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The Simple View of Reading: What You Need to Know

Waterford

For more in-depth information from the experts on the science behind how children learn to read, download our Science of Reading webinar series. Developed by Hollis Scarborough in 2001, it extends the Simple View by identifying subskills in both language comprehension and word recognition. What is the Simple View of Reading?

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

User Generated Education

autobiography- Download Link to the Google Doc – [link] Using a Hyperdoc such as this has the additional benefits: It leverages the use of technology which consistently is of high interest, high engagement for my learners. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ).

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

They have probably about a dozen or so different apps that you can download — and many of them are free. OH, we can download this. Karen Bosch Is the PreK – 8 Technology Instructor at Southfield Christian School in the Metro Detroit area, a position she has held since 2001. Some are interactive games. That was Day 1.

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It all started in a German castle: How wilderness programs shape some urban schools

The Hechinger Report

More than 50 years later, 152 schools in the EL (short for Expeditionary Learning) Education network are doing just that, and the network recently created a grades 3-8 curriculum that has been downloaded nearly 8 million times. They have created their own vegetable gardens and raised funds to bring plant beds to local elementary schools.

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How little is too little money for schools?

The Hechinger Report

million in 2001. The Common Core standards led the district to databases where teachers can download the nonfiction reading heavily emphasized in the standards. At first, the Kauffman Foundation provided only the cost of technical assistance, to the tune of about $100,000 a year. Related: Schools on U.S.