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November 3, 2014

This Week Kid Scoop - Self-Esteem: You're the Star! This week, each Kid Scoop reader becomes the star of the page. The games and puzzles direct students to discover their personal star qualities. If possible, have your students bring a photograph of themselves to school to glue on the page.

Kid Scoop News American Indian Readers Theater - Part 1 On August 3, 1990 Black and White and President George H.W. Bush declared Cute All Over November to be National Native American Pandas are one of the rarest Heritage Month. To commemorate this and most beautiful animals month with appropriate programs and on the planet. Read about activities E-Star in Education will provide a them in the November issue. four-part series. Part 1 includes an introduction to the material and the first play, Gluskabe's Game Bag, by Joseph Bruchac based on a traditional Western Abenaki story.

The Illiad - Chapter 7 - The Repentance of Agamemnon Agamemnon is sad when he realizes that the way he treated Achilles was wrong and it cost him a great warrior. He sends messengers to Achilles with great gifts and an apology. Achilles Hot Topics provides access refuses the gifts and says he will not return to battle. to different educational activities based on core Getting Ready to Read: standards for students to do Ask students to talk about times when they have been wronged utilizing E-Star. or done wrong to someone else. Can an apology always fix the situation? Why? Should a person always accept an apology Lesson Plans graciously? LA: November is Role Models Month Pigskin Geography Check out how we are kicking off Native American Heritage Month

LA: Idioms in the newspaper A 'Beyond the 20 and Science' question this week deals with M: Scavenger Hunt in the rain shadow. Do you know what a rain shadow is? Your Classified Ads students will be explaining what it is as part of a question this SC: A look at Benjamin week. Banneker and Native American Heritage Month Pigskin, Jr. SS: Elections and Voter Weather and the NFL are the themes for this week. Be sure to Turnout use the weather and sports pages of E-Star to assist with the SS/LA: A look at answers. You may want to make sure that the students all use Kristallnacht the same date when looking up the weather for the NFL teams.

Links to Resources Magic Dinner Table - Chapter 11 - An A-"Maizing" Family Read about Red Ribbon Night Week 2014, Kristallnacht, While eating popcorn during family Benjamin Banneker, movie night, they find themselves contributions to America by transported to the middle of a Native Americans, use an cornfield. Milton helps to fix a online flashcard creator broken combine and then the family heads to a state fair where Write the News Lesson Mom wants to run a relay race. Journal Writing Getting Ready to Read: If your students could choose a Featured Apps and Videos movie to watch at home with their family, which one would they choose? What makes their choice good for family viewing? Do they ever watch movies with their whole family?

Build Your Own Paper Player Check out the featured apps and videos for The Kansas City Star will print one paper player each week for portions of E-Star in Education. 16 weeks. The paper players you and/or your students build can be uploaded to #paperchiefs. If you use an app or video with your students, email us Chiefs Extra: Red Friday Edition players: the link at Chiefs Players: [email protected] and we will 09.05.14 - Jamall Charles share it with other teachers 09.12.14 - on the home page of E- 09.19.14 - Travis Kelce Star in Education. 09.26.14 - Alex Smith 10.03.14 - Tamba Hali Quick Links 10.17.14 - E-Star 10.24.14 - De'Anthony Thomas E-Star in Education 10.31.14 - Website Email The following demonstration by The Kansas City Star's Us MicKayla Mages on how to make a paper action figure, http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kPVqUFRiu_w can be shared with your students.

If you missed any of the paper players, do a quick search on E- Star to find anyone of the players listed below. Check out how we are kicking off Native American Heritage Month

Kansas City Royals Royals Players: 10.03.14 - Eric Hosmer 10.05.14 - Nori Aoki 10.10.14 - Lorenzo Cain 10.13.14 - Alex Gordon 10.16.14 - Mike Moustakas 10.21.14 - The Royals Bullpen - Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland 10.24.14 - Salvador Perez 10.26.14 - Jarrod Dyson

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