Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

He feels like he’s given increasingly less leeway in how to implement the curricula he receives from his district, even when students are not fully understanding key concepts. That’s led to a growing interest in changing how it’s done, with political fights over how to shake things up and large investments into improving math curriculum.

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Training Elementary Common Core STEM 190

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?

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Common Core Elementary Case Study Guidelines 218

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Success at the Core is a free resource available to teachers and leaders to assist in the successful implementation of the Common Core Standards. One of the powerful aspects of Success at the Core is the use of video to to illustrated effective pedagogical techniques in mathematics. I was the “opening act.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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Common Core Elementary Strategy Video 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

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Common Core Elementary Groups Robotics 40

Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad.

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Common Core Mobility Schoology Android 40

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Last year at. Co-teaching.

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How To Differentiated Instruction Common Core Groups 132

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Source: Levered.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 121

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Students can see examples.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 121

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 22, 2016

An example is the way we teach math content in elementary and middle schools. In contrast, the students who first received procedural instruction on how to solve an equation tended to resist new ideas and appeared to apply procedures without understanding. emphasis added]. And parents clamor for them. Related Posts.

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Common Core Classroom Elementary Examples 100

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 82

MindShift

APRIL 27, 2015

For states adopting Common Core, the standards apply to kindergarten, laying out what students should be able to do by the end of the grade.* While Common Core aligned assessments don’t kick in until third grade, many teachers feel pressure to make sure kids are meeting the specified standards before they move on to first grade.

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Common Core Academic Standards Assessment Meeting 28

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? ).

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 275

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The games are organized by subject and grade level and some of them are aligned to Common Core Standards. For example, number sense is broken down into number recognition, number sequence, counting, writing numbers, compare and order numbers, skip counting, even and odd numbers, and place value.

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Common Core Mobility Game-Based Learning Video 102

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. ” In fact, the C-STEM Studio algebra curriculum is fully aligned with Common Core state standards in mathematics. why bother. Why Bother.

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Robotics STEM Common Core Software 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2017

Started in Australia and now popular in the US, it is available in English and Spanish and aligned with both Common Core State Standards and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. How to use Stepping Stones. Playlists are also collaborative; for example, all teachers in a grade level team can edit and work off the same list.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Video Resources 208

N2Y

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Early elementary school teachers commonly use lines, circles, or other basic shapes to represent quantities to be combined when teaching addition. Middle elementary school teachers typically introduce the concept of multiplication with arrays and equal groups. To many, the use of visuals is an elementary school practice.

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Common Core Elementary Comparison Examples 52

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. As Common Core matured and publishers began providing professional resources the use of OER trickled away. .

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OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges 93

User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have the privilege of working with gifted kids at two elementary schools with over 80% Hispanic students. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. Common Core State Standards – ELA. Tissue Paper Marigolds.

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 202

User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

What may look like an arts and crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive essay. ( [link] ). For example, if students are learning about circuits, they could wire cardboard model houses with lights and fans. .

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 180

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Fostering engagement — knowing your students, knowing how to make the material sing to them — is where the art of teaching is on full display, says author Katie Novak in UDL Now! , a vibrant and accessible teaching guide packed with strategies for implementing Common Core standards using UDL. Putting Email to Good Use.

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UDL Common Core Guidelines Exercises 120

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

Educators often wonder how they are going to meet all the demands of Common Core. ” For example, fifth graders need to “conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.” Less Is More: 4 Strategies To Streamline Your Curriculum.

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Common Core Strategy Elementary Assessment 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2017

An example of what a story-based classroom looks like. Give me an example. Could you give us an example – I guess you just named one with printing children’s books, but – an example from the English hat that you wear? We need a Monday pep talk about how to make our classrooms more epic. Whatever it is. Absolutely.

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Classroom Examples Common Core Libraries 167

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala. On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Erica Wheeler EdSurge: Why did you decide to adopt MidSchoolMath's core curriculum? We thought about elementary, middle and high school. How much carpet would you need?” These are high engagement stories that inspire kids to ask, for example, “OK, how would I build a new corral for my sheep? It's a GREAT program.”

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Flipped Classroom Groups Elementary Instructional Materials 159

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

WriteWell for Google Docs is a Google Docs Add-on that includes a series of templates for elementary school, middle school, and high school classrooms. These templates can be incorporated into a wide range of student writing activities and are well suited to Common Core writing tasks. How to Install WriteWell for Google Docs.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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wwwatanabe

MARCH 15, 2012

This was our first year with iPads in the elementary classrooms, purchased with Title funding. How I see them used in the classrooms After Tony Vincent helped us get started, we''ve become more comfortable with using them, and we''re at the point where we were figuring out new ways to use them.

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iPad Common Core Differentiated Instruction Examples 93

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

It’s a lot more involved than tacking on a project to a traditional unit of study by assigning students, for example, to make shoebox dioramas about a book they’ve read. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics.

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Study Learning Common Core Report 111

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Example of Tip #1 Use Minecraft to Scaffold Story Writing. But I try not to do that.

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Technology eBook Twitter Chromebook 185

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

From routine to celebrations, we talk about how to start the day well in special education classrooms. All kids need to learn how to be good listeners, how to take turns, how to ask questions. An example of teaching social development in morning meetings. Felicia: Sure.

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Meeting Classroom Company Common Core 169

Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids . Available online or as an app, learn how to use this new student-guided interactive with students. ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension. MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Blendspace 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

These may allow for certain high school benchmarks which would not apply to elementary or middle schools, for example. Each state must be aware of how to accurately track their benchmarks. Steve also addressed any confusion regarding the Common Core State Standards.

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Common Core Pearson Industry Guidelines 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As an elementary school teacher, I definitely introduced word lists and spelling tests with vocabulary unrelated to the topics we explored in different parts of the school day. When you share strategies for keyword searches with students, you can model with a teacher example.

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Adobe Classroom Common Core Video 58

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Seesaw is used by primary grade-level teachers, middle school subject area teachers, elective teachers, and after-school program teachers, but it's most often used in elementary schools. This step-by-step video guide includes how to set up a Seesaw classroom and establish settings for what students can do or see on the platform.

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

The Academy is a magnet elementary school is located in a U.S. Related: Do the arts go hand-in-hand with common core? Bobby Riley is the principal of Integrated Arts Academy, Burlington, Vermont and the 2016 National Distinguished Principal for Vermont, honored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

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Personalized Learning Common Core Elementary Exercises 82

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The district came to a consensus on the definition of digital literacy skills, what kinds of common core standards included them, and how they were already being taught. For example, using both a physical and digital protractor in order to help scaffold their digital literacy skills. Heather came to FUSD from Phoenix.

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Online Assessments Assessment Elementary Common Core 40