Learn how to assign credit and grade open-ended questions in Derivita.
Although the focus in the early grades is often on teaching young children how to read, the ultimate goal of reading is to understand the text—whether to learn new information or simply enjoy a story. Building the groundwork needed for this understanding starts right from the beginning of life—and it’s essential from the beginning of school. This article from American Educator details the kind of instruction that should be occurring in kindergarten to second-grade classrooms to support children's language comprehension, especially understanding written language when it is read aloud.
America Succeeds recently partnered with Emsi Burning Glass to analyze 82 million job postings from the past two years (2019-2020) to quantify the demand for Durable Skills. Building on existing research around 21stcentury skills, we grouped the top one hundred related keyword terms into ten Durable Skills competencies. Our proprietary data and analyses are sortable by industry, state, and individual employers; additional insights are included within this report.
In the next installment of our Learn @ Home series, Jared and Dani connect with Hilary Linton, a 5th grade teacher at Oakwood Elementary, to discuss the impact of moving to an online curriculum. Hilary shares her insights on the importance of letting students know they are cared for, working with your team to be successful and how to juggle working from home with helping you own family cope with everything going on.
Since 1988, the U.S. Government has set aside the period from September 15 to October 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Month to honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made and continue to make to the United States of America. Our Teacher's Guide brings together resources created during NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes, lesson plans for K-12 classrooms, and think pieces on events and experiences across Hispanic history and heritage.
This week UEN Homeroom is rebroadcasting our conversation with Holly Todd, the Project Aware Coordinator for Jordan School District. This episode shares ideas on social and emotional learning in schools. We also discuss the need to help students understand their emotions, how to provide self-care for teachers, and the need to teach kids "soft skills" that can prepare them for real life.
This week Holly Todd, the Project Aware Coordinator for Jordan School District, joins Homeroom today to share ideas on social and emotional learning in schools. We discuss the need to help students understand their emotions, how to provide self-care for teachers, and the need to teach kids "soft skills" that can prepare them for real life.
UEN Homeroom hits the road for this episode as Dani visits with Kelly Witkowski's students at Newbridge Elementary in Ogden School District. These students are the producers and hosts of a brand new podcast, Bookcast, in which they provide summaries and reviews of the books they are reading.
From this original story, young readers and listeners learn about four tools scientists use to study climate - climate stations, weather balloons, satellites, and buoys. The story is available at two reading levels and in three formats - text-only, illustrated booklet, and electronic book. Glossary included. Each issue of Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle contains an original story that expands on the theme.
In this set of addition and subtraction word problems students are encouraged to find their own way to solve the problems. This enables students to discover the strengths and weaknesses of different solution methods and to see how multiple methods all arrive at the same answer. Included with the problem set are tips for getting started, the solutions, a teacher resource page, and a printable student page.
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An overview and explanation of ways to assess student knowledge and performance in the area of history including theory and examples.
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