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Gardening Program with SAGE Elementary Students

User Generated Education

See Offering Electives to Elementary Students for more about why and how I offer electives to them. Along with a brief explanation of the activities for this elective, below is a video about the plants from the outdoor garden that the students created last school year, and one they created this year about our indoor hydroponic garden.

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5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

eSchool News

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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Video Game Design with Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

In order to support interest and passion driven learning (all – I mean all – of my students play video games) as well as address cross-curricular content area integration of language arts, science, and technology standards, I had my gifted elementary learners, grades 2 through 6, do a semester long project on video game design.

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Video as a Tool to Understand CCSS Mathematical Practices

A Principal's Reflections

Success at the Core is a free resource available to teachers and leaders to assist in the successful implementation of the Common Core Standards. Video, print, and online materials can be selected by leadership teams or teachers, and tailored to fit their needs. Indeed, the video drove home the teacher’s patience.

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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

If you’re ready to help elementary-aged children understand financial literacy, Vault is the perfect course for you. Grade level: elementary grades. Designed for grades 7-10, it is also linked with Math and ELA Common Core standards. Grade Level: Elementary School. Grade Level: 9-12. Idea #3: Vault. Early Literacy.

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Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. I use the following activities to introduce elementary students to the design thinking process. The second part of the introducing elementary-level learners to the design process is introducing them to empathy and its connection to the design process.

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Kentucky thoroughly sold it’s educators on Common Core. How?

The Hechinger Report

Over the course of three years, starting in 2009, Kentucky’s state education commissioner, Terry Holliday, added 50,000 miles to his odometer, crisscrossing the state to bring each of the 173 school districts the message: Kentucky was adopting the Common Core. Related: Academic expectations around the country, updated for Common Core.