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

Waterford

Back to school crafts, get-to-know-you activities, and team building exercises are all great ways to encourage a friendly classroom environment. Use these first day of school read-alouds to teach social skills to your elementary students: David Goes to School by David Shannon. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. Miss Nelson is Missing!

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Research-based Strategies for Teaching Sight Words

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Many educators use tools like flashcards and repetitive reading exercises to help students memorize sight words. Graphophonemic awareness: Development in elementary students. How Do Children Learn to Read Words by Sight? University Press of America. Reading their way : a balance of phonics and whole language. Scarecrow Press.

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Are science fairs unfair?

The Hechinger Report

Thousands of kids across the country, from elementary through high school, spend weeks or months coaxing seedlings to grow, building devices to harness solar energy and carefully mixing acids and bases. A second grader in Mississippi explains his winning science fair project to members of his class. Springtime is science fair season.

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Why It’s Time to Rethink School Science Fairs

MindShift

Thousands of kids across the country, from elementary through high school, spend weeks or months coaxing seedlings to grow, building devices to harness solar energy and carefully mixing acids and bases. Springtime is science fair season. For three decades, researchers have been scrutinizing how competition motivates student behavior.

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‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’

The Hechinger Report

She worked physically demanding jobs until 2003 when she was injured, went back to school for office administration and found a job working for an attorney. When the coronavirus ended in-person education in March, Alejandra’s school sent home games and simple exercises Christine could help with. Credit: Christine Zuniga.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Many schools have reduced or even eliminated recess for elementary school children, and several have cut back on free play and play-based learning in the early grades such as kindergarten and first grade (Zygmunt-Fillwalk & Bilello, 2005). Unfortunately, time for free play within school hours has also declined.

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

The extreme scarcity of counselors in Arizona, especially in elementary schools, puts students there at particular risk. Janine Menard works as a counselor at Sheely Farms Elementary, which enrolls about 750 students from pre-K through eighth grade in the Phoenix suburb of Tolleson. Credit: Source: YouTube.

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