eSchool News

JULY 3, 2024

Lincolnshire, IL – Today, 95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced that its 95 Phonics Lesson Library is now listed on the Evidence for ESSA website for Tier 2, small-group instruction, for grades 4-5. LXD Research founder Rachel Schechter, Ph.D., For more information, visit www.95percentgroup.com.

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Grades Science Evaluation Reading 269

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. How does using rubrics benefit students?

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

This may seem far off from a 5th-grade classroom, but people who start early continue these habits throughout their lives. For example, my 5 th grade math teacher, Mrs. Perkins, identified my affinity for the subject and fostered it.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. It then generates personalized action plans that help students eliminate their trouble spots, and grow their reading and writing skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2023

About learner agency In CoSN’s 2023 Hurdles + Accelerators Report , we define Learner Agency as: Learner Agency is a combination of the will and the skill to learn. Download the 2023 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: Hurdles + Accelerators to learn more.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What skills, abilities, language proficiencies, interests, and/or learning preferences are present in a class? Grading is the most time-consuming task teachers are responsible for beyond the classroom. Most of the teachers I know spend hours of their evenings and weekends grading student work. The answer did not surprise me.

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Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

What will students understand (content knowledge) or be able to do (skills) at the end of the lesson or learning cycle? 2 Assess Prior Knowledge. Other students may not have any prior knowledge on a topic. Teachers can use a variety of strategies to assess prior knowledge in class or online.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? These activities can also be used to encourage collaboration and communication as students work with peers, which can result in the development of interpersonal skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

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Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 337

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A daily review helps students to master concepts and skills by shifting that information or those skills from controlled processing to automatic processing. A present–pause–discuss format allows the teacher to focus on introducing one concept or skill at a time.

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Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). For each unit, I identify specific target standards/skills that we as a class will focus on.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Its goal is to get 70 percent of Utah third graders reading at grade level by 2027. Students who are not proficient by the end of third grade are less likely to thrive in school and graduate high school. The selection of 95 Percent Group’s programs for state schools is based on rigorous review by Utah’s professional educators. “At

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Highlights include new Math Talks for grades 3-5, which feature activities focused on making sense of mathematics through open-ended prompts and rich student discussions, Daily Fix-Its and Weekly Edits, which are teacher-led presentations targeting common student grammar errors, and more. The new civics-focused series, Need toKnow Jr.,

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its about time that schools dragged math into the modern world, so that it imparts useful skills, Henderson says. That includes how job skills play into math paths for students. For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade.

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Math Motivation High School High School 179

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know.

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Coaching Learning Students Knowledge 419

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students are grouped based on their skill or ability levels and rotate through all the stations. Teacher 1: Provides targeted instruction tailored to each group’s needs, abilities, and skill levels. Teacher 2: Delivers the same instructional content or activity to all groups, regardless of their skill levels.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Some have parents or guardians who have introduced them to foundational concepts and skills. This can be everything from students asking good questions and sharing their thinking verbally to relating a new problem to prior knowledge and using a visual representation to illustrate their thought process. Some have had no exposure.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Here are eleven projects to teach kids authentically, blended with your regular lessons, the often complicated topic of becoming good digital citizens, knowledgeable about their responsibilities in an Internet world. 3rd Grade In 3rd grade, students should become grounded in avoiding and/or dealing with cyberbullies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

This sparks greater interest in literature, enabling teachers to facilitate meaningful interactions that inspire more compelling classroom discussions that increase critical thinking skills, delivering better learning outcomes. Gale In Context: Literature helps broaden and deepen students’ knowledge and understanding of the material.”

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Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes High School High School 246

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Who decided that grading and assessment should be the exclusive responsibility of teachers? Self-assessment shifts the focus from a grade-centric perspective to a learning-centric one. When teachers grade these exercises, it creates anxiety among students still grappling with new concepts or skills.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

Repetitive books are designed based on the outdated notion that students learn to read by memorizing whole words rather than sounding out words based on phonics skills. When students use their phonics knowledge to decode unknown words, they will run into words with irregularly spelled parts.

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Education Knowledge Reading Skills 336

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Students come into our classrooms with different life experiences, prior knowledge, and language proficiencies. Beginning with an access prior knowledge activity, diagnostic, or pre-assessment can help us better understand what students know, understand, and can do before we design a sequence of lessons or a unit.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

One reaction may be to jam in more topics and cover both the grade-level content and what may have been missed the previous year. We also know the importance of spending as much time as possible accessing grade-level mathematics. Integrating prior grade-level content into the current grade level is challenging work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Students who were in grades K-3 during pandemic shutdowns may be most affected. I think students who were in grades K-3 during the height of learning disruptions are the most likely to have lasting effects on their reading proficiency from pandemic disruptions. First, that means assessing the critical, foundational skills like phonics.

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Learning Reading Science Grades 294

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

And that made it harder to help new teachers grow their own skills when they asked for help. These sights and sounds meld with texts, guides, and knowledge about what species are likely in an area and when they migrate. My birding skills improved by moving beyond my backyard, to lakeshores and prairies and thickets.

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Classroom Management Coaching Feedback Skills 183

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

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Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Education Knowledge 268

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

Technology can engage students and enhance their literacy skills. And that’s just one example of using technology to enhance writing skills, public speaking skills, and stimulating imagination while learning about a critical historical moment.”. Digital devices inhibit the development of deep reading skills.

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Technology Reading Skills Critical Thinking 363

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In the last two blogs, I have focused on strategies teachers can use to 1) assess prior knowledge before a lesson and 2) check for understanding during a lesson. It provides an avenue for students to request additional help, instruction, practice, or support before moving on to the next batch of information or a new skill. Sketchnotes.

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Learning Assignments Students Knowledge 420

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It can mean making sure they have the knowledge and technical skills needed for a specific job. It should also mean focusing on what are sometimes called the “soft skills”–I call them “life skills.”. For instance, in 9th grade our elective courses follow a Career Technical Education (CTE) tract for computer science.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s been said, “ If a child can do advanced math, speak three languages, or receive top grades, but can’t manage their emotions, practice conflict resolution, or handle stress, none of that other stuff is really going to matter. ”. SEL skills can be implemented into any content area; it just takes a little intentionality and planning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

“The national K-12 cybersecurity learning standards are critical to providing the next generation of students with the skills and knowledge to pursue cybersecurity careers, ultimately helping solve the cybersecurity workforce gap,” said Kevin Nolten, Director of Academic Outreach at CYBER.ORG.

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Learning Knowledge Skills Grades 321

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. Differentiated instruction is essential, but time constraints, large class sizes, and varying skill levels make personalized learning difficult.

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Coaching Math Students Assignments 297

eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Traditionally, the spotlight on STEM education appears to occur in high school and late middle school grade-levels. It is during this period that introducing STEM education thus becomes paramount so as to establish a solid foundation of fundamental concepts and problem-solving skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Creativity is an essential skill for all students to have. Creative projects help students connect new information to prior knowledge through critical thinking and problem solving. This builds emotional development and lifelong skills that will help them in any future career they may have. Why creativity?

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Technology Critical Thinking Assignments Motivation 317

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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Teachers Learning Science STEM 311

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As a result, an increasing number of students will be able to access grade-level texts. Combining phonics and background knowledge The science of reading is not a program, curriculum, nor something you can purchase. In fact, background knowledge can even make phonics instruction more effective.

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