The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. .

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Libraries Assessment Tools Google 351

Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

As elementary students learn how to read, teachers administer reading fluency tests and listen to students read passages. Nothing can replace this formal assessment, but it’s helpful to teach students to track their words per minute between these reading fluency assessments.

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Google Assessment Elementary Data 417

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Metacognition, often referred to as “thinking about thinking,” is a cognitive skill that empowers learners to reflect on their thought processes, learning strategies, and understanding of a concept or subject. Have students observe plants, insects, or other natural phenomena.

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Analysis Elementary Case Study Secondary 281

Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reading comprehension refers to the ability to understand and interpret what you read.[1] This difference in vocabulary between young children who do and do not experience language-rich environments is often referred to as the word gap.[2] How to Boost Your Students’ Reading Comprehension. What Is Reading Comprehension?

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Strategy Classroom Elementary Assessment 246

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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Learning Course Elementary Secondary 323

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. If so, how many?”

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Course Elementary System Assessment 406

eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Consequently, on a recent benchmark assessment, students made significant growth within that domain, which is typically seen at the end of the school year after that unit is taught. Efficiency – Code efficiency refers to the dependability, speed, and programming technique used to develop an application’s code. Applications.

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Robotics Gamification STEM Elementary 130

Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. That way, you’ll have a handy sheet to refer to during the meeting and a take-home summary for parents. 14] Also set a few student goals for the upcoming semester during the meeting to involve parents in the assessment process.[8]. Classroom behavior feedback [17].

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Conference How To Meeting Case Study 100

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). Unlike our learning walks in the past, the teachers at Wells Elementary did not know I was going to be in the building on this particular day.

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Blended Learning Classroom Elementary Secondary 367

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

That brought us to the concept of “tradigital” learning, our version of blended learning, which in our district refers to a hybrid version of the traditional classroom and a digital learning environment. . The tradigital learning environment encourages all teachers — elementary, middle and high school — to adopt a station rotation model.

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Digital Learning Blended Learning Learning Outcomes 411

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. 4 Key Factors for Fantastic Formative Assessment. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. A 4 Part Distance Learning Framework that Works with Dr. Douglas Fisher.

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Company Twitter Assessment Accessibility 382

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. Check out Designing Online Assessments for Students — a course that can help you in this area.

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Course ePortfolio UDL Gamification 343

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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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 493

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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Knowledge Base Assessment Study Dropout 112

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

How to Use Vocabulary Builder on Your Kindle Paperwhite. She regularly contributes literacy insights at Dr. Kimberly’s Literacy Blog and has collaborated in writing classroom curriculum and language arts sections as well as chairing the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education. FlashCard Stash.

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How To Tools Secondary Twitter 223

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. And really, isn’t that something that so many teachers say, “I want my students to know how to think?”. Well, maybe we’re not teaching them how to think. Listen Now. Bio as submitted.

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Classroom Elementary Examples Company 561

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). Consider giving students a series of assignments over a period of time where only one or two, not all, will be assessed for a grade. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S.

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Khan Academy Learning Blended Learning Schoology 543

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., These students are all participants in The Creative School (formerly The Boys Institute) at Stanton Elementary School, an initiative designed to promote wellness and creativity—and to flip the narrative around young boys of color.

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Elementary Groups STEM Training 104

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A new report by the nonprofit educational assessment maker NWEA documents that third graders are currently suffering the largest pandemic-related learning losses in reading , compared to older students in grades four to eight, and not readily recovering. Learning to read well in elementary school matters.

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Elementary Analysis Report E-rate 145

Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. It doesn’t refer to a student being limited due to parental restrictions but rather to things like ethnicity, socioeconomic status, physical and mental ability.

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Tools EdTech Gamification Accessibility 342

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Since 1999 there have been over 300 violent tragedies that have played out from college campuses to elementary schools, and 320K students have been exposed to gun violence. This approach refers to preventing violence before it starts by giving members of the school community the tools and accountability to ensure a safe environment for all.

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STEM Training Outcomes Social Media 90

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. This fantastic addition to your class lets students create audience-facing works for authentic assessment that can also be keepsakes from their year in your classroom.

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eBook iPad Elementary Chromebook 209

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 2, 2018

I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room. Even if you cannot attend live, you can sign up to review the links and transcripts later.

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Differentiated Instruction Twitter STEM Personalized Learning 301

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They had come from across the country, gathering at an annual professional meeting of the nation’s child and adolescent psychiatrists last October, to learn how to conduct similar evaluations effectively. They needed to know how to respond. Sometimes their young patients had made threats or been violent in class.

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Assessment Report Elementary Case Study 87

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Sponsor : PowerSchool has fantastic a fantastic K12 Academic Leaders Webinar Series at coolcatteacher.com/PowerSchoolWebinar including my “Digital Dozen: 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom” and an upcoming webinar on “Best Practices for a Balanced Assessment System.” Stream by clicking here. Related Shows.

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Classroom Company Twitter Assessment 308

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ A Revolution in PK-2 Literacy: Invest in Prevention and Do Less Intervention ,” three pathfinding school leaders revealed how to revolutionize your district. Dunbar Elementary School (NY). The results speak for themselves,” said Luis Quan, Principal of P.S. 126X Dr. Marjorie H.

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Data Professional Learning Elementary Accessibility 113

Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

2] This can refer to any stressful or traumatic event that occurs during childhood, such as health issues, loss of a loved one, community violence, and abuse or neglect.[4] 2] This can refer to any stressful or traumatic event that occurs during childhood, such as health issues, loss of a loved one, community violence, and abuse or neglect.[4]

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 240

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They need to know how to get help. Revolutionizing Classrooms: How Microsoft's AI is Changing Education Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “ sponsored podcast episode.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Examples Classroom How To Adobe 334

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It goes by many clever (and slightly ridiculous ) names, but all of those acronyms refer to the act of reading recreationally at school. Take a few minutes during each silent reading period to ask students what they are enjoying about the books they are reading, or ask them to read a few paragraphs to assess the progress they are making.

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How To Outcomes Study Exercises 84

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Recently, I’ve also seen a trend of people I refer to as “reading research legends,” such as Reid Lyon, Doug Carnine, and some of the researchers from The Reading League’s virtual lecture series, finding new energy and excitement as they share research to inform practices.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 2, 2014

This scaffold provided students with sentence starters gleaned from the student exemplar and allowed them to focus on the content of their arguments without worrying about how to begin. As students struggled to articulate their ideas, they worried that their writing sounded “so simple” and “so elementary.”

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Meeting Common Core Analysis Learning 310

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

That led to questions: How did they get this far not knowing how to read? What reading program did they use in elementary school? All of this made us think about two of our students — for the purposes of privacy, we will refer to them as Brandon and Jazmine. What interventions are helping them catch up?

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Elementary Report Trends Training 108

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Because the videos begin with how to set up an Educaplay account, I recommend that you skip to 47 seconds by dragging the slider bar so you can get directly to how to create the specific classroom learning game. The automatic grading feature will save time for teachers who have diagrams that need to be assessed and marked.

How To 524

How To Classroom Google LMS 524

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Experts and educators say the Early Head Start partnership program could serve as a model, showing states how to design systems to better support child care programs and raise quality — assuming states get more funding under Biden’s plan. About three quarters of the programs referred children to services like medical and dental care.

How To 145

How To Report Accessibility Policies 145

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Assessment For Learning. We walk you through the process of distinguishing between various assessment types, building goals, identifying best practices around your assessments and analyzing your data to make lasting instructional decisions throughout the year. How Teachers Can Help Students Cope with Test Anxiety.

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Edmentum Common Core Assessment Study 144

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. ChatGPT can generate feedback that is tailored to individual needs and teachers can input assessment criteria to target specific areas for feedback.

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Examples Guidelines Secondary Course 139

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. It helps give them a frame of reference. These apps will work for all ages of students and subjects. Vicki: Oh, fun!

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Technology Elementary Blended Learning Chromebook 207