eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As a fifth grade teacher, I used to spend hours hunting for math materials and exercises. If I had to teach my math class a standard skill, like adding fractions with different denominators, I would flip through thick binders of exercises, maybe printing up a few. Most teachers nationwide now teach to Common Core standards.

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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. It also includes a teacher’s guide, a series of lesson plans, and the Common Core standards addressed. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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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.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 5, 2014

I often post assignments for either in-class exercises or vacation homework. Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples). These posts are both technical in nature as well as writing focused.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

a vibrant and accessible teaching guide packed with strategies for implementing Common Core standards using UDL. This is a fun exercise for students who are already active on Twitter, and also a good counting lesson for younger students. Here, we excerpt five of those ideas: “Tweet” Your Knowledge. Turning Poetry Loose.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2015

Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Sonocent offers a school pack that includes lesson plans and sample files for elementary and high school. – See more at: [link]. Conclusion. – See more at: [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

sequencing–knowing what happens when; mentioned in Common Core standards for grades 1 through 5. No surprise the United Kingdom took the bold step of adding coding to the core school curriculum. The free version has a limited number of exercises. Kodable now offers a curriculum for elementary school.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. First grade in particular — “the reading year,” as Miller calls it — is pivotal for elementary students, when their literacy skills “really take off.” Students play outside Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas. This story also appeared in USA Today. “Do

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

SRA FLEX Literacy Projects Jumpstart promotes critical skills for at-risk elementary, middle and high school students, extends benefits of project-based learning to more U.S. FLEX Literacy Projects resources for either Elementary (3-5) or Secondary (6 and above) classrooms. classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

She showed the students a video to review the math, then sent them scattering to different tables to practice the exercises they’d found challenging. “We He partly blamed the 2010 Common Core requirements, which had toughened middle school math at all levels and raised the cost of moving too quickly.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

The Academy is a magnet elementary school is located in a U.S. Related: Do the arts go hand-in-hand with common core? These varied art-infused learning exercises not only help deepen their academic knowledge, but more importantly they’re broadening their understanding of community in the larger sense of the word.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As an elementary school teacher, I definitely introduced word lists and spelling tests with vocabulary unrelated to the topics we explored in different parts of the school day. This exercise can happen as a pre-publishing activity before they even jump into the tool. Vocabulary instruction is sometimes an isolated event in classrooms.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brief bursts of physical exercise add classroom fun, build brainpower. Bottom line: In a genre of its own, GoNoodle is a ready-to-go and classroom-friendly exercise program that challenges students to get moving. Bottom line: These powerful science units capitalize on elementary school students' natural curiosity.

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Saving Socrates

APRIL 22, 2013

In his post on his blog [link] , Aaron Ross suggests that their are two polar opposite approaches to the neccessity of a common core, those who want to protect and perhaps even popularize it and those who want to totally abandon it. Which means they aren''t exercising the most efficient opportunity costs on a daily basis.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2016

They had limited impact on professional learning, says Epps, principal of the Mancos Early Learning Center and Elementary School. In some districts, these consensus-building exercises have served as a starting point for deeper conversations about the future direction of the district’s overall technology use.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brief bursts of physical exercise add classroom fun, build brainpower Bottom line: In a genre of its own, GoNoodle is a ready-to-go and classroom-friendly exercise program that challenges students to get moving. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Google Classroom. Khan Academy.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brief bursts of physical exercise add classroom fun, build brainpower Bottom line: In a genre of its own, GoNoodle is a ready-to-go and classroom-friendly exercise program that challenges students to get moving. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Google Classroom. Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. With this simple exercise, you have identified an area of need—as well as a valuable SME who is already overcoming the challenge.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

From my friend Molly at Flocabulary: " The Week in Rap Junior connects age-appropriate news stories to elementary science and social studies curricula and promotes development of core skills like reading, writing and critical thinking for students in grades K-5. They're really fun & they remind me a lot of Brainpop quizzes !

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

With students on my roster performing at a range of grade levels from elementary to beyond high school, I decided against bundled curriculum and textbooks and instead committed to building an in-house curriculum tailored to my students’ needs. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Wettrick’s students research potential projects, then find collaborators, identify the Common Core educational standards that their projects demonstrate, then blog about the process as well as their findings, which can be in the form of a DVD, a television program, an app.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

The reason is that when you come to school and your language skills aren’t as good, a lot of what the teacher says—and 80 percent of classroom instruction in elementary school is a teacher talking and students listening—is going to go right over your head.”.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Wettrick’s students research potential projects, then find collaborators, identify the Common Core educational standards that their projects demonstrate, then blog about the process as well as their findings, which can be in the form of a DVD, a television program, an app.

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Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

There has been a rise in AI programs with books and courses exclusively focusing on elementary and high-school students. Alex said that the biggest change he has seen is not in the topics we’re teaching, but rather how it’s been taught and this is now formalized in many of the newer standards which come under the Common Core.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

“It’s an exercise of power aimed at the public, and in a democratic society, power deserves attention and scrutiny, not gratitude.” Pushback against Common Core tests specifically and against standardized testing more generally have also prompted states and districts to rethink the kind and frequency of assessments they buy.

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