eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

To provide just-in-time information on students’ mastery of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) and instructional recommendations to address specific learning loss, Curriculum Associates has created i-Ready Standards Mastery for Virginia. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Social Institute today announced that it has expanded its pioneering social-emotional learning curriculum to meet the needs of fourth grade students, available beginning in January of 2021. There is definitely a need for that conversation in fourth grade as so many students are getting laptops for the first time.

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Curriculum Mobile Devices Grades Motivation 232

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

A similar truth applies to the adopted curriculum many teachers use. While initially, it’s beneficial to have a clear roadmap to follow when implementing a new curriculum; as teachers gain confidence using it, they will desire to exercise their creativity to tailor the learning experience to the unique needs of their students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Carolina enhanced Smithsonian curriculum and Building Blocks of Science 3D products with simplified digital teacher-planning features for robust remote science instruction, as well as a variety of live and online on-demand professional development called Get Ready! A video is included for teachers to walk through these with the students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2024

How do assignments made by online professionals get good scores? Here are tips to make your assignment look professional, from the Ask a Tech Teacher international team: Top Tips And Tricks To Make Your Assignment Look Professional Introduction One of the most important aspects of an assignment is how you present your report.

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Assignments Plagiarism Essay Attention 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. 3rd Grade In 3rd grade, students should become grounded in avoiding and/or dealing with cyberbullies. They can start by NOT making their picture look anything like themselves.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

If we could describe our perfect teaching assignment, what would it be? This year as I stared at the form and asked myself, what is your perfect teaching assignment? I’ve been teaching 9th and 10th grade English at Windsor High School for the last 13 years. Who would we enjoy working with?

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

As I support teachers struggling to navigate the demands of the concurrent classroom, I find myself continually returning to the station rotation model as a strategy to design and facilitate learning for this challenging teaching assignment. This where I see the station rotation model being particularly useful for all grade levels.

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Attention Blended Learning Activities Feedback 546

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Unfortunately, most secondary curriculum relies on a one-size-fits-all approach to reading. Instead of being assigned a book they must read, students are given a menu of books to choose from and the teacher groups them according to their book selection. .” It’s the book that grabs them and pulls them into the story.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Gaps in foundational knowledge, especially in early grades and exacerbated by continued pandemic-related learning loss, can make advanced topics more difficult to grasp later on. Some students may feel disengaged if the curriculum does not connect to their interests or learning styles.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in primary, elementary or intermediate schools. Cyber Legends intends to change that with engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons, masked as a fun video game. There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in educational systems.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Established in 2005, Agora Cyber Charter School is an online public school for Pennsylvania students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is accredited by the Middle States Association. This is especially felt in the 5 th grade science and math classes I teach. Gizmo is an interactive STEM learning experience for grades 3-12.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

As another school year approaches, teachers are scrambling to set up classrooms, make photocopies of syllabi, attend mandatory meetings, and prepare their curriculum. It is tempting to dive right into the curriculum given how much we have to cover in a year. What are you assigning and why? What are you grading and why ?

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Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 366

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2023

I’ve collected a long list of resources here : K-HS Digital Citizenship Resources Today, we focus on Kindergarten–1st Grade. _Bring up a website (your favorite or one from this list of Kindergarten resources or this list of 1st Grade resources ). Once they’re on the assigned website, don’t click on links outside of it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 12, 2025

At the end of this article, you’ll feel good about giving both sides of this discussion a voice: Why a Term Paper Writing Service Is the Best Way to Assist with Your Assignments Some assignments are manageableyou knock them out in an hour, no stress. The Best Way to Get Assignment Help Not all writing services are the same.

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Assignments Writing Essay Critical Thinking 134

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

New AI tools are emerging daily for educators and students; from AI tutors to curriculum creators, the AI education market is surging. Because the tool can assist with assignments like generating essays from prompts, students quickly integrated these technologies into the classroom.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Grading student work can be the most labor intensive part of the job for most of us. We often feel pulled in multiple directions – with service commitments and research projects on top of teaching responsibilities – so finding time to grade student papers, exams, projects, and in-class work can feel challenging.

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Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 116

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Ninth-grade English was a paradox for me—both the best and worst year for helping me learn to write. Every month, my Advanced English teacher, Mr. Johnson, assigned our class one of the classics of English literature and expected us to demonstrate what we had learned with an accompanying essay.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2023

BOSTON – As part of its human-centered approach to AI in K-12 education, learning technology company HMH today announced new OpenAI-powered integrations within Writable , its award-winning writing practice and assessment solution for grades 3-12. To learn more about HMH’s Writable , visit hmhco.com/Writable.

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Plagiarism Teachers Feedback Essay 246

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2018

A social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum adds valuable lessons to a student’s normal school day that will help propel them beyond academic success and onto success in life. Having a flexible SEL curriculum is important for both students and teachers. Having a flexible SEL curriculum is important for both students and teachers.

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Elementary School Elementary School Assignments Curriculum 279

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In a previous post, I described how blended learning models could make this challenging teaching assignment more manageable ; however, that post assumes that teachers are familiar with blended learning. a unit of study or grading period) can help students form relationships with classmates and feel more connected to a learning community.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 115

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2019

How can a teacher with a class of 15, 20, or 25 students, many of whom read below grade level, address each learner’s instructional needs while keeping them all on track to read age-appropriate materials and have the learning confidence to succeed? Another advantage is that more of her students turn in their assignments on time.

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Learning Reading Assignments Students 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While new and emerging technologies can feel like a hurdle at times, there is also much that can be gained by incorporating them into our curriculum. This does not mean teachers have to be experts in using all technologies, but teachers should be willing to incorporate technology into their everyday curriculum delivery.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

With cost and resource savings, more time can be dedicated to improving the quality of these texts, ultimately improving how the curriculum in languages other than English flows into and improves English learning, to create truly bilingual students. Technology can also assist in solving the issue of the limited number of languages available.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I’m a fourth-grade teacher in North Carolina. I knew if I combined the fragmented collection of videos, slides, documents, and assignments I’ve collected and prepared over the years, I’d be able to create more authentic and engaging lessons for my students. I spent much of my free time preparing for the school year.

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Assignments Internet Grades Curriculum 279

eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

These updates include a more streamlined interface with faster grading workflows, improved classroom management tools, and greater integration with the edtech tools that schools use most. Savvas Realize stands out as the only LMS that can provide all of a district’s K-12 curriculum and administrative needs, all on one easy-to-use platform.”.

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Assignments Education Blended Learning Grades 245

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

I would recommend listening to podcast episodes before assigning them to make sure they’re age-appropriate.) Another point of entry for students is learning about the experiences of their peers, so when I taught eighth grade, I always assigned The Outsiders. This novel by S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For example, do you want to expand curriculum offerings, provide effective flexible learning options for students, or build a personalized program that meets students’ needs? This also allows students to have more flexibility in their schedule so they can work on assignments at their own pace, or take a break if they need to.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer. Ask them to write short stories Teachers know that students don’t like writing assignments, especially those with strict requirements and deadlines.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 286

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

” After watching this VFT, our 3rd grade students teamed up with our high school robotics class to learn, play, and have some fun. When the classes got together, the 3rd grade students were ready to play and be inspired as high school students shared how they build robots, cars, rockets, and more.

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Art Students Culture Coaching 332

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Pivot Interactives makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy with 10,000 authentic, video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot’s expert curriculum team and teacher community. To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on.

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Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 257

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 102

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2020

Each group includes three students at the same grade level or stage of learning and development. Six different group topics include: Anxiety: Curriculum by Strong Kids and Learning to BREATHE. Emotional Regulation: Curriculum by The Zones of Regulation. Coping Skills: Curriculum by DBT STEPS-A and Think Good-Feel Good.

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Students Science Special Education Curriculum 294

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia, where she continues as an instructor in the School of Education and Human Development. In response, I’ve adapted my teaching approach to make assignments more interactive. Amato is the chief academic officer for K12 Coalition—Teaching Channel.

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