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Meaningful Vision Board Ideas for Students + Tips for Creating Them

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Create a Word Wall: Have students write down words and quotes that feel relevant to the goals they listed. Vision Board Student Workbook By Danielle Knight Grades: 4th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Students will create a 15×20 vision board using this eight-section guide.

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This Neuroscientist Wants to Know Your Brain On Art—and How It Improves Learning

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But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. Sometimes it’s about empathy —or in the case of some of the latest research coming out of Johns Hopkins, it’s about understanding how art plays a role in learning. How does that map into objectives?

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Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. But at What Cost?

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But he was reading and writing at a kindergarten level, according to diagnostic tests. John, whose name has been changed, is dyslexic and had been struggling with reading and writing for years. In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. So many students are unable to read and write proficiently.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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was free, and people had to pay at least $20 a month to get access to the state-of-the-art model. It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing.

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Teaching Bilingual Learners in Rural Schools

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This approach helps students who already speak another language read and write in another language, too. Learning two languages does not hurt a student’s ability to master either one. In my first grade classroom I only had one classmate that was bilingual.”

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

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Dually certified in special education and English Language Arts, I teach an ELA inclusion class to 11th and 12th graders, which means I serve students with and without Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the same setting. This is my third year teaching at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District in New Castle, Delaware.

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At Our Alternative School, Intervention Round Tables Support the Whole Learner

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As the meeting progressed, I learned that she was expressing similar behaviors in her history class, but not her math, science or art classes. Sadie’s counselor shared context about her living situation and the Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC) explained her cognitive assessment scores relative to her abilities.