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10 Ideas for Primary ELA Stations

A Principal's Reflections

Establishing engaging and educational station activities for primary-age students in the English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum is essential for fostering literacy skills, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. They can use sorting games where students group words by their beginning sounds or word family endings.

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The Science of Reading and Early Childhood Literacy

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Even though this sounds very academic, the truth is that reading development begins earlier than we can even imagine, as it begins “in utero” when a baby first hears its mother’s voice. Scaffolding takes place to help our brains learn the alphabetic principles needed to map sounds onto letters to ultimately form words and sentences.

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Discovery Education Enhances K-12 Platform with New Games, Interactives, Career Resources, and More to Nurture Student Curiosity  

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Global edtech leader Discovery Education today announced the addition of new games, interactives, career resources and more to its award-winning K-12 learning platform, Discove ry Education Experience.

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3 Game-Based ELA Tools for Personalized Learning

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The games and stories reinforce important ELA concepts and drive learning forward with colorful images, cute characters, points, and badges. An initial assessment places students at the appropriate level to begin; then they choose from a selection of games, interspersed with mini-lessons and story-building activities.

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EdTech Hidden Gems of 2015

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Extrasolar is a free alternate-reality game (ARG) that uses an authentic context to build valuable skills and offers ample opportunity for extension activities in science or ELA classrooms. ELA and science join forces in Ocean Forests, a great resource for introducing ecosystems to young learners. Ocean Forests.

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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

Taveras showed flashcards with the words “OUT” and “SO” spelled in large block letters. In 2014, Cáceres’ first year at the school, just 19 percent of the students tested as proficient on the statewide English Language Arts (ELA) test, compared to 31 percent statewide. I wanted a new pet. A pet that could fly. So I got out a net.

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

MindShift

Taveras showed flashcards with the words “OUT” and “SO” spelled in large block letters. In 2014, Cáceres’ first year at the school, just 19 percent of the students tested as proficient on the statewide English Language Arts (ELA) test, compared to 31 percent statewide. I wanted a new pet. A pet that could fly. So I got out a net.

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