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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

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Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. The assignment? Students were given creative freedom to shape their presentations.

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Latest Enhancements to Discovery Education Services Drive Deeper Student Engagement 

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Together, these new enhancements drive deeper student engagement and offer even greater support to educators. Featuring short videos in English and Spanish that are paired with ready-to-use instructional activities, this exciting new content brings compelling natural science phenomena alive for students.  

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The Station Rotation Model: Tip #1 Maximize Learning and Minimize Distractions with Assigned Seats

Catlin Tucker

Assigned Seats at Student-Led Stations As a teacher, I always had seating charts for whole-group instruction. I looked at skill level, behavior, personality types, IEPs, and chronic absenteeism to determine the best place for my students to sit in the classroom.

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Teacher Tips: Starting the Year with Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

Note : This station rotation series pictured above is designed for a 6th grade English Language Arts class. Organize and edit all of the documents your students will need and decide what you will use as evidence of learning (e.g., Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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Creating a fun robotics lesson that addresses 4 ISTE standards

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For example, in my coursework, I introduce a collaborative, screen-free robotics activity that aligns with the ISTE Standards for Students. In the second phase of the lesson, teams rotate and are assigned to another group’s obstacle course.

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An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape

Catlin Tucker

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading.

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4 ways to balance rigor and fun in the ELA classroom

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While novels are engrossing for some students, teachers who use a variety of texts and media sources engage more students and address a broader range of topics and reading standards. Here are four fun ways to get students engaged that worked for me in my classroom: 1. This novel by S.

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