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Middle School Writing Rubrics

Catlin Tucker

In my book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 , I shared the following middle school writing rubrics with my readers. Unfortunately, the short links I provided in my book have timed out, so I wanted to share these on my blog so any middle school teachers interested in using them have access!

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Avoid the One-Size-Fits-All Classroom

Catlin Tucker

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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Simple Articulation Strategy: 5 Ins and 5 Outs

Catlin Tucker

In my role as a blended learning coach, I value clear goals. Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. These “outs” become the “ins” for the next grade level.

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Elementary Writing Rubrics

Catlin Tucker

In my book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 , I shared the following elementary writing rubrics with my readers. I will be posting middle school and high school writing rubrics as soon as I can get them reformatted in a shareable version. Feel free to make a copy and adjust as needed. ElemInfoWritingRubric.

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Want to personalize learning? Try personalizing PD first

eSchool News

At a special Blended Learning Summit, Connecticut’s Meriden Public Schools shared its keys to ed-tech success. school district leaders are rethinking traditional approaches to instruction. For the past five years, the district has had a “no zero” grading policy to encourage the completion of all student work.

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Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

Catlin Tucker

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience. to generate a 5-25 question multiple-choice pre-assessment. to generate.

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Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?

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In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning. The districtwide shift towards blended learning began in 2015 when Erica Hartman was hired as Supervisor of Technology Integration.