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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. download favorite songs into a music center on their computer. insights about and analysis of information. Nothing makes knowledge more authentic than being able to teach it to others.

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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

If a topic is of interest to you or your school, you can download standards-alignment documents to help find a fit. Designed for grades 7-10, it is also linked with Math and ELA Common Core standards. Students will apply scientific thinking, geometry, and data analysis to this experience. Everfi sponsored this post.

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XplorLabs Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science

The CoolCatTeacher

Data analysis is part of the second step of this online, interactive middle school science lab from Xplorlabs. As I demonstrate in the Unboxing video (above), before clicking the “Getting Started” button in the Fire Forensics Module , download the Teacher Guide and take a look at the science experiments that go along with the module.

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Most English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and other sites are ‘mediocre’ or ‘not worth using,’ study finds

The Hechinger Report

and claims to explain how to teach the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers in a fun-filled way while hitting almost 50 Common Core standards in five weeks. A curriculum expert who reviewed the pedagogy explained to me that the unit was “weak” and does not meet Common Core standards as the creator claimed.

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3 Websites to Gamify Your Math Class

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DimensionU is a collection of engaging interactive multiplayer fantasy games for grades 2-10 (some can be played solo) that focus on core skills in mathematics and literacy. Content aligns with Common Core, state standards and classroom instruction. Click the link for more detail. – See more at: [link]. ProdigyGame.com.

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What is Standards-based Grading?

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Today, many educators want to not only evaluate progress at a point in time but optimize that against the ongoing standards their school mission is built on such as Common Core, International Baccalaureate, NGSE, or TEKS. That’s changing. What is Standards-based Grading.

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Addressing the CCSS with the Use of Infographics

Kathy Schrock

How can the use of infographics be used to address the Common Core State Standards? ELA Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text. Overview Infographics are everywhere!