July
Great Ideas
For great ideas about Fourth of July celebrations,
firework safety,
US Flag rules, and National Parks and Recreation Month, visit
Great Ideas at
http://www.kedt.org/ed/greatideas.htm
Prepare
for Next Year
We know that, even as you prepare for summer vacation,
you are already planning for next year. Get a jump on the school year by
returning your Educational Services contract today and we can begin filling
your duplication orders over the summer.
Project
SMART
MATH PLUS 2007
(Summer
Migrants Accessing Resources Through Technology) program dates are June 5-July
12, 2007, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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Time
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Grade
Levels
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Instructional
Focus
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9:30-10:00am
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Early
Childhood Pre-K-K
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Integrating
Math and Language
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10:30-11:00am
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Lower
Elementary Grades 1-2
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Integrating
Math and Language
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11:30-12noon
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Upper
Elementary Grades 3, 4, 5
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Integrating
Math and Language
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12:30-1pm
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Middle
School Grades 6, 7, 8
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Math
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Coming
Soon!
KEDT’s
Educational Department has been busy working on the Educational Program Guide
and it's on its way to the printers! Each
educator in member districts will receive their GREEN
guide beginning in September. Look for your copy in your school mailbox.
Hey,
this is fun!
One
of the comments we are hearing over and over again about KEDT’s new
Chalkwaves service is that it’s fun to use.
KEDT’s Chalkwaves, which assists teachers in meeting learning
objectives and engaging students in meaningful learning experiences, is so
easy to use that many of our participants are using the “fun” word again
but we don’t want you to take their word for it.
We’d love to demonstrate Chalkwaves for you….because it’s as much
fun for us as it will be for you. Call
855-2213 to arrange for a demonstration.
July
Highlights
In
this section we highlight some of the evening programming
on KEDT-TV.
Mr. Frank does not tape any of our evening programs
so set your
VCR!
July 4 A CAPITOL FOURTH (2007)
Join the celebration on July 4 as the top-rated,
multi-award winning A CAPITOL FOURTH kicks off a musical extravaganza topped
by a dazzling display of fireworks over the Washington Monument. Live from the
West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, America’s biggest birthday celebration,
hosted by veteran actor Tony Danza,will feature some of the country’s
best-known and award-winning musical artists, including recording artist
Elliott Yamin (“American Idol”), Tony award-winner Bebe Neuwirth,
Grammy-award winning gospel legend Yolanda Adams, accomplished young actress
and singer Hayden Panettiere (“Heroes”) and others performing with the
National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Erich
Kunzel. The nation ’s premiere Independence Day celebration will conclude
with a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” complete with
live cannon fire provided by the United States Army Presidential Salute
Battery, an audience favorite and now A CAPITOL FOURTH tradition.
July 5 Horses of Gettysburg
HORSES OF GETTYSBURG celebrates the forgotten equine
heroes of the Civil War. Narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell, director of the epic
films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals, the documentary vividly captures the
relationship forged between Union and Confederate soldiers and their horses.
Filmed in High Definition, HORSES OF GETTYSBURG uses scenes of charging
horses, period illustrations and photographs, and battlefield panoramas to
tell the story of the 72,000 military horses and supply-carrying mules
employed by both the North and South during the Battle of Gettysburg in July
1863 and throughout the Civil War.
July 8 Nature -
Kalahari : The Great Thirstland
For years, the Kalahari Desert can appear to be one of
the most barren wastelands on earth. But its swirling hot sands hold unseen
treasure — a swarming superabundance of life, brought forth by a brief
season of sudden, unpredictable storms. Butterflies, termites and locusts
burst forth in staggering numbers. Millions of quelea birds swirl in the sky
like smoke. Most impressive is the giant bullfrog — the size of a dinner
plate with a voice to match, this amphibian waits out the dry years entombed
deep underground.
July 11 American Masters: Les Paul:
Chasing Sound
To celebrate his 92nd birthday, this profile looks back
at the precocious little boy from Waukesha, Wisconsin, who punched new chords
into his mother’ s piano roll, turned his bedsprings into a radio antenna
and rigged a microphone out of telephone parts to get a bigger sound from his
Sears & Roebuck acoustic guitar. The legendary Les Paul — father of the
solid-body electric guitar, inventor of overdubbing and multi-track recording,
king of the 50s pop charts and rock ’n’ roll pioneer — is still
irascible, still egotistical, still indefatigable, still performing and
holding court every Monday night at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. He
is the last of that self-educated, brilliantly innovative generation of media
masterminds, who revolutionized popular music and reinvented global musical
culture — still tinkering and still chasing the perfect sound.
July 15 Mystery! Miss Marple,
Series III
Geraldine McEwan (The Magdalene Sisters, Wallace &
Gromit) reprises her role as Agatha Christie’s famous spinster sleuth Miss
Marple in four new adaptations.
July 24 P.O.V. Prison Town, USA
In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom,
a prison opened in rural America every 15 days. “Prison Town, USA” tells
the story of Susanville, one California town that tries to resuscitate its
economy by building a prison — with unforeseen consequences. Weaving the
stories of a laid-off mill worker turned guard, a struggling dairy owner and
an inmate’s family stranded in Susanville, the film illuminates the legacy
of an industry that is transforming rural America.
July 25 American Masters John
James Audubon: Drawn From Nature
In a dramatic, contradictory story, the man who is
synonymous with the American wilderness and conservation movement emerges as
the man who probably killed more birds than anyone else in history. Energetic,
gifted and vain, Audubon was self-taught and self-made, the illegitimate son
of a French sea captain and Haitian servant girl. From the Caribbean and the
French countryside, he eventually settled in the American south at age 19 and,
after failed business efforts and bankruptcy, pursued his true passion —
finding, shooting and drawing birds — ultimately realizing his dream of
publishing The Birds of America, the monumental collection of 435 life-size
prints, now each fetching more than $100,000 at auction. The National Audubon
Society has more than a half-million members today and his legacy is ever
relevant.
August 1 Great
Performances Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Between 1959 and 1975, Stax Records in Memphis,
Tennessee, released international chart-topping hits such as “Soul Man,”
“Dock of the Bay,” “Green Onions,” “Midnight Hour,” “Respect
Yourself” and the theme from Shaft. The label’s artists included Otis
Redding, Sam and Dave, Booker T. and the MGs, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes —
even Richard Pryor and Jesse Jackson. Founded by a conservative white bank
teller who played country fiddle music, Stax became the pre-eminent soul music
label in America. Its story is entwined with the civil rights movement of the
1960s and the rise of black nationalism in the 1970s. “Respect Yourself”
documents the Stax label, its visionaries and most of all, its music.
