Saving Socrates

APRIL 22, 2013

In his post on his blog [link] , Aaron Ross suggests that their are two polar opposite approaches to the neccessity of a common core, those who want to protect and perhaps even popularize it and those who want to totally abandon it. Is a common core necessary for elementary school? I adore E.D.

Common Core 49

Common Core Assessment Learning Guidelines 49

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics. Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics. Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target. First, these students — by definition — have not yet mastered English. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky. Around 5 million children in U.S. It’s not just Kentucky.

Policies 40

Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

MindShift

MAY 25, 2016

Marna Wolak’s fifth grade students at Sanchez Elementary in San Francisco are gathered on the rug for a “number talk.” It felt like during the number talk there was some steering towards Kiara’s thinking about a number line, so I’m wondering if other students were thinking number line is something I should definitely be using today.”.

Study 53

Study Common Core Trends Elementary 53

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2015

I was taught basic computer coding in the 1980s in elementary school. But instead placing reading and writing at the core of all content, as it functions, it is segmented into a class of its own, where teachers in the United States struggle with as many as five sets of Common Core Standards, each with dozens of standards.

Common Core 40

Common Core Assessment Technology STEM 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Math centers or workstations where kids are all involved in different activities are a fundamental part of many elementary classrooms. But centers are also a tremendous amount of work for the teacher, as both differentiation and assessment can be time consuming and difficult. How do I give closure and assess the math partner game time?

Strategy 40

Strategy Common Core Assessment Elementary 40

MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

Collaboration and Equity in the Elementary Math Classroom. You definitely can’t fake these moments,” said Yuka Walton, a seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher at James Denman Middle School in San Francisco. Designing Groupwork. Smarter Together! Mathematics For Equity: A Framework For Successful Practice.

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Groups Training Common Core Classroom 52

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. I hope you enjoy and find the time to pass this along via email or a tweet.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

Attempts to use games as assessments ruin the playful experiences that make them an effective learning tool, he said. I definitely learned a lot, but it was not as fun, not as interesting,” he said. And designing good games is no easy task. It’s very hard to design a good game of any sort,” he said. Etai agrees.

Learning 28

Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

Saving Socrates

APRIL 28, 2014

Also, elementary school should not be unstructured lacking a scope and sequence of learning or curriculum. It needs to have a sequential curriculum and assess the performance outcomes of student growth to begin to target any students who might be at risk to fall behind. This is absolutely true. It does not actually help the child.

Study 78

Study Elementary Assessment Common Core 78

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed historical losses in math education. We could create a culture around mathematics where mistakes are magic because mistakes are definitely how you learn. During the pandemic, anxieties about math instruction have grown.

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Common Core Data Analysis STEM 151