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The Simple View of Reading: What You Need to Know

Waterford

Developed by Hollis Scarborough in 2001, it extends the Simple View by identifying subskills in both language comprehension and word recognition. Put together this foldable book Opposites (Spanish: Opuestos ) with your class to teach early elementary students print awareness skills. Scarborough’s Reading Rope. May 30, 2022. Castles, A.,

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., Creating a School Community ) I’ve written several blog posts about team building activities I’ve used with my elementary students and often use again with them as (1) they really like the activities, and (2) there is almost always more to learn even in repeat activities.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Yet, there is hope: over 96% of elementary school teachers view culturally responsive teaching as important when working with diverse students.[7] Picture books for early elementary students: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat. Intercultural Education, 2001, 12(1), pp. January 2018. January 2018.

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Conflict Resolution Techniques You Can Use in Your Classroom

Waterford

A Conflict Resolution Protocol for Elementary Classrooms.” March 2001. April, 2018. Sources: Responsive Classroom. “A Teaching Commons at York. Managing Conflict in the Classroom.” York University. The Resilient Educator. “4 4 Effective Conflict Resolution Strategies in the Classroom.” Driscoll, Laura.

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PROOF POINTS: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring

The Hechinger Report

Tutoring programs for elementary school children rise to the top within this body of research, which was conducted well before the pandemic and targeted to students who were considerably behind grade level. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind.

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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

Between 2000 and 2018, fewer 15-year-olds reported reading for enjoyment in 31 out of 39 countries and jurisdictions surveyed by the Program in International Student Assessment (PISA), which also released its own report on reading habits in the digital age on May 4, 2021.

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PROOF POINTS: Criminal behavior rises among those left behind by school lotteries

The Hechinger Report

These boys racked up more arrests and days behind bars when more of their elementary school classmates left. A 2018 report by The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School pointed out the “ Paradox of Choice.” Charlotte introduced public school choice a few years after busing ended in 2001. But that hasn’t been proven.