The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over time, however, especially after the experience of participating in the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek , my wheels started turning about how I could apply Angela’s strategies to my own secondary classroom. In this example, students wrote their own names on their folders to save time for the teacher. So why bother to make the effort?

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Secondary System Conference Assessment 64

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ A Roadmap to Employability: Integrating Higher-Order Skills Into Curricula and Assessment ,” distinguished speakers shed light on crucial aspects of education policy, funding, and curriculum development, with a focus on preparing students for employability and entrepreneurship.

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Secondary Assessment Outcomes Policies 76

Digital Promise

MAY 14, 2019

The results of large-scale tests may be used by schools or policy-makers to make important decisions such as grouping students by ability or assessing how well schools are doing. Across Canada, researchers and educators have documented the need to transform how the provinces assess literacy and consider more innovative designs.

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Assessment Secondary Social Media Analysis 209

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content. Their preferred pronouns (and in which contexts I should use them).

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Secondary Classroom Strategy Google 52

Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Say a group of words and ask students to listen for the one that does not rhyme with the others (cat, hat, pat, ran).[4]. Counting syllables is another way to help your students to hear groups of sounds within words.[5] For example, you could ask “What is the first sound in the word cat?”. Begin here in your instruction.

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How To Classroom Elementary Secondary 244

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. ” Feedback: “Nice attempt!

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Examples Guidelines Secondary Course 139

Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2019

How many times per day do students hear the phrase “get in groups/pair up”? In fact, even in popular kids or teen TV shows, the group project is used as a catalyst for interaction between characters. Plenty of examples can be found from Boy Meets World and Dawson’s Creek to Gilmore Girls. Set clear goals.

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LMS Flipped Classroom Groups Blended Learning 197

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

01:01 Vicki : So give me an example of how it’s used in your classroom. So that’s just one example of getting the year started off with a thinking routine. So for example, one of the types of thinking is perspective taking. 05:00 Vicki: So you’ve already given us three examples. Such engagement! 02:36 Vicki: I love that.

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Classroom Elementary Examples Company 557

EdTechTeacher

APRIL 4, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. For example, if you are testing their understanding of information in a handout, upload that handout to ChatGPT. secondary school students) B. Group registration discounts available.)

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Secondary Course Examples Elementary 156

Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. When parents involve themselves in the classroom, for example, their students are more likely to express self-confidence and a motivation to learn.[11]

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Classroom Secondary Analysis Strategy 299

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With PLCs, we decide as a team that ‘this’ is really what every student at Benton High School leaving Algebra 1 should know how to do,” says Brandy Beckman, Secondary Math Instructional Facilitator. Often, PLC groups take the lead in creating curriculum, resources, or assessments.

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Data Secondary Education Assessment 109

Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

Individuals from diverse or historically marginalized populations are more likely to feel part of the group and safe to contribute. Learners in general, including those from majority groups, are more likely to empathize with, respect and relate to individuals unlike themselves if they are exposed early to diversity.

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Strategy Classroom Education EdTech 130

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. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by FreshGrade.

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Assessment ePortfolio Learning Secondary 49

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

Update: I just realized that discussion strategies don’t necessarily have to be grouping strategies. As an example, a Fishbowl Discussion is a type of Rings Discussion. ’ Some examples? The innermost group can take turns responding to a debatable prompt–the limits of freedom of speech, for example.

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Strategy Learning Groups Examples 145

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

In the show, I talked about teacher Emily Hardeman (@ EmilyBHardeman ) sharing her story of kids loving the reading intervention group she's created for them. Emily is an example of a teacher constantly sharing success stories. Students Perform on the Most Recent Assessments?” Action Step #4 Share your story.

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Khan Academy Secondary Conference Twitter 384

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Offered by Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, LETRS professional learning programs provide educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading. These sessions provide classroom application examples of the learnings and refine and extend participants’ understanding of the content.

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Professional Learning Elementary Accessibility Differentiated Instruction 83

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. By far, the biggest question Boyle’s teachers have had is about assessments.

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Khan Academy Secondary Blended Learning Facebook 217

Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

It’s more about providing students, individually or in a group, with different learning options or providing accommodations to help them learn more effectively.[11]. If a student might work more efficiently in a quieter learning environment, for example, you could allow them to complete a project in the school library. Sounds familiar?

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Libraries Guidelines 250

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Teach Writing with Tech (closed–only open for groups of five). 20 Webtools in 20 Days (for groups interested in learning webtools from the Structured Learning curriculum ). Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. I think that’s a large underserved group of teachers. Tech-infused Class.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Learning 152

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. Last spring, 47 percent of the district’s fourth graders were proficient or advanced in math on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test.

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Elementary Instructional Materials Report Data 145

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 23, 2022

We assess young students for phonemic awareness and if they can rhyme words and segment and blend sounds. They seem immature or just “all over the place” as I’ve heard so many teachers describe groups of students. Part One: Differentiate the way you ASSESS. As a teacher, we also look for signs of “normal” development.

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Assessment Learning Groups Meeting 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It’s teaching to the test — the assessment is all that matters,” Whitehouse said. In my 34 years in schools — most in secondary schools — I’ve seen students who have an F at the first grading period lose hope that they can pull themselves out and pass that class,” he said. Students will find that, and they’ll game the system.

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System Meeting Training Policies 203

Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

As a result, Reynolds says, students in secondary and postsecondary programs often lack a sense of context or connectedness in their learning. When a student completes an assessment item with a set passing grade, the student earns points towards “mastering” the associated outcomes and or standards. Giving Students Ownership.

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Learning Outcomes Education LMS 95

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. It’s a collaboration among an economics professor at Brown University, Qualtrics, the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

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Data Education Guidelines Secondary 153

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

We are also hosting a giveaway contest with her book on assessment. Books Starr has authored: Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective , Blogging for Educators , Teaching Students to Self Assess: How do I help Students grow as learners? , VICKI: Can you give me an example?

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Strategy Classroom Assessment BYOD 202

Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Google Sites is a cloud-based website creation tool that allows users to build, create, share, and publish for individuals, groups, schools, or the public. Showcase portfolios work especially well as summative assessments at the end of a grading cycle or semester. Mike’s Student Portfolio Examples. Student Example 1.

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Google Blended Learning ePortfolio Handbook 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

schools, their needs are often seen and treated as secondary rather than as of equal importance to their peers’. And that has resulted in policies, textbooks, training and assessments for our nation’s 5 million ELs that seem like an afterthought. Though English learners are the fastest-growing student population in U.S.

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Academic Standards Secondary Policies System 104

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Looking for new ways to review learning, discuss questions, formatively assess, and be more playful with learning? When we think about games in the classroom, I think teachers often think about board games, card games, partner games for math, small group games that can be used as a station, indoor recess games, and so on.

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Classroom Learning Examples Groups 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 16, 2017

But it’s not always simple to plan, and manage, and assess, so we’re going to talk about some practical teaching strategies today. With PBL, kids show what they learn as they journey through the unit, interact with its lessons, collaborate with each other, and assess themselves and each other. It’s pretty complex stuff. So that’s one.

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Assessment Secondary Learning Elementary 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2020

Next are two examples, one primary and one secondary, to show how this structure could be utilized in classrooms, online or in-person. Secondary Level. It allows the teacher to position responsibility for instruction more on the group and each student. Primary Level.

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Student Engagement Secondary Study Conference 72

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

See this document for links to example year long calendars by day (more detailed) or by week (general unit names only). This could include an anticipatory set, number sense routine, read aloud, mini lesson, work period, small groups, stations, etc. Example 2: My reading or writing workshop starts with a mini lesson on the carpet.

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Groups Conference Assessment Strategy 87

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2020

The majority of those making this choice would be secondary school students, but there should be an option for all grade levels. For example: Small group specialized instruction can happen with a remote teacher. As we move into this new model we assess what works and what needs to change.

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Strategy Guidelines Secondary Training 102

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The beginning of this process required interrupting personal and systemic biases and adopting intentional language––for example, shifting from describing students as “marginalized” or “at risk” to “underserved,” because the onus is placed on school officials, educators, and decision-makers to move the needle.

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Study Training Differentiated Instruction Trends 193

edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

” She points out that researchers, educators, and district administrators won’t have any empirical evidence until student assessments reveal learning gaps due to COVID slide and summer learning loss. Understanding why it is taught focuses on data derived from assessments that maximize the data. Learning Gaps.

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Strategy Assessment Data Secondary 60

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Improvement in post secondary education will require converting teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity. Finally, we align each assessment item with the outcome it is designed to assess. Simon , 1986). The faculty Lumen work with carry an enormous workload. But it’s worth it.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 114