The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific notation, but fifteen minutes in, some students had lost focus. That replicates what most of the studies have found, said Scott Peters, senior research scientist at educational assessment nonprofit NWEA. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2020

If you have another platform, try Draw a Stickman (well-suited for elementary school ages). The app gives subscribers unlimited access to SmartMusic’s extensive library of over fifty method books, nearly 50,000 skill building exercises, and 22,000+ solo and ensemble titles by major publishers. SmartMusic. Pro Metronome.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. National Board assessors consistently report that the assessment process is a great professional development experience.

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Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 260

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Once they’ve completed these exercises, they pretend that they have just graduated from high school, have a job, and must save $2,000 to start college. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Living Wage Calculator.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. BarGraph Sorter.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

Five-Minute Mindfulness Meditation : This age-appropriate meditation teaches elementary students how to clear their minds and focus on the present. Calm-Down Kit : This activity (#8 on the list) will show you how to stock a kit full of calming items and exercises to help students when they are overwhelmed. Nizielski, S., Lopes, P.N.,

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data. Students might point out elements like the characters, objects, or actions taking place in the picture.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Assessment, Engagement and Ethics Basualto: As I entered the school year, I was interested in leveraging AI in the classroom beyond content generation. I was eager to learn more about how AI could enhance student assessment and engagement. This approach fosters a more interactive and engaged learning experience.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

You can find ways to bring in tools and assessments that mirror the functionality of the tests. If you can replace a traditionally paper and pencil test prep exercise with a computer-based one, do it! Or, assuming you have enough computers in your classroom, try online writing exercises. Practice makes perfect.

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Online Assessments Assessment Exercises Mobility 96

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion. As the educators I spoke with lamented, “the product is so hard to assess.”

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Educators could add digital resources and assessment pieces, and learners could submit assignments. This team-building exercise gave them the chance to have fun together and strengthen their relationships across the school. This technology gave them one spot to upload all learning materials for a single lesson or project.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Instructors say it’s tough to teach and assess motor skills, like catching and kicking, online. Meanwhile, public health experts say kids need exercise more than ever. “PE Compounding these issues, many students around the country live in crowded apartments or in neighborhoods where it’s not safe to exercise outside.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. National Board assessors consistently report that the assessment process is a great professional development experience.

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Company Pearson Assessment Exercises 214

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2019

SEL exercises. Here are a few of them, mixed with other suggested exercises from teachers who use SEL training in their classes: breathing — exactly what it says: Use this natural process to calm yourself and check in on your wellness. Stanislaus Elementary School with “Four at the Door.” She looks students in the eye.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Consequently, on a recent benchmark assessment, students made significant growth within that domain, which is typically seen at the end of the school year after that unit is taught. Grounded in STEM, these exercises help kids develop computational thinking and technical ability, which improves their real-world problem-solving skills.

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Robotics Gamification STEM Elementary 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To illustrate to educators that they’re already taking these first core steps, a collaborative team from Michigan State University and New York City’s Hunter College School of Education ran a professional development workshop in July 2019 with NYC elementary school teachers based on a tour guide activity grounded in the New York subway system.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

They say students need time to exercise, socialize and recharge. He spearheads the Alabama Conference on Grading and Assessment in Learning , an annual event where educators discuss best practices for testing and grading students. Homework helps build certain life skills like organization, perseverance and problem-solving.

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Education Study Report Exercises 210

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

For instance, in an elementary science class, a teacher designing a unit focused on ecosystems can empower students by allowing them to choose an ecosystem they are genuinely interested in exploring. When students have a voice in their education, they become more engaged and invested in the process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Many ICDL books are classified as “activities” meaning they are perfect for digital story times, scavenger hunts, and creative writing exercises. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its explicit teaching, in a structured manner, mastering the basics before you move on, and then making sure were assessing along the way to make sure that theyre on track. A graphing exercise posted in a classroom at St. The policy would apply to students in primary school, equivalent to kindergarten through seventh grade in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage. Whoa, look at Dominic!”

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Elementary Learning Report Exercises 144

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 111

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 105

User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Bulletin boards, classroom exercises, and catch phrases about the growth mindset are being promoted in lots of school settings. These tools can include reflective blogs, questions for discussion (like the ones included in my graphic), and personal assessments. It is understandable that some may be skeptical of this years buzz phrase.

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Assessment Exercises Study Elementary 120

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Most don’t survive the first five minutes in front of my students but still I go through this preparatory exercise. Playlists can be great for grouping videos, readings, assessments, and other resources that address the same topic. As a teacher, I spend a lot of time preparing lesson plans.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots for a counting exercise: One student tossed the coin-sized dots onto a cookie sheet while another hid her eyes. In Molly Long’s kindergarten class at Burrus Elementary in Hendersonville, Tenn., Two kindergarten students at Hilltop Elementary in Aston, Pennsylvania.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2018

—Ryan Johnson, former instructional technology coordinator, Enterprise (CA) Elementary School District. We now use data from the program to have conversations around how students are doing throughout the year, not just at the end of the year after the summative assessments.”—Amy

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Tools Exercises Assessment Elementary 103

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. The exercises benefited their own math skills, too.

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Elementary Report Conference Exercises 138

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

One way that we can exercise that is through our one-to-one initiative. And at the end of that year, we did some assessment, and we realized that we needed some more time to build this vision. What can it look like in an elementary classroom? All of our learners have a device.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It was a public exercise, with the whole class watching. At the start of each school year, for example, the class devotes a few days to trust-building exercises, not math. An eighth grader in Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s math class works on a slope exercise. After only a few weeks, his grades started rising.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. EdLeader21 has developed a toolkit to guide districts and independent schools in developing their own “portrait of a graduate” as a visioning exercise. Wondering how to teach and assess 21st century competencies?

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Assessment Gamification Digital Citizenship Social Media 168

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. In a normal year, the exercise would have been scaled back by this point, Woll said.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 29, 2020

Health and human function, including diet and exercise knowledge. Objective criteria would be based on standard assessments and official proctors. He has taught in the same school district his entire career with experience at both secondary and elementary levels. Common sense tools. Financial tools. Communication tools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Students are grouped by academic need so teachers can review topics with struggling students while the rest of the class works at their own pace, often on a playlist of exercises assigned by Canvas (grades 6-12) or Google Classroom (K-5). Students at Normandy Park Elementary in Morris School District.

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Blended Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 140

eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). As a first step, assess your top 10 most expensive ESSER programs and answer these questions: What is our plan to close out or continue to fund this particular expenditure?

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Assessment Outcomes Secondary Exercises 119

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif., Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

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Professional Learning Elementary Advocacy Outcomes 103

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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