Waterford

MAY 3, 2021

Field day means time to unwind and have fun as a class, and it can be a defining memory for many children long after they move on from your classroom. Half are appropriate for in-person and hybrid classrooms depending on local guidelines, and half are great for distance learning classrooms. Having a field day soon?

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Exercises Guidelines Elementary Classroom 246

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. The report also details the extent to which students are separated based on their perceived math abilities, starting as young as elementary school.

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Survey Elementary Policies Report 109

eSpark

APRIL 8, 2022

The introduction of technology and the transformation to blended learning in classrooms is rapidly growing. However, simply bringing technology into classrooms isn’t going to change education. To truly develop a blended environment, the culture of the classroom setting must radically shift. First, let's define blended learning.

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Blended Learning Classroom E-rate Learning 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

— As kids and teens return to the classroom, some for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020, parents and educators are concerned about how the children will interact with each other and their teachers. The rules and the materials help build literacy, numeracy, and even social pragmatics outside of a formal classroom setting.”.

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Classroom Guidelines Tools Libraries 108

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. Working in early childhood classrooms often felt like a game of Whac-A-Mole. “I don't have time to use technology with my littles.” It makes sense.

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Video Elementary Technology EdTech 169

Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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Strategy Education Elementary Libraries 200

Edthena

JANUARY 15, 2021

Principal walkthroughs are a strategy often used by school leaders and team leaders to sample instruction across multiple classroom environments. But even before Covid-19 upended our PD routines, organizing a walkthrough required the observer to block out an amount of time to see all classrooms in one go. Now you can find out.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We followed CDC and Jefferson County Public Schools safety guidelines in all aspects of our rollout.”. Many students came with their parents, and they were so excited to receive a shiny new iPad,” said DeAnza Baker, principal at Sunset Vista Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona, which begins its first year in the program.

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STEM Digital Citizenship iPad Guidelines 205

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The new guidelines encourage teachers to move beyond a lecture-style pedagogy to teach computer science, and instead find creative ways to show students how computational thinking can be used in vastly different ways across a wide spectrum of topics. However, computational thinking does not have to be confined to a classroom.

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Data STEM Guidelines Report 345

Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. Once you know your state guidelines, hold a survey or all-faculty meeting on possibilities for your training plan.

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Training Strategy Guidelines Assessment 130

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. Additional Resources referenced from Jackie’s blog: Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners.

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 275

edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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STEM Handbook Guidelines Elementary 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading. The researchers characterized the reading improvements as larger than those seen in 90 percent of large-scale classroom interventions, according to a 2023 study.

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Study Analysis Training Guidelines 126

Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases? 1st Grade digital PBL: a case study. Why is that, indeed? In 2013 Leslie M.

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Common Core Elementary Case Study Guidelines 218

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Santha Walters uses drones in her English classroom to teach writing, collaboration and more. Learn how she does it, what standards she teaches, and technical issues of working with drones in the classroom. This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by PowerSchool.

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Classroom Secondary Course Company 203

Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

Incorporating the use of comics into your classroom activities can be a fun way to help engage students in academic content, develop their technological competency and enhance their understanding of the learning objectives. One easy way to implement comics into your classroom is through the Google Slides app. para Workspace.

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Student Engagement Google Hapara Guidelines 254

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

AI tools can be valuable classroom companions, and educators should write their codes of conduct in a way that encourages learners to adapt. Active Encouragement: Some schools encourage teachers to use AI tools in their classrooms.

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Policies Guidelines Education Assessment 101

eSpark

APRIL 8, 2022

The introduction of technology and the transformation to blended learning in classrooms is rapidly growing. However, simply bringing technology into classrooms isn’t going to change education. To truly develop a blended environment, the culture of the classroom setting must radically shift. First, let's define blended learning.

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Blended Learning Classroom E-rate Learning 52

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

When privacy expert Bill Fitzgerald tweeted about a conversation in which an Amazon representative said that the company’s voice assistant devices are not intended for classroom use, it got over 40 retweets and more than 100 likes. Rayna Freedman is a 5th-grade teacher at Jordan/Jackson Elementary School in Mansfield, Mass.

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Classroom Policies Google Data 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten classroom in Oakland. Across town, but in the same school district, teacher Alicia Simba leads 13 students, all 4-year-olds, in a breathing exercise in her classroom. OAKLAND, Calif. She wants to go home.

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Report Elementary Policies Groups 116

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The “Open Middle” math problem format is NOT talking about middle school math, although it applies to middle, high school, elementary, and even college math just the same. Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today.

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Guidelines STEM Company Twitter 185

Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Libraries Guidelines 250

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 93

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Find some way, some moment to connect—especially with elementary students, but all your students really—because they’re challenged,” he says. We’re in Google Classroom now and I’m sending them things." HIPAA, the health privacy law, has relaxed their guidelines somewhat. They see all this craziness going on around them.

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How To Guidelines Microsoft Adobe 148

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. Similarly, the California state board of education last year adopted new curriculum guidelines that, among other ideas, encourage schools to delay algebra until ninth grade.

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Report Elementary Course Secondary 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Because of the lack of strong national guidance and support, some schools used their Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to adopt a curriculum that purports to be the “science of reading.” No curriculum, however, is the science of reading, and I believe schools and districts are beginning to understand this.

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System Education Trends eBook 130

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. How to use ChatGPT for Feedback First, define and communicate the guidelines and expectations for feedback to ChatGPT to ensure that it provides constructive and helpful responses.

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Examples Guidelines Secondary Course 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Students in elementary school should spend 150 minutes a week in PE while students in middle and high school should receive 225 minutes a week of PE instruction, according to recommendations from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE), which represents PE and health instructors. Others are trickier. Between July 1 and Dec.

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Exercises Elementary Guidelines Report 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely. Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. Students wearing masks in a classroom.

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Data Education Guidelines Secondary 155

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With remote learning in full swing for a little over half of American elementary and high school schools, students are spending even more time in front of a screen: By some accounts, students are getting up to 5 or 6 hours of additional technology use per day. can spark conversations in classrooms, in faculty meetings and at home.

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Social Media Guidelines Smartphone Laptops 184

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2020

Walnut Creek Elementary. Related content: 5 ways technology can help schools meet CDC guidelines. How is your day-to-day schedule different from when you were in the classroom? In the classroom when the students walked in, there would be an announcement on the board, we’d go over our class vision and recite the pledge.

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Guidelines Elementary Meeting Study 98

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. There are few official guidelines on how the ESSER funding can be used, which has led to questions about how the dollars are being spent and accounted for.

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Outcomes Guidelines Secondary Data 121

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

A few years ago, after 15 years in the classroom, something clicked for Melanie Brandt’s students. I saw a huge shift in my classroom where everybody’s unique skills now had a place and that just transferred over for the rest of the year,” Brandt says. The end result was a class that was less stratified by academic ability. “I

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Elementary Meeting Guidelines Course 205

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. For Katie Cryan Leary, the principal of the newly opened Magnolia Elementary in Seattle Public Schools, creating an antiracist, anti-bias school can be a messy, uncomfortable journey. Katie Cryan Leary, principal, Magnolia Elementary, Seattle.

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Elementary Guidelines Social Media Meeting 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. In this Thursday, Oct. Photo: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson.

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Common Core Elementary Study Training 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One of my favorites is from Kate Wagner, principal of Red Mill Elementary, who says, “ We are no longer teaching to the middle.” As the traditional classroom evolves into an environment rich in technology, educators are looking for guidance on how to choose the best educational technology solutions.

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Personalized Learning Edmentum UDL Blended Learning 143

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

What follows are the general guidelines I use to plan and structure my professional development workshops. Recently, I facilitated two weekends of math instruction for elementary teachers. Models Best Classroom Practices. Models Best Classroom Practices. Effective Teacher Professional Development ). Active and Hands-On.

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Education Elementary Professional Learning Guidelines 178