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How to use Digital Quick Writes–the video

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The video outlines practical strategies for implementing quick writes in the classroom, provides examples of tools and techniques, and highlights how these exercises can meet Common Core standards. Short and Focused : Quick writes typically last 10-15 minutes, encouraging concise and thoughtful expression of ideas.

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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Holiday examples include this Thanksgiving pumpkin and these holiday bells. Click the link for an example of Abraham Lincoln to align with study of the American Civil War or this one of the American Revolution. You may offer an example or rubric if those are available. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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How To Effectively Use Educational Assessment Tools

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Quick Take: Overview of educational assessment tools focusing on Summative assessment and Formative assessment. Explain, Compare and give examples of the two concepts. A comparison of summative assessment and formative assessment. Today we will dive in deeper into the discussion of educational assessment.

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Writing Scaffolds to Meet Diverse Learning Needs

A Principal's Reflections

As students work to master the complex reading and writing standards demanded by the Common Core, Mrs. Montecuollo and Mrs. Westbrook collaborated to create writing scaffolds that address the diverse academic needs of their 9th grade students. These teachers believe that differentiation is about access points.

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6 Ways to Make Classroom Typing Fun

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for example. 6.6 ) By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 which specifically mentions ‘use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills)’ keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring.

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How NOT to Assess Student Writing

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In my school, every teacher assesses writing. If I use Common Core as an example, here’s what these Standards call out as important about writing (slightly rephrased from the Anchor Standards): Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum

A Principal's Reflections

You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom. We have neither the training to assess such skills nor the language to develop such assessments. But we need help.