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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. Reading expert, Laura Robb breaks down excellent reading instruction from kindergarten through fifth grade. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

eSchool News

million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Michele Dawson, senior director of instructional technology in Compton Unified School District in Calif., For many of the 4.5

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction. Brandi Todd has been an elementary teacher for sixteen years. Benefits for students—and teachers.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction. Graphic credit: Jenny Abamu.

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How do Mississippi’s requirements for instructional time compare to the rest of the country?

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi is in line with the majority of states in requiring at least 180 days of instruction time each school year. At the high school level there are obviously more subjects to cover than at the elementary grades,” Davis said in an e-mail. In 2016, House Bill 59 proposed prohibiting schools from starting before Labor Day.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Overall, these seven research-based elements are instrumental in providing students with fun, individualized instruction focused on skill improvement. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130.

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Consistent Use of Lexia Reading Core5 Leads to Surge in Charter Schools USA Elementary Students Literacy Gains

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Performance was captured with RIT (Rasch unIT) scores, which measure student achievement on an equal-interval scale across all grades, and researchers compared students’ fall and spring levels in Core5 to their fall 2016 and spring 2017 MAP RIT scores. “We