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As I take a few minutes to reflect on the tools I have been using this year, a few keep coming up as my absolute favorites. Students are asking to see the teacher dashboard, to see their … 
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Beth Dichter's insight:
What would happen if you asked your students' to reflect on their reading history...and then have them create an infographic that helps them dig a bit deeper and share what they have learned? According to this teacher the finished product is pretty amazing! She began with an article from the NYTimes "What's Your Reading History? Reflecting on the Self as Reader". Then she had students explore infographics and critique them as a group. The students then explored a number of websites that allow you to create infographics (and links are provided to them) and students chose one to work with. The post provides links to a number of infographics made by the students. And the link to the article at the NYTimes is http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/whats-your-reading-history-reflecting-on-the-self-as-reader/?_r=0.
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The Common Core State Standards may "share many features and concepts with existing standards" but "the new standards also represent a substantial departure from current practice in a number of respects." This post looks at the differences in Mathematics and ELA, providing an explanation with some details for each difference. In Mathematics the differences listed are; * Coherence * Skills, Understanding, and Application * Emphasis on Practices In English Language Arts the differences listed are: * Focus on Evidence * "Staircase" of Text Complexity * Speaking and Listening * Literacy in the Content Area
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"Professor Daniel Willingham describes why content knowledge is essential to reading with comprehension, and why teaching reading strategies alone is not sufficient..." This video is referenced in an article published on The Core Knowledge Blog titled 'Meet the Children Where The Are...and Keep Them There.' This articles discusses the "three big ideas embedded within the English Language Arts standards that deserve to be at the very heart of literacy instruction in U.S. classrooms, with or with or without standards themselves." Take the time to read the article and watch the video. The article is located at: http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2012/02/27/meet-the-children-where-they-are-and-keep-them-there/
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Soon after Maryanne Wolf published “Proust and the Squid,” a history of the science and the development of the reading brain from antiquity to the twenty-first century, she began to receive letters from readers. Hundreds of them. While the backgrounds of the writers varied, a theme began to emerge: the more reading moved online, the less students seemed to understand."
Beth Dichter's insight:
The debate about online reading continues? Do students retain more information when they read from books rather than from digital devices? Does reading online present challenges due to distractions? Do students need to be taught skills to become better online readers? This post explores these issues and many more, providing much food for thought as you read through and learn what research is telling us today. Take the time to explore this article. It may change the way you have students in your classroom work with digital text.
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
August 1, 2014 11:44 AM
Interesting article in the New Yorker on another digital controversy. 
Dr. Helen Teague's curator insight,
August 3, 2014 9:36 AM
Do students retain more information when they read from books rather than from digital devices? Does reading online present challenges due to distractions? Do students need to be taught skills to become better online readers?
Ruby Day's curator insight,
August 3, 2014 5:21 PM
Studies show we are not reading as effectively online as we are with hard copies. This highlights the need for tools to help us read deeper online - e.g annotation type tools. This links to an interesting stuy of year 5 students using collaborative annotation software demonstrating higher performance than the control group's' paper based annotation.
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It seems that each day you hear something else about the Common Core. This post explores "five myths about the new standards and shows what the standards really entail." The five legends are listed below. Each is explained in detailed in the post. Legend 1: The new standards prohibit teachers from setting purposes for reading or discussing prior knowledge. Legend 2: Teachers are no longer required to teach phonological awareness, phonics, or fluency. Legend 3: Teachers are no longer required to teach phonological awareness, phonics, or fluency. Legend 4: Teachers must teach students at frustration levels. Legend 5: Most schools are already teaching to the new standards.
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"Are you wondering where to begin to adopt the Common Core Vocabulary Standards? While there are many specific vocabulary standards clearly listed in the K-12 Language strand, it's helpful and important to look at Academic Vocabulary from the big picture view known as Shift 6. Let's unpack it." In this post Susan Oxnevad looks at the three tiers of vocabulary and discusses the need to target instruction on Tier 2 and Tier 3 words. There is a short video that provides an introducation to Academic Vocabulary as well as a look at some tools that woulr provide help for students learning Tier 2 words. Many great resources are provided.
Carla Kessler's curator insight,
August 22, 2015 11:33 PM
When you are reading non-fiction in groups, here are some tools to help your students unpack Tier 2 and 3 words as they discuss their understanding and choose strategies to improve comprehension.
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SAS Curriculum Pathways...interactive, standards based resources for grades 6 - 12 in ELA, science, social studies, math & Spanish. Free to students & educators
Angela Miller's curator insight,
July 23, 2013 12:15 PM
"Be sure and check out the Cool Tools section [on the left side bar] to access great writing tools for students. The Interactive Tools and the Inquiry resouces are also excellent." 
Rod Powell's curator insight,
July 23, 2013 9:08 PM
Excellent selection of resources, tools, and lessons! |
Are you considering using blended learning as a component of your classroom? This post suggests three great tools that may help you move forward on this journey.
* FrontRow provides differentiated math instruction for K- 8. It works across platforms and provides a pre-test (to place students correctly). Tutorials, videos, suggestions of students in their classroom to help are some of the many features provided. There is a free version and schools/districts may also choose to pay for access to more robust reports.
* MobyMax provides access to both ELA and Math for students in Grades K-8. There is a free version as well as a version that costs $99 per classroom (and provides additional tools) as well as a cost for a school. Students earn badges throughout this program. For more information click through to the post.
* Skoolbo also provides ELA and Math resources for students in elementary school. They state “our particular favorites are the ones below 8 years of age..” because they see the most improvement in this age group. Currently Skoolbo is providing free registration to schools in the U.S. who register prior to Dec. 31, 2014.
These are all great tools and you may find one that meets your needs. Each is aligned to the Common Core standards.