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Holiday Activities To Keep the Learning Going

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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. Create a poll in Google Forms, Microsoft Forms, or another favorite. Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. ” Experience. Indicate all you are comfortable with.

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What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it?

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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. These are filtered by topic, grade, length, reading level, keyword, or standards (i.e.,

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Hour of Code is Coming!

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Here’s a video to kick things off–you can’t watch this and not get motivated: Coding is a great tie-in to Common Core Math Standards. No experience needed. Anytime I can show students how to complete math skills without doing math, it’s a plus (because it surprises them. Check out this list: Tynker.

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Common Core and Service Learning PBL Professional Development

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Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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So.You Wanna Be A Good Digital Citizen

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However, I believe one of the best are the lessons and activities from Common Sense Media. There are even alignments to the ISTE NETs, AASL, and the English Common Core. They have a full, K-12, free curriculum you can use and adapt to your needs. There are lots of great links here too.

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Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind

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Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, and Albert Einstein are poster children for that approach. I then point out connections to Common Core, the IB Program, and the common sense your grandma shared with you. Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. But they’re not new.