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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

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An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). 2 What is the best age to introduce keyboarding?

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The Simple View of Reading: What You Need to Know

Waterford

Developed by Hollis Scarborough in 2001, it extends the Simple View by identifying subskills in both language comprehension and word recognition. Put together this foldable book Opposites (Spanish: Opuestos ) with your class to teach early elementary students print awareness skills. Scarborough’s Reading Rope.

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Creating a School Community ) I’ve written several blog posts about team building activities I’ve used with my elementary students and often use again with them as (1) they really like the activities, and (2) there is almost always more to learn even in repeat activities. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al.,

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For elementary students, homework should not be tied to any academic grades or achievement expectation. The Elementary School Journal, 60, 212–224. My take on homework The debate over homework is far from being settled and probably will never reach definitive conclusions. & van Voorhis, F. Educational Psychologist, 36, 181–193 7.

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Who Does School Reform Serve?

Edsurge

Her takeaway: Fights over control of school leadership, including a takeover of Philadelphia schools by the state legislature in 2001, are more about politics than about improving education. And the people who need schooling the most to make social mobility possible still get shafted, essentially.” Royal welcomes the comparisons. “We

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] As an elementary teacher, it may seem tough to find time for art lessons when your school schedule is already filled with core subjects. 5 Creative Art Activities for Elementary Students. Young Children, May 2001, 56(3), pp.

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Last week was tough, teachers say. But it wasn’t the first difficult ‘day after’ they’ve faced

The Hechinger Report

Caroline Patrie is a high school science teacher in Maine’s Portland Public Schools; her first day as a teacher was September 11, 2001. Marie Hydukovich was teaching middle school when she heard that 20 children had been murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Credit: Caroline Patrie. Then they moved on.