The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. We need more strategies than fist to five or thumbs up thumbs down.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2018

Elementary Math can be exciting. 5 Ideas to level up Elementary Math with Technology. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kelly Gary, a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania, about five ideas for improving elementary math with technology. Vicki: As we finish up, give our elementary teachers a pep talk about making math exciting.

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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. This can be useful as they design lessons!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . As you can see in the graphic, you have quick exit tickets, self-assessments, speed up games, and more that you can add to your library to easily insert into your lessons. References. So, head to Lum.io

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2023

There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward. She had said, “How we assess drives our teaching, not the other way around.” ” I would agree.

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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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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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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] 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. What Is Reading Comprehension?

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

These screening tools, often referred to as universal mental health screeners, are not in the purview of most school administrators; however, when they become aware of these types of tools, most express strong interest in their own school using one (Wood & McDaniel, 2020). References: 1.Albers, Albers, Glover, T. Glover, T.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face-to-face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning. Dawn Stansbury.

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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). 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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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. Across education, we’ve normalized absurd levels of grading, test-taking, and standardized assessment. ”, “Do I need to use references? I wear many hats as an educator. If so, how many?”

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

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. Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2021

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. Successful Distance Learning for Young Kids with Nancy Frey.

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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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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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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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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

The message that I try to convey is that technology should not be separate from sound instructional design, but instead serve as a ubiquitous entity that supports or enhances curriculum, instruction, and assessment. While conducting some coaching visits at Wells Elementary School recently, I saw Ms. Mican using Quizizz.

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Assessment Knowledge Base Elementary Tools 405

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

So a group of professors recently performed a meta-analysis to try to assess how well flipped learning is working. The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Researc h: The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status In Elementary School Kieffer (2010) organized a study on upper elementary students focusing on reading levels of English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers. Data was collected through student assessments that reflected on their experience (Clever & Miller, 2019).

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Learning Study Elementary Data 112

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. SEL Courses Assessment Strategies for SEL In this course, you’ll get up to speed on current practices in SEL, including the history and legislation that has propelled it to the forefront of our educational focus.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2022, students in fourth and eighth grade had the largest decline in mathematics achievement since 1990.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 27, 2017

There are several reasons why Kids Discover Online is a fantastic website for middle and elementary science, history, and ELA teachers: Students can visually explore curated topics, finding connections in a safe space. After students read, they can take a quick assessment about the topic. All opinions are my own.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

The science of reading refers to a vast body of research that explores how children learn to read and includes explicit, systematic and cumulative instruction methods focused on phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing and oral language. The work is funded in part by a $1.5

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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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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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Silent reading is sometimes referred to as the “other fluency,” with oral fluency being the traditional standard-bearer. Source: Linda Edgecomb.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. From missing school to devastating psychological distress, the consequences of bullying are so detrimental that scholars refer to it as a public health problem.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When assessments are deployed well, she explained, they can be essential to preventing violence in schools and mobilizing resources for a struggling student. Critz Elementary insisted he go to a hospital or crisis center for a psychiatric evaluation; twice he was taken there by police. They needed to know how to respond.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Reading fluency, in a nutshell, is the ability to read at an appropriate pace, with good accuracy, and with natural expression According to Julie Christensen in a recent Waterford webinar , fluency refers to “reasonably accurate reading, which is typically 95% or more accuracy, at an appropriate rate.”[1]. Waterford.org, April 2021.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Dunbar Elementary School (NY). Money Saved The panelists said teachers often refer for intervention because they do not have the skills to teach reading explicitly. Plan and Give Teachers a Voice All panelists recommended beginning with a comprehensive assessment of your current ELA curriculum and identifying gaps.

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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] Anxiety about grades and assessments is one of the major causes (outside of ACEs) of student stress.[12] Inability to control their emotions. Sources : Sigler, M.K.

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