Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

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. English Language arts teachers might want to create 5 ins and outs for reading, writing, language, and soft skills/study skills.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key points: Virtual reality offers learning beyond just verbal communications 3 AR/VR resources that nurture student curiosity Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality For more on VR in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Multilingual students face unique challenges that can hurt their performance in school. In the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I vividly remember my English teacher, Mrs. Grant, bringing a stack of 20 well-read copies of A Wrinkle in Time out from the closet for everyone in the class. Which is why middle school English teachers like Carrie Friday at Southwest Middle School in Palm Bay, Florida are using the book club model instead.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

Think back to your days in middle school, specifically to what you did after you slung your backpack off at home and began to unwind. What would your answer have been if a teacher asked, “What am I doing outside of school that I want to tell other students about?”

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2021

In my experience as an Educational Technology Specialist (ETS) and many years as a middle school teacher, one thing I have learned is that if students have a choice in demonstrating their knowledge and showcasing their skills, they are often more invested in the task or end product.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

For example, if you are an English Language Arts teacher, you may want to consider a file labeled “Reading,” another labeled “Writing,” and yet another for “Speaking/Listening’ ’ Additionally, you can create subfiles within those folders and organize your resources by novel, writing genres, or topic.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, some of the most powerful learning in my middle school science classroom has happened when I’ve pretended to NOT know the “right answer.” Our student population represents more than 30 languages, and many of them are new to learning English. Now that I’ve been a teacher for 15 years, I know this simply isn’t true.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I remember fondly the book recommendations that my elementary and middle school librarians would give me. I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. It’s where, in the 1990s and aughts, I discovered my love for historical fiction.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

The 2022 PBL Champions are: District PBL Champion Broward County Public Schools (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) School PBL Champion Thomas A. This year’s recipient was Rose Moe, a 6th-grade math teacher at Lincoln Middle School in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. About the Champions.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. And those who didn’t?

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Kennedy Middle School would pivot to remote learning because of the pandemic. Her Title I school in Riviera Beach has a growing population of English language learners. Assistant Principal Ronda Smith remembers her heart racing when she learned that John F. We didn't have the tools or the training,” explains Smith.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2015

Economics in Plain English –from Atlantic Monthly–videos. Basic Economic Terms. Basic Economics Jumbled. Be Your Own Boss. BrainPop—money movie. Business and Profit Millionaire Game. Coffeeshop Game. Economic Concepts. Economic Systems. Economic Terms. Economic Terms Mini-Quiz. Economics Flashcards. Economics Flashcards. Economy Terms.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2021

In my experience as an Educational Technology Specialist (ETS) and many years as a middle school teacher, one thing I have learned is that if students have a choice in demonstrating their knowledge and showcasing their skills, they are often more invested in the task or end product.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

(NYSE: RST) to extend its world language program to military families and adult learners, in addition to supplementing traditional language learning instruction to its middle and high school students and English-language learners. The most common languages studied include Spanish, French, Latin and English.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2015

For the last few years, this enterprising duo has been flipping their English classes, co-moderating a weekly Twitter education chat, presenting at conferences, planning lessons, and collaborating regularly from opposite sides of the country. Thomasson, who teaches English at Forestview High School in Gastonia, N.C.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Black/African American students, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx students, and Native American/Alaskan students are less likely to attend a high school that offers foundational computer science.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological launched three new sets of K-8 digital resources for remote teaching this fall: Smithsonian Science for the Classroom @HOME, Smithsonian Science and Technology Concepts Middle School@HOME , and Building Blocks of Science 3D@HOME. The new digital @HOME and Get Ready!

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Seven months into its partnership with Achieve3000 , a Calcasieu Parish School in Lake Charles, La., saw greater than expected literacy gains on the Spring 2016 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) for English language arts among middle school students regularly using one of Achieve3000’s differentiated literacy solutions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2015

Middlebury Interactive Languages launches new program for school districts; also available through partner Fuel Education.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2017

From mobile devices to gaming and online learning, students are ready to take charge of their learning, often outpacing their schools in their use of these digital tools for learning. More than one-third of middle school students say they have already taken an online class in math, science and English.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Through the Leader in Me and an RTI2-B partnership with Vanderbilt University, the school is transforming its culture and addressing unrealistically high behavioral issues that inhibit learning. As part of the process, E.A.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Historically, English language learner (ELL) instruction has primarily focused on reading and writing. As a result of this literacy-first focus, by the time ELLs become proficient readers in English, they are often many years behind in math. The truth is a little more complex. ELL teachers are focused on reading and writing.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2018

Last year, Chemawa Middle School faced a huge literacy need. We are a Title I school in Riverside, Calif., After analyzing that data, we were determined to personalize reading and writing to meet the needs of our student population, 68 percent of whom are Hispanic and 12 percent of whom are English language learners (ELLs).

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

.” The two schools in the study are an elementary school and middle school in Schiller Park, Illinois, which reflect similar demographics to many schools across the country.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2021

More than 27,000 students attend 34 schools in the district including traditional high schools, alternative high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, and 16 preschools, including a federally funded Head Start program. The following has been edited for clarity.).

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

This was right about the time a leading literacy vendor was rolling out its new literacy program for struggling adolescent readers, so the following year I decided to integrate that program into our English curriculum. Use the program as an intervention tool.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2023

Voorhees Township Public Schools in Camden County, New Jersey. Whitehorne Middle School in Verona, New Jersey. Ecole Dickinsfield School in Alberta, Canada. Bangor High School in Bangor, Maine. Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

She spent eleven years teaching English Language Arts and History at the middle school level. Noelle is currently working as a middle school Assistant Principal, where she continues to coach and train teachers. You can also check out this post on frequently asked questions about the station rotation model.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Christina Sorenson, language arts resource teacher, Henry Middle School, Cedar Park, Texas. “I Even after 10 years with Fast ForWord, teachers still tell me how thankful they are because it covers skills they can’t cover in an English language arts classroom. On average, they made 1.8

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To date, FEV Tutor has delivered more than 60,000 hours of live one-to-one instruction to 7,000 students in 116 schools in JCPS. The online tutoring sessions are available to students in grades 3-12 and focus on the core subjects of math, English, science, and social studies. Adell, principal of Newburg Middle School.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

English Teacher, 7th-9th Grade. Related content: How a middle school teacher tackles online learning. Madeline Caballero. Fajardo, Puerto Rico. “Be Be grateful for what you can do and for what you have.”. What inspired you to be a teacher? When I grew up in the 60s and 70s in New York, I didn’t have a lot of great teachers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Cedar Creek Middle School in Texas is flipping that idea on its head, using a student behavior management platform called Hero to track positive as well as negative behaviors in real time—and school leaders are noticing a significant change in student conduct, and overall school culture, as a result.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The one place where I was free from the pressure to snap and scroll was school. I fell in love with English and U.S When I started teaching middle school in Brooklyn last year, I realized that my students experienced this tech onslaught so much earlier than I did. These classes were opportunities for connection.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

For example, when we didnt have a coach for one of the schools in our middle school football program, our navigators mobilized for really good candidates in a short amount of time just from their personal outreach. Weve had a really great start to the 2024-2025 school year, and Engage IRL has played a huge role.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

As an English and reading teacher , I sometimes struggled to provide texts that affirmed my students’ lives and communities. However, since I built relationships with parents and earned their trust, I was able to teach a variety of books in my middle school including “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers and “The Afterlife” by Gary Soto.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

At my middle school, for example, we use WordFlight to support Tier 2 and Tier 3 students who are not yet proficient readers based on a beginning-of-year screening. This online program has given us the system, support, and resources to make a measurable difference in our students’ reading growth.

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