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How to Transition from Summer Break to the First Days of School

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How to sign up for classroom or field trip volunteering opportunities. 11] If you can figure out how to reach the majority of parents early in the school year, you’re more likely to promote long-term parent engagement. Additionally, let parents know how they can get involved with school events. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

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8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Principal Journal, January 2001, 80(3), pp. Limiting the Academic Summer Slide for Urban Elementary School Students. 12 Fun Activities and Tips to Prevent Summer Learning Loss.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

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An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). 3 How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding?

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The Simple View of Reading: What You Need to Know

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Scarborough’s Reading Rope is another literacy acquisition model that identifies the skills necessary for learning how to read. Developed by Hollis Scarborough in 2001, it extends the Simple View by identifying subskills in both language comprehension and word recognition. Simple View of Reading vs. Scarborough’s Reading Rope.

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

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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. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al.,

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

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9,16] If educators are unaware how to teach and support multicultural students, they will fail to reach a significant portion of their school. Yet, there is hope: over 96% of elementary school teachers view culturally responsive teaching as important when working with diverse students.[7] Hosea Plays On by Kathleen M.

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How To Talk About 9/11 With A New Generation Of Kids

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talks with his elementary school students about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he tells them where he was that day — in Washington, D.C., So NPR checked in with educators and experts across the country for advice on how to approach 9/11 with kids for whom the attacks are simply history. “It’s not Muslims.

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