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Cross Curricular Maker Education Activity That Addresses Common Core Standards

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My primary job is that of educating pre and in-service teachers with a bit of teaching elementary students along the way. What follows is a specific lesson for upper elementary and middle school students. It combines geometry concepts with a language arts activity while addressing several common core standards.

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Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

The Hechinger Report

2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. If the Common Core is to improve the math education of U.S. In this Thursday, Oct.

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Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners

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Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. I use the following activities to introduce elementary students to the design thinking process. Learners are encouraged to see what the other groups have created to spark new ideas. What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? ).

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More than five years after adopting Common Core, Kentucky’s black-white achievement gap is widening

The Hechinger Report

At Dunn Elementary, kids who are struggling get extra time with second-grade teacher Sarah Bowling. The second-graders in Sarah Bowling’s class at Dunn Elementary were on a scavenger hunt to find “arrays.”. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps.

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Kentucky thoroughly sold it’s educators on Common Core. How?

The Hechinger Report

Over the course of three years, starting in 2009, Kentucky’s state education commissioner, Terry Holliday, added 50,000 miles to his odometer, crisscrossing the state to bring each of the 173 school districts the message: Kentucky was adopting the Common Core. Related: Academic expectations around the country, updated for Common Core.

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English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook

Education with Technology

English Common Core Mobile Activities. I recently published English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook. Although the ebook is intended for grades 6-12, English teachers at both the elementary and the college level can easily adapt the activities. More than half the English activities are non-fiction.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: high school. Age group: Upper elementary.