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5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

eSchool News

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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Early Elementary: Differentiate Reading Practice

Catlin Tucker

There is a collection of magazines that include articles about animals, plants, stars, etc. International Children’s Digital Library has an incredible collection of stories in a wide range of languages. I’d love to hear what elementary teachers are using to get students reading online. Read-to-Self Books.

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7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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It also includes a teacher’s guide, a series of lesson plans, and the Common Core standards addressed. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Older students can also read articles on living wages through the United States. This one is used by 10,000 schools each year and 350,000 individuals.

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.

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It's Open House at the Discovery Educator Network This Week!

Educational Technology Guy

The Common Core Connection…. Resources from the DE Science Techbook that Build Common Core Skills at 6 PM ET Register at: [link] Meet these members of the DEN Leadership Council at a DEN Open House via Google Hangout at 7 PM ET ( Register here. Reynolds, author of The Dot at 1 PM ET [link] Techbook 2.0

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Additional Resources referenced from Jackie’s blog: Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners. Post by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.

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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

EdTechTeam

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? One of the assignments we were tasked with during the cohort was getting our students involved in redesigning a portion of our classroom.