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20 Creative Writing Activities for Elementary Students

Waterford

All of these 20 creative writing activities can be used with elementary school students to practice reading and writing skills. We’ve included options for both early elementary students, who may still be learning to write, and elementary students in upper grades who are ready to work on projects of their choosing. Use this What?

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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. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college.

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PROOF POINTS: What almost 150 studies say about how to motivate students

The Hechinger Report

A team of Canadian and Australian researchers decided to take a scientific approach and comb through classroom studies across the world on sparking student motivation. They found 144 studies involving nearly 80,000 students, from elementary school through university. Two conclusions jumped out.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. Researchers at Penn State analyzed 10,000 students and found that kindergarteners in low-income families and Black kindergarteners of all incomes had a higher propensity to be heavy users of technology by the end of elementary school.

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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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PROOF POINTS: Gifted programs provide little to no academic boost, new study says

The Hechinger Report

Against this political backdrop, a new study raises big questions about whether gifted education benefits the kids who are lucky enough to be in it. The study, “Do Students in Gifted Programs Perform Better? Some studies have shown sluggish learning growth for gifted students. Redding and his co-author, Jason A.

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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Downing Elementary School with principal Marcos Lopez as part of some broader work in Ector County ISD. Numerous studies have found that without breaks students have higher instances of inappropriate classroom behavior.

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