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The question for the FIRST free book giveaway:
You can find the answer somewhere on my website: The first two correct answers will win a Scholastic Book.
What are the 3 Es which Dick Vitale suggests that kids use each and every day?
Email your answer to me at: geshrwh@hotmail.com
FREE BOOK, FREE BOOK, FREE BOOK GIVE AWAY...
Did someone say, "FREE"?Could you use a Free Scholastic Book on 40 Writing Prompts with Graphic Organizers(Grades 4-6) or 25 Totally Terrific Social Studies Activities(Grades 3-6)? Scholastic Professional Books has generously donated several books to give away at my website. My first give away contest will be held on November 19th at 7PM EST. The first two teachers to successfully email me the answer to a question that I post at this time, will receive one of the two books! I plan to do another on December 1st at 7PM.
If, you are interested, check in for the first give away on November 19th,7PM EST or the second on December 1st at 7PM(books: Scholastic's Revision Lessons You'll Love to Teach (Grades 6 and up) and Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs(Grades 3-6).
My trip to Iceland was great!Check out information on Iceland, the land of fire and ice:Iceland
Read the entire travelogue at this link:Iceland Travelogue
"School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside."-Lon Watters
"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make." Senator Ted Kennedy
HAPPY FALL!
LEARN ABOUT PUMPKINS WITH THIS FUN CYBERHUNT:Pumpkin Facts Cyberhunt
LEARN ABOUT THE PILGRIMS AND THE MAYFLOWER WITH THIS FUN CYBERHUNT:Pilgrim and Mayflower Cyberhunt
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Try doing an act of kindness for someone, today!
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PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND SIGN MY GUESTMAP. I'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE MY VISITORS CALL HOME! Click on the GLOBE ICON on the left to open the map.
New:World Traveler Activity: 10/09: Check it out at this link:http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?worldtravel.html
9/09: NEW: Check out new State Puzzlers. If you have a state you'd like to see added next, please contact me.
10/09: NEW: Check out new World Puzzlers. If you have a country you'd like to see added next, please contact me.
 Ten State Puzzlers
10/09: NEW TO TELL THE TRUTH PLAYS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AMELIA EARHART AND HENRY DAVID THOREAU-CHECK THEM OUT FOR USE WITH YOUR STUDENTS
Amelia Earhart
Henry David Thoreau
Abraham Lincoln
400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's last voyage. Check out the cyberhunt. New 9/09
NEW....NEW.... NEW.... Check out my new World Landmarks 1
Click here:World Landmarks 1 New 8/09
LOOK: New Careers posted 11/09:Candace Chapman: Television News Journalist Click here to read:Candace Chapman:Journalist/Television
Short Readings : The Woman Who Helped Build the Brooklyn Bridge and the Vegetable Orchestra

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IN THE NEWS! 11/20/09
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com
A crew of two set sail this past summer on a raft made of plastic bottles and an old airplane fuselage. It took them 88 days to sail from California to Hawaii. The point of the junk raft was to crate awareness to the problem of plastic which is polluting our oceans. Go to this site to see photographs and read about their journey. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/science/plasticoceans/slideshow_raft/index.html?type=flash
Learn about Great Garbage Patch with this cartoon: http://www.greengorilla.com/video-post/great-pacific-garbage-patch
Ask you parents to list three facts they grew up knowing about the moon. They might say they learned that the moon has little gravity, no atmosphere and no water. Well, times have changed and NASA has just announced that they found significant water on the moon! You may remember that back in October, scientists crashed a two-ton rocket and a sensing satellite named LCROSS(Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite),onto the moon. It was hoped that the KABOOM might kick up evidence of water. The experiment worked. NASA announced that they found evidence of about 26 gallons of water in the Cabeus crater(located at the moon's south pole).The water is in the form of ice and vapor. Finding water on the moon is a big deal. Water could be used by future astronauts for resupplying drinking water, and for helping to create rocket fuel. Studying the moon's water might also help scientist learn more about the history of our solar system.
Read lots of interesting facts about the moon at this link: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4850
Click here to read archives of previous news stories:Past News Stories!
Click here to read the story! The Wooden Cookie Box
 
ALL MY "TO TELL THE TRUTH PLAYS" ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD! Just email me as to which plays you'd like me to send along. You can also download from the website.
Click on "The Plays" on upper left for the list of To Tell the Truth Plays Available.
Check out my "Where in the World is Mrs. Waffenschmidt"(35 adventures) posted at Education World's site Click Here

Special thanks to EducationWorld for letting me use this image of my "alter ego" as Mrs. "Waffenschmidt!
About Gail:
As of June /2006, I have retired from teaching after 33 1/2 years in the classroom. Of that time, I taught Grade 6 Social Studies teacher for 31 1/2 years.I earned my BA in early secondary education with a concentration in social studies from SUNY Oneonta, New York, and my MST in social studies education from Binghamton University in New York. In 1988, I was awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from the New York State Council for the Social Studies. Additionally, in 1988, I was also awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award by the National Council for the Social Studies.
My work has appeared in most children's publications including:
Appleseeds,Scholastic's Super Science,Scholastic's Science World, Highlights for Children, National Geographic World, Ranger Rick, Cobblestone, Faces, Muse Magazine, Contact Kids, US Kids, Action Magazine(Scholastic), Girls' Life, Boys' Life, American Girl, Instructor, Creative Classroom, Middle Years, Time for Kids, Scholastic News, Scholastic News Zone, Time for Kids , Ask Magazine, Dig, Calliope, Cobblestone, FACES, Studies Weekly, Glo Adventurer, and more.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
A quote by Ben Franklin

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