Announcements for Aug 19, 2025

Advantages of the classroom eEdition!

Your students live in a digital world. The eEdition of The Reading Eagle is an excellent interactive tool that helps you and your students meet technology and core curriculum learning objectives.

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Traci Arnold
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Online Extras (Updated every Monday)

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

This Week's lesson:
Lithuania to train citizens to build and pilot drones

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This Week's lesson:

Tech refreshes for a new school year: Math calculator, digital note-taking, headphones, chargers, cool desk lamp

Artificial intelligence hasn't nudged aside traditional education yet, so here's a selection of back-to-school tech and home study aids, such as compact chargers, other digital accessories, a Bluetooth mini-speaker, a handy desk lamp with lots o...

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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated daily with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.

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This Week's lesson:

Washington clears homeless encampment


Washington authorities cleared a homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial last week, forcing people to relocate on short notice. Bulldozers tore down and removed anything that was not removed on time. President Donald Trump has taken over the ci...

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The news media shape how we see and understand the world around us. With its new video series, NBCU Academy takes a deep dive into what it means to be a journalist today, how the industry is evolving, and how the next generation can help.

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NASA's Night Sky Network

A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)

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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.

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This Week's lesson:

Does RFK Jr. know what he’s doing?

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This week's word in the news: JUNKET

DEFINITION:

A trip made by an official at public expense, or a promotional trip made at another's expense.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“The more information that becomes public about these junkets, the more they look like luxury vacations on the taxpayer’s dime."
The Boston Herald -- 08/18/2025

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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