The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

A group of fifth grade boys trailed into the conference room in the front office of Johnsburg Elementary School and sat at the table, their feet dangling from the chairs. “It In elementary schools across the country, an incident as common as a playground fracas over a football could result in kids being suspended. JOHNSBURG, Ill. —

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Plus, get four free easy reader chapter books available in English and Spanish! The early years are vital to a child’s long-term achievement in reading, so teaching vocabulary and content knowledge in preschool and in the elementary grades is essential. How to Boost Your Students’ Reading Comprehension.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Julie Hembree and her students are sending Books to Africa. Books to Africa and My Personal Transformation to a Global Educator. Date: January 17, 2018. I have had a Books to Africa program going since 2012. Every year my students do a coin drive, and they raise money to pay for the shipping of books. Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. But does simply giving away free books to low-income families with young children help with early reading?

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Waterford

MAY 31, 2022

Scarborough’s Reading Rope is another literacy acquisition model that identifies the skills necessary for learning how to read. Put together this foldable book Opposites (Spanish: Opuestos ) with your class to teach early elementary students print awareness skills. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2018, vol.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2020

Hamish, the author of the book Relentless: Changing Lives By Disrupting Educational Norms , will inspire you. Under his leadership – his elementary school was recognized as a Nationally Distinguished Title 1 School, and Hamish has since gone on to turn around one of the toughest middle schools in the state of Virginia.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. How to Improve Your Cultural Competency as a Teacher. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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Waterford

MARCH 10, 2022

6] As you teach content area skills, make a point to model and also explicitly teach communication skills like how to engage in a class discussion or respond to a question.[7]. Read alouds can be useful for teaching communication skills to elementary students. December 21, 2018. National University Staff. Lindner, B.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Check out Jennifer Gonzalez’ 2018 Teacher’s Guide to Technology for more than 200 tools with special tips, videos, and screenshots to get you started. Iditarod Teacher: How to Connect and Learn from the Iditarod Race. Date: February 21, 2018. I applied, and I was chosen last April to be the 2018 teacher on the trail.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Over seven million will take SAT tests in 2018 in January, March/April, May, June, October, November, or December. The website program is tied to the author’s popular book, The Perfect Score Project, on preparing for the SAT. USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. But it’s also a space where they can write a book,” she says. 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. jena.passut_7651. which has 330 students, is not alone.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

John Larmer, the editor at the Buck Institute, talks about common barriers to effective project-based learning and how to overcome them. He wrote and edited the PBL Toolkit Series of books, rubrics for 21st-century success skills, and materials for Buck’s professional development programs. Books: Project Based Teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

How to Enter T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Foundation and Ashoka, (a leading organization in the field of social entrepreneurship) are looking for bold ideas focused on education, the environment, or technology for the 2019 Changemaker Challenge. I Googled how to start a nonprofit! That's how I figured stuff out. UNYouthEnvoy.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 10, 2019

You could, for example, teach students how to recognize different emotions or what to do when they are sad or angry. Reading is connected to empathy, and reading books about bullying can help students understand how to treat their classmates and what to do if they’re being bullied.[13] How to Prevent Cyberbullying in Schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Date: May 14, 2018. The whole reason behind having these accounts is of course to share our story with the world, but more importantly to teach my students about how to appropriately behave on social media and how to use digital citizenship early on, before they actually have those accounts at home with their families.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

December and January are great months to roll out Bloomz with your parents, so you can start 2018 strong. As an elementary principal, I could wear a different Christmas tie every day from Thanksgiving to Christmas and not get them all worn. Every child wrote their own chapter book. Yes: Autographed Book by a Favorite Author.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too. Date: January 30, 2018. We should have many more blended courses on the books next year. Enhanced Transcript. Digital Citizenship that Works.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Date: May 9, 2018. You can investigate through a book. She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. Vicki: Ah, okay.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Experts and educators say the Early Head Start partnership program could serve as a model, showing states how to design systems to better support child care programs and raise quality — assuming states get more funding under Biden’s plan. A toddler looks at a book on an October morning at Donna Araujo’s home child care program.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions. Counselors at our school began using specific names of brain structures, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, when teaching learners how to self-regulate. She wasn’t the only one. It started with coffee.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. link] #edtechchat #satchat #aledchat #fetc #iste18 — fp (@missfplunkett) January 27, 2018.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Lalaine Perez Just a short drive away, Mónica Ruiz, principal at Chula Vista’s Montgomery Elementary, was facing her own math struggles.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2018 YO Teach! Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. In 2018 the Pew Center reported that 58% of American teens had experienced cyberbullying. Cyberbullying. FREE GUIDE FOR TECH ADMINS.

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techlearning

MAY 1, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 1, 2018 — This summer, Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 full-day, hands-on training institutes to help science educators learn how to integrate data-collection technology into their curricula. Both include training, lunch, and one Vernier digital lab book or sensor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2023

Unfortunately, many students and parents have bought answer books and answer keys for our materials. How to join the waitlist. Winner: ChatGPT Revisions On thing I particularly liked about Google Bard is how it will show you three drafts of answers for each question. I hope this quiz helps you learn how to use commas correctly.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Learning how to handle disagreements and conflict is a critical part of social-emotional learning (SEL). Regular reading and discussion about these themes, and how they relate to real-world conflict resolution, can help children build their ability to handle conflicts.[5] A Conflict Resolution Protocol for Elementary Classrooms.”

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MindShift

MAY 16, 2019

A 2018 study conducted by Mendle and her team found that girls who entered puberty significantly earlier than their peers were at higher risk for mental health concerns. And when breast buds and body hair sprout during elementary school, children often feel exposed. Taillac says reading books together can help.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. After the recession hit in 2013, it was evident that something was off at Mashburn Elementary School (part of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia). As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech and plan your professional development for 2018. Date: January 5, 2018. Tool #1: Make Bookshelves in Google Books. It’s Google Books. Now, there’s two versions of Google Books. There’s Google Books where you can go and buy a book. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. Date: March 7, 2018. Now, Matt, in this book you talk about “the tribe.” It’s an amazing experience because he uses it alongside books.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. It’s her job to guide teachers on how to help struggling readers at the 600-student school. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Because it is just one assessment.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

Date: April 19, 2018. They don’t want to read books or brochures. InnovatorsMindset was such a good book, I had to make an infographic about it. Eileen Lennon (@eileen_lennon) February 6, 2018. I read his book, as most people have. It was a profound change in how I was thinking about things.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. He has been featured in numerous publications and podcasts.

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