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Use of Blogging to Address the Common Core

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First year New Milford High School teacher Mrs. Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Required to understand the game’s big picture because few are based on common knowledge. Analysis of how and why individuals, events, ideas develop and interact. Allow me to change that.

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Subscriber Special: More MLK

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Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. .

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Tie-ins: A widget can apply to any holiday or class event. Here is how to use comics in your classes: Open the comic creator you use in your class.

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Subscriber Special: 2 Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans

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Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. .

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Free MLK Lesson Plans

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Ask a Tech Teacher’s 19-page two-lesson plan bundle to teach about Martin Luther King (click for more information) is 66% off January 12, 2024 through Jan.

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Free MLK Lesson Plans

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Lesson plans include: an Event Chain of Dr. King’s impact on American history. Common Core and ISTE alignment. In honor of Martin Luther King: The 19-page two-lesson plan bundle to teach about Martin Luther King (click for more information) is Free through Jan. interpreting his words with a visual organizer. resources.