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Early Elementary: Differentiate Reading Practice

Catlin Tucker

National Geographic Young Explorer Magazine is a great resource for nonfiction reading. Students can click through the magazine playing audio clips while reading along. There is a collection of magazines that include articles about animals, plants, stars, etc.

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8 things we LOVE as teachers about the Abbott Elementary series

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Abbott Elementary is a television series about a fictional elementary school in Philadelphia. After watching the entire season twice , I’d love to share 8 great things about Abbott Elementary. Abbott Elementary was created by and stars Philly-native Quinta Brunson. Warning: There are spoilers in this review!

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Summer Reading Online

Ask a Tech Teacher

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. World Cat World Cat is a comprehensive curation of books, CDs, articles, videos, and more available at all libraries in a geographic area or around the world, for all age groups. Access this collection via the website. Books are read online.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on The Advocate from the Computer Science Teachers Association. Read a book, blog, or magazine. Hello World magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation (a magazine on computing and digital making for educators by educators). Read the original version here. middle school curricula.

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Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension in Your Classroom

Waterford

In this article, we will examine the building blocks of reading comprehension. 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. 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. Rapaport, A.

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Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers?

The Hechinger Report

In the 1940s, toilet training generally started before children were 18 months old , according to an article in the magazine American Family Physician. Around 60 years later, in the mid-2000s, the same article said parents were generally starting toilet training when a child was 21 to 36 months old.

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SmartBrief: The Newsletter for Informed Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Their editors read thousands of articles each day and condense the best into just a 2-minute read. They use leading sources such as EdTech Magazine, T.H.E. SmartBrief has a free EdTech newsletter that will keep you informed. To stay up-to-date, I recommend that you subscribe to SmartBrief’s Edtech Newsletter. Journal and others.

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