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What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it?

Ask a Tech Teacher

It provides reading resources either uploaded by the teacher or selected from the platform’s library of thousands of fiction and nonfiction books (some free; some through Prime plans), Common Core-aligned lesson plans, videos, or simulations. in the library as a research tool . as homework or independent reading.

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Early Elementary: Differentiate Reading Practice

Catlin Tucker

National Geographic Young Explorer Magazine is a great resource for nonfiction reading. Students can click through the magazine playing audio clips while reading along. There is a collection of magazines that include articles about animals, plants, stars, etc.

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Read Across America Day

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Open Library. Stories to read—International Library. First Site Words (fee)–focuses on the core vocabulary your children will need throughout their lives. Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. More reading resources: Common Core Reading lesson plans.

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Are you using popular culture in class? Why you should be

eSchool News

Increasingly, linking learning material to popular culture such as music, celebrity statements on current events or the way different magazines tackle topics can be an effective way to get students to speak up in class, think critically and collaborate. “All media involve writing.” “All media involve writing.”

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Not Just for Reading Class Anymore: 5 Tips for Teaching Literacy Across Multiple Subjects

Edsurge

Students created a computer program using free online coding platform Scratch to show their progress on a particular Common Core narrative writing standard. The initiative? First, students read a biography and then created a narrative script highlighting important parts in this person’s life. Tell us in the comments section below.

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Recap App: 3 Back-to-School Ideas for Student Videos

The Web20Classroom

What two books or magazines do you wish we had in our classroom library? It is also a great way to demonstrate to parents how you will meet the digital literacy demands in the Common Core State Standards , as well as how technology can be used in a meaningful way even with our youngest learners! How do you choose a book?

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.