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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. Our Title 1 school is lucky enough to have a decent size outdoor garden that is overseen by community volunteers. One of their goals is to teach our students about the garden.

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Offering Electives to Elementary Students

User Generated Education

It is not clear to me why elementary students are rarely offered elective courses. I never understood why elementary students aren’t shown the bigger picture of a lesson, unit, or course. I have the privilege of teaching gifted elementary students at a few Title 1 schools.

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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson.

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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. She writes articles for education journals and blogs.

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Social Entrepreneurship with Elementary Students: A Perfect STEAM Lesson

User Generated Education

Entrepreneurship education benefits students from all socioeconomic backgrounds because it teaches kids to think outside the box and nurtures unconventional talents and skills. I have done a social entrepreneurship unit with three groups of gifted students, grades 3rd through 6th.

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Why Elementary Needs STEM Integration

EdTechTeacher

Post by ETT Instructor Shawn O’Neill As educators we know that incorporating STEM into our elementary classrooms has benefits that reach far beyond just science and mathematics. (1) Many would argue that this change begins in our elementary schools.

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eSpark: The FREE Differentiation Tool for Elementary Reading and Math

The CoolCatTeacher

eSpark is a free no-prep solution that teachers of math and reading at the elementary level need to try. I recommend that Math and Language Arts teachers of elementary-aged students check out eSpark. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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Anti-Racist Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

User Generated Education

I am planning to do anti-racist activities with my elementary students (5th and 6th graders) this coming fall. It’s important for parents and for educators to be intentional about preparing our young people for the world that they are inheriting and living in.

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DLEMS 00: Deeper learning in elementary and middle schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

And so it begins… I am on sabbatical in Spring 2023, unpacking deeper learning in elementary and middle schools. Driving Question What do students, teachers, and leaders do in ‘deeper learning’ elementary and middle schools that is different from their traditional peers?

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In elementary classrooms, demand grows for play-based learning

The Hechinger Report

But it wasn’t indoor recess — play is one of the ways students learn every day in O’Brien’s science and social studies class at Shidler Elementary School. At Shidler Elementary, most students qualify for free and reduced lunch and test scores have historically been low.

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Gaming in Early Elementary Education in Australia

The CoolCatTeacher

Helen Kardiasmenos uses games to teach almost every subject in her early elementary classroom in Australia. Helen Kardiasmenos is an Innovative classroom and online educator located in Sydney, Australia. She has a Masters of Education (Knowledge Networks & Digital Innovation) from Charles Sturt University and is interested in digital game-based learning, innovative pedagogies and underpinning learning with technology.

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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Heather Marrs shares how to get started with gamifying your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How could you take your whole elementary classroom year and gamify it?

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Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School

Dangerously Irrelevant

I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over. Thank you, Tim Lauer , for sharing how Mabel Rush Elementary School in Newberg, Oregon is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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How to Amplify Kindergarten and Elementary Voices

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter First-grade teacher Danielle Moore has worked with early elementary and kindergarten students as she helps them amplify their voice. You can take courses on helpful topics like social-emotional learning, classroom management, teacher wellness, special education classes and more.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 034 – Highland Park Elementary

Dangerously Irrelevant

I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of check-ins with educators all over. Thank you, Nancy Flynn, for sharing how Highland Park Elementary in St. Conversation series with educators during the pandemic.

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iPads to Differentiate Instruction in Early Elementary Education

The CoolCatTeacher

Today as our ongoing spotlight this week on K-2 education, we focus on iPads with younger students and differentiating instruction with them. Emily Lynch is a third-grade teacher at Meadowbrook Elementary in the North Kansas City School District. The post iPads to Differentiate Instruction in Early Elementary Education appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Fickett Elementary School: Making a Difference thorough Innovation and Collaboration

TeacherCast

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. Have you ever thought about what you would do if you oversaw your very own elementary school? One of the most impressive learning spaces at Fickett Elementary School was the Game Room.

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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. Open Badges in Elementary School. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Amy Cooper, who’s at an elementary school in Minnesota. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school.

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50 Fun Virtual Activities for Elementary School Students

Waterford

Teachers, we know how hard it can be to plan remote activities that are engaging and educational. The first section includes 25 educational tools that can help you plan online activities for your classroom. 25 Online Educational Activities for Classrooms.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 027 – Marion-Walker Elementary School

Dangerously Irrelevant

I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10- to 15-minute check-ins with educators all over. Thank you, Karen Krisch , for sharing how Marion-Walker Elementary School in Pennsylvania is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

eSchool News

Educators have found a solution to this problem: gamification. Educators who wish to teach coding can do so even if they are not skilled in programming or robotics. However, this is also limiting because educators cannot create new challenges for students to complete.

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Meet The Inspiring Elementary Spanish Teacher #GiveGreatness

The CoolCatTeacher

Evelyn Hamlin is a teacher who teaches her whole elementary curriculum in Spanish. Nominate an Educator You Know for SMART’s Giving Greatness Contest. Don’t miss YOUR chance to nominate an inspiring educator and qualify you both to win an incredible classroom technology package! ” The post Meet The Inspiring Elementary Spanish Teacher #GiveGreatness appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program

eSchool News

This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on creating an online elementary program. Elementary education is the foundation for early learning, providing students with the skills and community they need for future success in school and life.

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Cry On The Last Day of School, Too (on Abbott Elementary)

The Jose Vilson

So at the end of season 1 of Abbott Elementary when we see the protagonist Ms. For America, Abbott Elementary has offered a plethora of laughs and moments of cringe. As many as 570,000 educators have left the profession, depending on how you look at the numbers.

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5 simple ways to integrate STEAM education into elementary classrooms

eSchool News

As educators, our goal is to shape our students’ lives by teaching them in ways that produce well rounded individuals. Whether STEAM education is new to you or you’re already familiar with it, it’s a great way to excite students about learning.

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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. ” The post Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Why we should let online elementary students lead

eSchool News

The role of elementary teachers has never been more important, especially as kindergarten through fifth grade students today are facing more change than ever before–from the effects of the pandemic to social media and stressful current events being right at their fingertips.

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5 steps to an engaging online elementary program

eSchool News

Elementary education is the foundation for early learning, providing students with the skills and community they need for future success in school and life. Online learning has become a growing trend among K-12 students, including elementary students.

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Creating Your Dream Elementary Classroom

MiddleWeb

Creating Your Dream Elementary Classroom is the book for you, writes teacher educator Linda Biondi. Book Reviews Class Space Design Becky Hunt elementary classroom eye on education families guide Linda Biondi mentors Routledge set-up trainers welcoming studentsWondering how to set up your new classroom? Or just ready to make some changes in your familiar space? It's filled with ideas from pros to benefit newbies and vets in grades K-6.

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Elementari

Technology Tidbits

*UPDATE - An educational portal has been completed allowing educators to create student accounts (up to 30 for free) and approve all stories before being published!!! Elementari is a wonderful new site for digital storytelling and project based learning that I just found out about from Larry Ferlarzzo's excellent blog. I highly recommend checking out Elementari by clicking here !!!

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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed one-third of fourth graders in the state performing below the basic reading level in 2019.

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Team Building with Elementary Students

User Generated Education

Yes, there are mounds of curricula students must master in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a textbook or test. I meet with two groups of gifted elementary students, grades 2nd through 6th, for a full day each week. Education communication group initiatives problem-solving SEL social-emotional learning team building

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Elementari

Technology Tidbits

Elementari is a wonderful new site for digital storytelling and project based learning that I just found out about from Larry Ferlarzzo's excellent blog. Educators are using this easy-to-use tool to have students create interactive digital stories, digital portfolios, presentations, and even choose-your-own-adventures. I highly recommend checking out Elementari by clicking here !!! *

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Elementary Engineering: An Early Start on STEM

MiddleWeb

Focus on gifting our younger students with a broad range of inquiry experiences and collaborative know-how, writes STEM education expert Anne Jolly. Elementary STEM STEM By Design anne jolly collaboration elementary STEM engineering design process inquiry based learning problem solving professional development teams technologyIt's true. Teachers in K-6 need to prepare students for STEM and engineering careers that don’t exist yet. The solution?

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It’s Elementary: Targeted K12 Leadership Development for Tackling Big Problems

Education Elements

A sampling of headlines from Education Weekly in February 2020 highlight social and emotional learning , the role of technology in education, and the importance of effective school leadership.

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Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades

The CoolCatTeacher

Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades. Vicki: Steve, do you find that there are teachers that think that kids can’t really understand these concepts — like elementary kids really understanding XY coordinates? You just realized, “Perhaps we’re underestimating the abilities of our elementary kids.”. So, Steve, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk on why we need to have computing and computational thinking in the elementary grades?

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OPINION: Distrust of science in the coronavirus era reminds us why we must boost elementary science education

The Hechinger Report

Related: The worrying state of science education. As science educators, we need to prepare our entire population to use and apply the practices and knowledge of science in novel ways, including working together to solve vexing and complex problems like pandemics and climate change.

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Clark County School District Gives Educators in 241 Elementary Schools Access to Lexia’s LETRS Professional Learning

eSchool News

Offered by Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, LETRS professional learning programs provide educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading.

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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

eSchool News

This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports.

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Bringing Robotics to a STEAM Elementary School

MIND Research Institute

So much so that the ultimate frisbee champion and class valedictorian mentioned it while delivering his graduation speech to the students of Amelia Earhart Options for Knowledge Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, last month. Corinna Chau, Education Partnerships Manager.

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12 Good Music Apps for Elementary Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

June 6, 2017 Below is a collection of some very good iPad music apps to use with elementary students and young learners. Through a variety of educational content that includes lessons, videos, and.read more. iPad elementary apps iPad music apps

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Creating Elementary Portfolios with SeeSaw

The CoolCatTeacher

If you’re using iPads, your whole elementary school can have their own personal portfolios in a safe, private way. Workflow using SeeSaw in the elementary Classroom. She currently serves as an Instructional Technology Specialist in Cherokee County, GA, and is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, a Common Sense Ambassador, and a Seesaw Ambassador.

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Robotics and Computer Science for Elementary Level Learners

User Generated Education

I absolutely love all of the new robotics toys that have been coming out for elementary age learners. I have been using them for my summer maker camp, with my gifted education classes, and for my upcoming Saturday morning program. The free SPRK education program (which can be used with both Sphero and Ollie) has series of lab exercises to teach kids programming and robotics concepts. Teacher’s guide can be downloaded: quirkbot-educators-guide-v0-9.

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