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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

Waterford

Engage Families in Their First Language Whenever possible, provide multilingual families with information including student progress updates, upcoming events, and emails in their first language. ” Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005, 9(1), pp.

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This Future Teacher Hopes to Be a Change Agent By Exposing Students to Different Perspectives

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First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. My elementary school career was pretty positive, and my mom was always there. It was very draining.

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Want to Rethink Education After COVID-19? Creative Solutions Mean Taking More Risks

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In 2005, Hurricane Katrina literally washed away the New Orleans public school system. More problematic, these issues also include how to educate students who cannot learn online, such as students with special needs, English language learners and early elementary children. Public education will never be the same.

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

Parent empowerment involves both informing and organizing parents so they can participate fully in your school’s community. Teachers College Record, October 2005, 107(10), pp. Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School. Retrieved from parentpowerined.org: [link]. Cooper, C.W.,

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Launching SchoolLibraryNJ (and some models beyond)

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High School Crediting Sources Administrators Research Tools Librarians Book Awards & Lists Elementary Home Middle School Newsroom. Our Vision : To bridge information equity gaps for K12 students in New Jersey (and beyond!) Tabor Elementary School bmraff33@gmail.com Steve Tetreault, KnowledgeQuest blogger, William R.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Inform parents about summer learning loss and provide them with a few ideas for them to practice math and reading with their students from home.[3]. Scholastic Instructor, May 2005, 114(8), pp.

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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

During the first month of school, send an introduction letter to parents with class guidelines and information about the upcoming year.[12] It’s sometimes easy to feel like you have so much information to fit within a short meeting that you don’t know what to tell parents at parent-teacher conferences. Graham-Clay, S. Lemmer, E.M.