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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

Students create budgets, shopping plans, and comparison shopping while learning about the effective use of credit. If you’re ready to help elementary-aged children understand financial literacy, Vault is the perfect course for you. Grade level: elementary grades. Grade Level: Elementary School. Grade Level: 9-12.

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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

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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. Free on the web; fee for the app.

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Common Core: Addressing Text Complexity through Digital Resources

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Those of us who are transitioning to Common Core standards know that text complexity will affect the rigor in our classrooms. Teachers and librarians who use Accelerated Reader (AR) in their schools need to take into consideration that the AR levels (ATOS) are changing to adapt to the higher reading levels in Common Core.

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

The Hechinger Report

California mandated its plan in 2008 but reversed course in 2010 after a court-ordered postponement and pressure to adopt the Common Core standards, which recommended that eighth graders take pre-algebra, not algebra. She got As in elementary school math but her grades fell once she hit algebra in eighth grade.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. It breaks my heart to see what is happening in a state that I hold dear to my heart.

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?How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset

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Here’s a sampling of Mangahigh's games to get you started: Game Description Grade Levels Deepest Ocean Comparison with inequalities Elementary to middle Pyramid Panic Lite Lengths, perimeters and areas and shapes Elementary to middle Jetstream Riders Times tables and numeracy skills Elementary to middle Flower Power Lite Ordering decimals, fractions (..)

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Choosing The Right Adaptive Learning Tool

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Unique Features: Julia Cope, third-grade teacher at Bonita Elementary in Newman-Crows Landing USD, values the variety of reports for both teachers and parents. NWEA’S MAP GROWTH ( nwea.org ) Jenny Lynn Hatter, Chief Academic Officer of Harrison County Schools, reading to elementary students. I love Stride and so do my students.”