The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. Now, Mike, you have five ideas for us today, to do formative assessments. Formative Assessment Idea #1: High-Five Hands. And its free!

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

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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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The print, digital and hands-on program raises the bar in student-driven 3D learning and 3D assessment. The new program features a robust and integrated assessment system, including a new assessment map. Students talk to each other to design a solution together, brainstorm how to test it, and plan how to make it better.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? How Can We Have Realistic Thinking Not Deficit Thinking? How Do We Help the Kids Who Excelled in Distance Learning? She is also a former teacher and principal, leading one of the first elementary STEM schools in Iowa. Dawn Stansbury.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

My experience in this area began over three years ago, thanks to having the opportunity to coach teachers and administrators at Wells Elementary School. Their influence can be seen and heard in my writing, presentations, workshops, and work with other schools. Ownership of learning shouldn’t just be for students.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school. It addresses not only graduation tests like SAT and ACT but subject area summative tests and end-of-grade assessments for states, Common Core and more (including PARCC). More on assessments: 12 Fresh Ways to Assess Student Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 6, 2018

The other day I was conducting some learning walks with the administrative team at Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). My visits to this school have been inspiring as I have seen the future of education in the present. There are several variations on this method: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

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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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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User Generated Education

MARCH 17, 2021

I am a seminar facilitator for student teachers, and I teach gifted education at three Title 1 elementary schools. Although Jesse Stommel does ungrading in higher education – see How to Ungrade ). Across education, we’ve normalized absurd levels of grading, test-taking, and standardized assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

One of the key points I tried to make was how important it is to do the same with teachers. It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

assess success at completion. How to get started. All accounts include a dashboard to track courses taken/being taken, certificates earned, modules completed in each class, which classes in your overall plan are completed, how long you’ve spent working on the class, and more. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 17, 2020

It teaches how to organize your topics so that students can find their files, how to take attendance (and connect with students while you do), a discussion about due dates, and how to teach students to find files and respond. This is a must-watch. *

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. — This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee. Ushering in a new model.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Conversations about the science of reading are happening primarily with elementary and early childhood educators. But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Learn more about how different stakeholders will champion the science of reading.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Use a URL shortener to make links easily accessible in a slide presentation or push out using a Learning Management System (i.e., ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. My favorites at bit.ly

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Wells Elementary has been taking the feedback that I provide for over three years and recently asked me to create a session that focused on strategies for opening and closing lessons. I was excited about this opportunity as I was going to have the honor of meeting with all teachers by grade level and present newly created content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. How to Teach Thinking Routines in the Classroom. So thanks to NNSTOY for having me to present but also letting me talk to so many amazing teachers. Well, maybe we’re not teaching them how to think. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. This often presents a challenge for them and their teachers. On the one hand, teachers may write assessments, or give audio or visual files regarding student performances directly to them. As the saying goes, “The future is now.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Yet, the district has seen consistent and remarkable success in math achievement across all of its elementary schools since it began using Stepping Stones, a prekindergarten through sixth grade comprehensive math program from ORIGO Education. Sandy Szako is a math instructional coach at Nichols Sawmill Elementary School in Magnolia.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

My appointment came at a time when 77 percent of McComb’s kindergarteners had not met the required performance on the state’s kindergarten readiness assessment. But figuring out how to operate a district within a dual system, staying true to our state’s accountability model and meeting the needs of our learners hasn’t been easy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

She lives in Illinois with her two-year-old Bridgette (who already knows how to count from one to ten) and a pet dog. Nevertheless, once you have made the decision to hire an online tutor, comes now another hurdle: How can you have the assurance that you are engaging the services of a legitimate and qualified tutor?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

There are good reasons why worksheets have been the backbone of assessment for decades: Students write or type the information (and get the benefits of note-taking). Once students finish watching, they can play topical games, dig deeper with more videos, make a learning map, review domain-specific words, and/or assess their learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll. About the Presenter.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Having two teachers also allows for one to monitor the class to ensure the students are on task while the other one is presenting a whole group lesson. Last year at.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Along the way, students juggle rent, gas, groceries, taxes, car payments, and life’s ever-present emergencies. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2022

During the edLeader Panel, “ Building SEL Teams to Support Whole-Child Development: It Takes a Village ,” the presenters discussed how they’re building a culture of SEL in their schools and the lessons they’ve learned. Finally, the presenters made sure to create moments for teachers to address their own SEL needs.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. Sometimes, their lack of confidence is why they go into early ed in the first place.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments. They can also take practice assessments using the devices.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). It can be very helpful for anyone who has a difficult time in social situations, is nervous about making friends, is conflicted about how to handle a particular situation. Later, I describe and show the work of my students.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The setup usually lists a set of skills that seem like common sense: how to do your taxes, how to work through the legal system in ordinary situations, how to determine your credit score etc. But we’re fortunate because we’re educators and generally know what to look for in pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

The post How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Teach her how to find apps, she can facilitate learning for a lifetime.” How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom #mlearning #ipaded #edtech Click To Tweet. Elementary. 40 of the Best Learning Apps for Elementary.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I can still picture myself sitting at a small, elementary school table over a decade ago. This includes the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical attributes of the environment. I can compare an ecosystem in Ohio from the past to the present.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

13] If you can teach your students how to recognize and regulate their emotions, they’ll be better prepared to focus and reach their potential both inside and outside the classroom. Read on to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can increase your student’s academic and social-emotional abilities.

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