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MARCH 11, 2024

Today’s tip: Solutions to unusual problems Category: Problem-solving Whether you follow Habits of Mind, Common Core, Depth of Knowledge, IB, or another K-12 learning strategy, every student must learn problem-solving to become a functioning, contributing adult. Here’s a poster with the strategies.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Back in 2013, when New York was one of the first states in the nation to adopt Common Core standards and administer tougher tests, children’s test scores initially plummeted. After an initial drop in pass rates among eighth and ninth graders on a Common Core algebra exam in 2014-15, scores improved.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

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.

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JUNE 9, 2022

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. Once resources have been collected, present to the group for discussion.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards. Have students work in groups. Scaffold non-gamers with groups. Allow me to change that.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

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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Marketplace K-12

MAY 24, 2016

In a letter posted today on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s website , chief executive officer Sue Desmond-Hellman acknowledged that the group had made some miscalculations regarding implementation of the Common Core State Standards. ” She called this a “challenging lesson for us to absorb.”

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 5, 2015

An industry needs a scorecard to adapt to the of the common core standards' changing political environment. The publishers' association tackled that this week. [[[You might try a more straightforward excerpt, because you're trying to round up a lot of things in the blog item]].

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A school leader in one of my Facebook groups asked if anyone had a discussion guide for the next time their teachers held vertical discussions across grade levels. ” (to the higher grade team)… Small group conversation around those two questions can easily fill most of an hour (be sure to have them take notes!).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. 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. You are ready. Be a risk-taker.

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JUNE 12, 2020

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. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps. based research group.

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wwwatanabe

DECEMBER 13, 2012

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 ).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Does s/he use core classroom knowledge (i.e., Does s/he work well in groups? Does s/he [whichever Common Core Standard is being pursued by the use of technology. Does s/he try to solve tech problems themselves before asking for teacher help? writing conventions) in tech projects? Does s/he use the internet safely?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

The consequences of failing can include sanctions for schools and teachers, and even school closure, and now the standards are more rigorous with 40-plus states having adopted the Common Core State Standards. The post Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? education reform since the 1990s.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 18, 2014

English Common Core Mobile Activities. I recently published English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook. Many of these ELA mobile activities are done in pairs or small group so not all students need to have a mobile device. The activities, organized by Anchor Statements, actively engage your students.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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N2Y

JUNE 25, 2020

Group Skill Tracking now includes location-based standards instead of Common Core standards to better align with IEP compliance and progress monitoring for students in reading, math, or writing small groups. We’ve got two updates to Unique Learning System that will be helpful to many teachers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

A new test is positioning itself as a non-common-core alternative to the SAT and ACT. has been making its way through the conservative blogosphere, which is pitching it as a tool for families who don’t want their children taking college admissions tests that reflect the Common Core State Standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In this lesson plan, students will teach a group of seniors how to use common technology to help them manage their life and relationships better. Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. Each group will include an adult supervisor.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 9, 2016

Teachers of math and English/language arts in states following the common-core standards are playing a strong role in developing or selecting the classroom resources they use, a report has found. More than 40 states originally adopted the common-core standards , though many have backed away from them since then.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

Depth of understanding was hailed by its architects as a cornerstone of the Common Core, a set of educational guidelines for what students need to know in each grade in English and math that have been adopted in 43 states and the District of Columbia. If the Common Core is to improve the math education of U.S.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 29, 2014

Here are the ten examples I showed at my English + Common Core + Mobile ISTE 2014 Poster Session: Based on CCSS Anchor Statements: L.2 6 Present mobile recorded news to two different groups (HS class and elementary class). 2 Create a one minute small group video to record the theme of the story.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 19, 2014

By blending writing and technology use—two skills of increasing importance for success in the 21st century world—BoomWriter provides teachers and students the necessary space to explore creativity, hone writing skills, and develop a deeper understanding of literary elements, all while aligning with the Common Core.

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Insight Education Group

APRIL 20, 2015

Kentucky has been in the news a lot in recent years when it comes to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As I have said in many past posts and conversations with educators - and as Kentucky has proved - the Common Core is a marathon, not a sprint. Dr. Michael Moody is the Founder and CEO of Insight Education Group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits. Who needs this.

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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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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 25, 2012

I have brought together one such amazing network of people who come together to think about and grapple with issues of ed reform and alternatives to the status quo with The Innovative Educator group. Here is a piece of that learning where education icon Deborah Meier shares some of her thoughts on the common core. I want more ».

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. What we were doing was attached to the old standards, but the thinking and the logic was very Common Core, very focused on conceptual understanding,” said Johnstone. Read more about Common Core.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2015

Whether they are taking part in Common Core testing, working on projects in groups, or interacting one-on-one with their teachers, 21st century students require a high level of network connectivity to achieve their educational goals.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: High school. With this free real-time streaming stock market game, students set up accounts or join an existing group. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Yet it’s hard to determine from looking at the state’s testing data how successful schools have been in closing the achievement gap between these students and their peers since Common Core was implemented.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. Ask them to work in groups to complete the table. The better adults are at this, the more they thrive. Think about the categories and how each tool applies.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: high school. Age group: Upper elementary.

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