is partnering with author Rick Riordan on summer reading. This summer reading program encourages first through sixth graders to read during the summer.

Each child picks books they wish to read and fills the titles in their Summer Passport form. After they have read eight books they can return their book passport to their local Barnes and Noble store and receive a FREE book! Completed forms may be turned in between May 25 and September 7, 2010. Children choose a free book from the list on the passport of available titles.

If you would like your book passport form, visit your local Barnes and Noble store to request one. If you live in the Murfreesboro, TN area, just send us an email and we can get the form to you.

Encourage your children to participate in this great adventure!