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Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work
$22.00
If you want to set up literacy stations in your classrooms (k-2), or you just want to re-vamp the ones you already have, then Debbie Diller's book is very helpful. The key to successful stations is to teach the stations from the beginning of the year. Use all station materials in your teaching, students will then model this teaching when they go to the station for independent practice. Great ideas and useful resource for teachers of literacy stations. Great summer reading for teachers!

Weller WES51 Analog Soldering Station, Power Unit, Soldering Pencil, Stand and Sponge
$124.95
A fine piece of gear... not many frills, but a solid soldering station. How long have Weller products been around? They must be doing something right.

Ice Station Zebra
$14.98
I usually like a book more than the movie. In this case the movie fully lived up to the book on which it is based. The cast is excellent, and the story moves well. I get some movies from Netflix, but this one is well worth buying.

Thermaltake BlacX eSATA USB Docking Station
$44.99
I was impressed with how heavy and solid this item felt. I was torn between this one, and another brand because it had firewire also, but I ultimately felt that a quality brand was more important. Overall a great unit aside from the lack of firewire. I also wish it had some kind of back guard with a cooling fan to help protect the precious electronics on the hard drive and keep the hard drive cooler.