Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities. For my online students, I’ve adapted this activity using collaborative digital tools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Physical Science: Concepts in Action The curriculum uses relevant content, lively explorations, and a wealth of hands-on activities to help students make the important connection between the science they read and what they experience every day. ” ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY At Savvas, we believe learning should inspire.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

This where I see the station rotation model being particularly useful for all grade levels. The station rotation is a blended learning model that is composed of a series of stations, or learning activities, that students rotate through. Offline station activities can provide a much-needed break from the screen.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Based on the reading data I’ve collected from my students, the percentage of students reading well below grade level is rising. Just four years ago, approximately 10% of my students were reading below grade level. Today, an alarming 30% are below grade level, with 25% scoring well below grade level.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

” “Students will only do the work if I grade it.” This skill-building can happen at any grade level. They have to take an active role in thinking about their goals, managing their time, monitoring their progress, and reflecting on their learning. “Students don’t do the asynchronous work.”

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students. First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future. Can you suggest engaging activities for my grade class focusing on ? Please provide some project-based learning ideas for grade students to explore.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

times more likely than their peers to be actively seeking a new job, the report posits. Student Achievement About two-thirds of teachers agreed that their students were motivated to get good grades and on track to succeed in school. Less than half said they were satisfied with their level of pay and opportunities for advancement.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

In addition to awareness training, administrators need to ensure the same hosting services are being used across classrooms, grades, and schools in their district and monitor activity under one umbrella.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Choice boards fall within the umbrella of blended learning when we combine active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline. Then the various learning activities within each column allow students to engage with that standard or skill in a way that is appealing to them. Thematic Choice Boards.

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Blended Learning Feedback Activities Universal Design 546

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Teacher 2: Delivers the same instructional content or activity to all groups, regardless of their skill levels. Teacher 1 provides targeted instruction based on each group’s needs: Group 1 (Below Grade Level): Students work on identifying key details in a simplified fable with additional visual supports.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. That way, students can dedicate their cognitive resources to other activities or tasks. A welcome routine also quickly transitions students into an activity and frees the teacher to handle administrative tasks (e.g.,

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

a motivational reading program designed for third graders–but easily adaptable for other grades as well. Additionally, Ryan and Deci (2020) emphasize that parental involvement enhances motivation–something our program actively nurtured through regular home communication. Why it works One-Two-Three-Read!

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The station rotation model is a popular K-12 blended learning model that rotates students through a series of stations or learning activities. Then I “went horizontal” with my agenda, tipping it on its side, and pulling apart the individual learning activities to see if they would work as stations with some modification.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from. The “must-do” activities are critical to mastering grade-level content and skills.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 18, 2025

6 Easy Science Activities and experiments MAGNETS how do they work? Below are some playful and educational activities with magnets that turn your classroom or kitchen table into a mini science lab. Ready for some hands-on activities with magnets? For extra fun, dress up the activity with a pirate theme because saying Arrr!

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

I am a fan of using a goal-setting activity to guide conferencing sessions about student progress. This goal-setting activity engages students in the metacognitive practice of setting a personal or academic goal at the start of each week. one week at a time). GoldenCircleGoal.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Design a mix of 4-6 online and offline activities that correlate with what you usually cover in the first few weeks of the school year. Note : This station rotation series pictured above is designed for a 6th grade English Language Arts class. Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Blended learning is the combination of active, engaged learning online and offline. Blended learning prioritizes student agency, striving to give them a high degree of control over the learning activities and environment. Yet, in many classrooms, mistakes are penalized instead of normalized. 3 Valuing Inclusion.

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Blended Learning Feedback Coaching Achievement 506

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Who decided that grading and assessment should be the exclusive responsibility of teachers? Self-assessment shifts the focus from a grade-centric perspective to a learning-centric one. It promotes ownership of learning, motivating students to be more engaged, active participants in their education.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

In my current role as a STEAM Specialist, where I teach students from Pre-K all the way to 6 th grade, it’s important to use resources that can be tailored to their education level and lesson plans. There are suggested grade levels for each video and activity, linked questions, and suggested additional resources to follow up to the lesson.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In order to fill the need for these high-wage, in-demand jobs, early STEM intervention and career awareness for students in the middle grades are necessary. Additionally, the median annual wage for STEM occupations in 2023 was $101,650, in comparison to non-STEM occupations at $46,680.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. questions that the teacher can use to create a variety of review activities. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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Blended Learning Students Exams Study 522

Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

Jenn is a first-grade teacher at Desert Sands Unified School District. They are designed to combine educational technology with specific teaching protocols that promote active learning, student engagement, and collaboration in the classroom. She has her M.A. in Early Childhood Education and an M.S. in Instructional Technology.

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Writing Feedback Learning Spaces Activities 383

eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The report, Voices of New Hampshire Students: Career-Connected Learning’s Role in Building Bright Futures , examines the impact of career-connected learning on the more than 8,500 New Hampshire students in grades 5-12. About half of students say while at school, they learned about a job or career they previously did not know about.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

As teachers read the descriptions of each routine provided on the Project Zero website , it is clear that these routines would work well to engage students in dynamic face-to-face activities and discussions. To edit or modify the slide decks for your grade level and subject area, click “View” at the top of the slide deck.

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Online Learning Learning Blended Learning English 546

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. The playlist model presents students with a sequence of learning activities that they self-pace through. How often do you engage in creative activities at school?

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Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Discussions 397

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

As teachers analyze the data collected during the assess prior knowledge activity, they can more effectively design learning experiences to meet the students’ needs effectively. The Whole Group Rotation The entire class rotates between online and offline learning activities as a unit. 3 Design Learning Experiences.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

From their focus on hands-on learning to a lack of district-provided devices in the lower grades, the reasons are both pedagogical and budgetary. While good classroom technology can suggest the most effective activities for students who need practice in a particular area, you still make the ultimate decision. Take it slow.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Students need to activate higher-order thinking skills and metacognition to effectively master and retain new content knowledge, synthesize it with prior knowledge, and apply it to new scenarios and domains. Teaching students how to activate critical thinking and metacognition will enable them to learn more efficiently and effectively.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Mystery Writing engages students in grades K-5 with “wow!” Educators participating in the free trial will receive access to the current collection of genre units and essential skills lessons created for grade 3-5 classrooms. This approach aims to keep students engaged and actively involved in their learning process.

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Writing Feedback Schools Science 312

eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. Gamified learning plays to these instincts in young readers, encouraging them to excel and actively engage with the material. Amped-up motivation Research shows that games naturally drive motivation through the desire to achieve, socialize, and explore.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Plus, it can leave students feeling disconnected from the scientific process, because they’re really just following instructions rather than actively exploring and discovering. As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. It connected to our NGSS work.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. and sixth form students in England and Wales–as well as 250 of their teachers–to get their insights on the impact of AI on math education. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Math Participation Feedback High School 255

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Available on Discovery Education’s Earth Day website and award-winning K-12 learning platform , this collection of high-quality digital content is organized by grade band and has been curated by Discovery Education’s team of curriculum experts. In this video, students learn about the fashion industry’s impact on the environment.

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Education STEM Grades Art 300

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Beginning with an access prior knowledge activity, diagnostic, or pre-assessment can help us better understand what students know, understand, and can do before we design a sequence of lessons or a unit. That way, we can identify gaps, misconceptions, areas of need, and existing competencies.

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