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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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Tic Tack Toe in the Blended Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

The other day I was conducting some learning walks with the administrative team at Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). Unlike our learning walks in the past, the teachers at Wells Elementary did not know I was going to be in the building on this particular day.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Zeitz, 2008. An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding.

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How to Talk About Sustainability In Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Rebecca came to the Alliance for Climate Education in its inception in 2008 as an Educator, and now serves as ACE’s Director of Education. Related Posts. 5 Fab Ways to Make Sustainability Fun for Students Every Day. Subscribe to the Show. Rebecca Anderson – Bio As submitted.

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5 Ideas for Helping Parents Read with their Kids (No Matter Their Age)

The CoolCatTeacher

Amy Mascott – Bio As Submitted Amy Mascott @ teachmama is the creator of teachmama.com < [link] >, where since 2008, she has shared tools and resources parents can use to become the best teachers they can be for their children.

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

The Hechinger Report

This whole idea is a very naive belief that if we just kind of make it for everybody, everyone will learn, Brookings education researcher Tom Loveless told the Twin Cities Pioneer Press in 2008. She got As in elementary school math but her grades fell once she hit algebra in eighth grade.

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Educators as Purveyors of Hope

User Generated Education

I have since become a teacher educator (with some teaching of elementary gifted students at a few Title 1 schools thrown in). 1991) and beginning college students (Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., 1991; Snyder et al.,

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