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Explorations Newsletter: Updates, Lesson Plans, and Activities for SIRS Discoverer and eLibrary Elementary
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eLibrary Elementary News

Our ProQuest product development team is constantly reviewing customer feedback and making changes to our learning resources to meet your needs. Several updates were recently completed, and we wanted to bring them to your attention:

SIRS Discoverer: Science Resources for the Lower Levels or Struggling Audience, Election 2008 Content, Language Arts Resources (More)

eLibrary Elementary: The Cold War: A History in Documents, American Immigration: A Student Companion, Biography for Beginners: Authors (More)
What is mudslinging? Find out at SIRS Discoverer!

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  SIRS Discoverer Activity: Promoting Art Education
Art education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self-expression, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, skills vital to the success of our future leaders -- our children. Let SIRS Discoverer connect students to a world of hands-on art activities in March, and all year long! (Activity Archives)

Kids Crafts at SIRS Discoverer

eLibrary Elementary: National Crafts Month+
eLibrary has resources and links to websites that provide a gallery of arts and crafts activities for every season. Learn the two common methods of getting resources for your students to use for arts and crafts activities in this month's curriculum feature. (Activity Archives)


 
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  SIRS Current Events, Political Cartoons, Graphs + More
Our editorial team updates our SIRS products daily with new articles and resources. Here's a short list of the timeliest and most topical articles added to your product this month. Did you know that Discoverer offers charts and graphs plus map activities, geared for the younger researcher? Discoverer even offers political cartoons geared for the younger researcher.


 
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  Language Arts Resources @ SIRS Discoverer
Investigate writing activities and quizzes that illustrate concepts including Onomatopoeia, Anagrams, Pig Latin, Puns, and more. Read-along plays new to SIRS Discoverer include As You Like It; Callipateira Breaks the Rule; The Nutcracker; The Emperor's New Clothes; Cyrano de Bergerac; Horton Hears a Who!; and American Pastime. Explore more content in our new Subject Tree Additions: ARTS/Grammar & Punctuation and KIDS CORNER/Grammar & Punctuation.
 
       
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  Elementary & Middle School Grants: Grant Wrangler
Grants for K-9 Teachers
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  Proquestk12.com Website Updates
The newest additions to proquestk12.com, your single
source for hands-on K-12 solution information:
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  SIRS Discoverer Spotlights: 2008
Each month our SIRS editors publish a set of hands-on activities and research starters in the form of our SIRS Spotlight feature. You can access this content via links inside your subscription, via our email newsletters, and on our K-12 home page under What's Hot? Here's a sample of our initial 2008 Spotlight themes:
  1. The Solar System
  2. Black History Month
  3. Women's History Month
  4. Save Our Earth
  5. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  6. Complete Listing
 

SIRS Spotlights + Challenge Quests
SIRS Challenge Quests On April 22, people across the world celebrate Earth Day, which promotes environmental protection, awareness, and education. Act locally with our eco-friendly Challenge Quests.

SIRS Spotlights National Poetry Month celebrates poetry and its significant placement in our cultural landscape. SIRS shines a Spotlight on this topic in April.


CultureGrams Flag CultureGrams in Focus
CultureGrams can help broaden your students' understanding of the world.
Visit Djibouti in our World Edition.



Top 3 Websites from ProQuest Top 3 Websites
Each month, our editorial team scours the Internet for top-quality sites for teachers and students. Get connected.



Free Online Training Opportunities
Our ProQuest product trainers are standing by to help you get the most out of your subscriptions. Attendees can obtain a Certificate of Attendance for any of our online courses. Our training sessions cover after-school hours within several time zones. Tap into this month's free training schedules (by class or date) then register for a course today.


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