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Get Common Core Ready: Achieve Dynamic Student-led Discussions

Catlin Tucker

When I began teaching, I was frustrated because in-class discussions were dominated by a small group of vocal students while the rest of the class sat quietly avoiding eye contact. ” I count students off by 4, and each group goes to one of the four corners of our classroom to engage in a smaller group conversation.

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Dozens of Online Resources for Assessment

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While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group. It helps students recognize important lesson goals and teachers gauge understanding.

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Cross Curricular Maker Education Activity That Addresses Common Core Standards

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It combines geometry concepts with a language arts activity while addressing several common core standards. Common Core State Standards Addressed. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression. Grade Level: Grades 6 through 8. Title: Geometry Meets Maker Education. These are shared with peers.

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Google the problem. Sure we mouth that to our students and Common Core expects it in college- and career-ready students, but does that mean teachers too? Everyone who previewed it is wowed.

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In Love with Space? Here are Great Websites to Take You There

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This can be played online or as an app through Google Play. Age group: MS and HS. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Age group: High school and college. Age group: K-8. Age group: 4th-8th. Cost: Free.

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Use (and reuse) personalized Google Forms for peer feedback

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I could deal with my beleaguered Google Drive and add folder colors to accelerate the organization process. This tip focuses on an easy way to use Google Forms for peer feedback. In fact, learners can give and receive peer feedback using just one Google Form. use digital tools to analyze the data (a Google Sheet).

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Vivid Vocabulary, Common Core, & Tech Integration Tools

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With the shifts of the Common Core , students need to spend time learning both Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in a variety of ways. By interacting with vocabulary, students absorb the word''s meaning and learn to appropriately use it in a variety of contexts ( Common Core Appendix A ). Lingro is an online dictionary.