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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data. At its core, the routine starts with the fundamental act of “seeing.”

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Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s online assessment, practice, and instruction for K-6 students with a tagline: Curiously fun, amazingly effective, refreshingly affordable. Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students. I give new webtools about two minutes. Is it Effective?

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Using universal screening to improve student well-being

eSchool News

It benefits students’ ability to follow school-wide expectations through Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), to repair harm when it occurs through restorative practices and help students be present and fully engage with instruction. The next step was to conduct a needs assessment of the current system.

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7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects

The CoolCatTeacher

They are using time to research and create a presentation of what they know. Assess Your School or District Mark Wise told me about how they assess their entire district with a massive project for eighth-graders. It’s really happening organically. So this acts almost like a physical for the district, more than anything else.

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Carolina Biological Products Named Best-in-Class for K to 12 Science Teaching and Learning in National STEM Awards

eSchool News

Awards have been earned in such subjects as elementary and middle-school science, biology, chemistry, physical science, environmental science, career technical education (CTE), and anatomy and physiology. Each activity includes a case study that provides students with background information about a patient who presents with relevant symptoms.

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If You Want Equity in the Classroom, Above-Average Readers Need Intervention Too

Edsurge

In the past, kids in K-2 would get a reading assessment with their teacher but students in upper grades were just expected to be able to read. It was difficult to ascertain those students’ reading levels unless you were a reading specialist, and even then, assessments were performed individually and were very time-consuming.

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Lessons Learned While Creating Long Lasting Change in Providence Public Schools

Edsurge

This case study was originally published on Getting Smart. As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. Yet challenges presented themselves in a number of areas. Looking Ahead While Instituting Change.