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Fun Assessment for Silent Sustained Reading

Catlin Tucker

The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. Sans the wine, of course.)

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More than five years after adopting Common Core, Kentucky’s black-white achievement gap is widening

The Hechinger Report

It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps. Middle and high school students’ scores also dropped. “Of

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7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course. I’ve noticed news stories about schools adding financial literacy to the High School course load (yay!). Or do they think money grows on some fiscal tree that always blooms?

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Creating Skills Assessment Rubrics Revised and Aligned with Blooms & CCSS

Saving Socrates

The past week I have been spending a lot of time revamping Magen David''s Skills assessment rubrics to align them to the Common Core. Because Magen David is a regents school, we need to align our curriculum to the common core and this is a fundamental part of the process. This was no easy task.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course. If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Some are narrative; others games.

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How to write SMART learning objectives in your LMS

Neo LMS

A SMART objective can be accomplished in normal circumstances when it comes to skills, resources and teaching context; Relevant : naturally, you want your students to learn something useful from your courses. Finally, SMART goals will help you continuously optimize and improve your teaching and assessment. . Mastery coverage.

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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

. “Interactive Middle School Math 7” This middle school math online textbook aligns to the Common Core State Standards. It also includes feedback for learners when they answer formative assessment questions. High school science: “Chemistry” This high school online textbook covers a full chemistry course.

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