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Subscriber Special: February Common Core Math Lessons

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Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 141 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for K-8. Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 141 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for K-8. Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching.

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Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

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It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary This video discusses using student presentations to enhance speaking and listening skills, aligning with Common Core standards. Technology Integration: Essential for implementing Common Core standards without adding extra layers.

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How to use Digital Quick Writes–the video

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The video outlines practical strategies for implementing quick writes in the classroom, provides examples of tools and techniques, and highlights how these exercises can meet Common Core standards. Alignment with Common Core : Quick writes can be tailored to meet various educational standards, making them versatile across subjects.

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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Common Core for the not-so-common learner: English language arts strategies grades K-5. Beyond core expectations: A schoolwide framework for serving the not-so-common learner. Beyond core expectations: A schoolwide framework for serving the not-so-common learner. Michael Fullan, 2002, p.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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This is especially important with multi-player games like Minecraft (you will close the system at school, but that may not be the case in the student’s home). Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Allow me to change that.

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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. Comic Time required: One class Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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Childhood is Expendable to Some Education Reformers

A Principal's Reflections

As a parent of two elementary students (first and third grade) in Staten Island, NY, I witness daily the negative impacts that Common Core and standardized testing, under the guise of education reform, are having on them. After all, this is what our system was based on for years and success followed.