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Simple Exercise: Help Students Analyze Their Growth Over Time

Catlin Tucker

I encourage teachers to dedicate class time to an exercise that requires students to compare two pieces of work from two different moments in time using the Google Document below. When I have done this exercise in the past, many students exclaim, “Oh my gosh! AnalyzeGrowth. I cannot believe I wrote this!”

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Vision Boards: Start the Year with a Visual Goal Setting Exercise

Catlin Tucker

I found the exercise powerful. It is also a great way to learn more about the students we will be working with this year. I remember laying my big piece of butcher paper on the floor and contemplating my future. The images on my vision board ranged from personal hopes to future professional aspirations.

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SEL and Physical Exercise – 8 weeks of Free Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Social-emotional learning is a vital part of health and wellness. As students stay home, learn some ideas to help students be healthier at home during this time with some videos you can share with the students. Register for this free micro-course.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. Students can engage in various counting exercises related to the number 100. Have students do ten sets of ten different exercises (i.e.,

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NoRedInk- Enhance Students Writing Via Targeted Practice and Adaptive Exercises

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It offers a wide variety of writing and grammar activities together with targeted exercises that help learners develop specific writing skills. NoRedInk online writing curriculum includes various types of adaptive exercises designed to enhance students writing style in terms of fluency, grammatical accuracy, and writing mechanics.

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Working memory exercises for students of all ages

Neo LMS

A Johns Hopkins study into working memory has demonstrated that groups of college students who engage in regular working memory exercises show 30% better retention in working memory than those who engage in the exercises only once, or not at all. Working memory exercises for students. Working memory and school skills.

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Social-Emotional Learning Part III: Responsible Decision Making

Catlin Tucker

They know what makes them feel safe and supported in learning environments. Teachers should encourage students to draw on their prior experiences in school to compile a list of behaviors and norms they believe will establish and maintain a high-functioning learning community. What caused them to feel unsafe? Click to copy.

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