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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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Its a troubling trend thats sweeping through red states and blue states alike.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Research shows that the average student lost approximately one-third of a school year to the pandemic, leading to academic setbacks and missed opportunities for building skills fostered in school settings, such as learning to form routines and study habits, solve problems, and follow directions.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. Whiteboard: Whiteboard is ideal for grades K-12 and works especially well for drawing, images, and math symbols. Ive wondered about this myself on a few occasions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 27, 2025

Believe it or not, there are a whole list of skills easy enough for a fifth grader (maybe even fourth, but I haven’t had time to test it yet). Over the next months, in this series, I’ll show you how to teach Photoshop skills appropriate for fifth grade and up. These can be adapted to other art programs like Canva.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

NEW YORK — North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) and 3P Learning announced new results from an online summer learning camp focused on improving reading proficiency among third grade students. It’s important for young learners to have the time, resources and support needed to develop their reading skills,” said NCVA Principal Kelly Shanahan.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

IXL covers all the areas needed to teach language arts, containing more than 2,400 skills spanning reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and more. It guides students from simple to complex skills, adapting to individual student needs and offering explicit instruction with real-time feedback.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

We have an extremely diverse student body, which means foundational skills and native languages are varied and distinctive. If they don’t have those skills, theyll resist working with the teacher in a Tier 1 setting. Sometimes they don’t want to ask for help, and they may need a nudge.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” ” I disagree, especially when it comes to assignments designed to provide students with opportunities to review concepts and practice specific skills. Then they enter the points or grades into their online grade books.

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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

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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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

.” “Students will only do the work if I grade it.” I can empathize with their frustration, but I attribute these behaviors to underdeveloped self-regulation skills, especially in online and blended learning environments. Key Process Necessary to Develop Self-regulation Skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

. “Our Alabama science programs, developed in collaboration with educators and science experts, immerse students in the exploration of real-world phenomena and help to foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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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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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If the learning objective is for students to craft a strong argument, you can provide them with different levels of support and different ways of demonstrating that skill. First, when designing any learning experience or learning cycle, I encourage teachers to identify target standards or skills that will frame and focus their design work.

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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. There are many ways problem solving skills can manifest, and through offering students problems with multiple solution paths and multiple entry points, we can enable these math skills to develop. Some have had no exposure.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2025

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. Reaching reluctant and disinterested readers can be challenging, frustrating, and discouraging for teachers, who fully grasp the importance of literacy skills. Many educational games fall into this category.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In order to fill the need for these high-wage, in-demand jobs, early STEM intervention and career awareness for students in the middle grades are necessary. It supports critical skills development, such as fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and adaptability.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

These arent just digital skillstheyre life skills. They begin tackling real problems, building research skills, and learning how to think for themselves. Theres something for everyoneacademic clubs like Debate, DECA, HOSA, and Model UN challenge critical thinking and sharpen presentation skills. The result?

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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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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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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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. moving from a kindergarten grade-level to a 1 st – or 2 nd -grade level, significant growth in one domain, etc.) Celebrating progress is vital.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Each column focuses on a specific standard or skill. Then the various learning activities within each column allow students to engage with that standard or skill in a way that is appealing to them. As students prepare for an assessment, create a board with activities that target key vocabulary, concepts, and skills.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Delayed readers are students whose reading development lags behind typical age or grade expectations. Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade (IES Practice Guide). What is a delayed reader? Supporting delayed readers starts with understanding who they are. Foorman, B.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Educators ranked supporting students mental health and social skill development among the issues that have the lowest potential for AI to have a positive impact, according to the survey of more than 1,300 K-12 and higher education educators in 19 countries, including the U.S., What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

And that made it harder to help new teachers grow their own skills when they asked for help. My birding skills improved by moving beyond my backyard, to lakeshores and prairies and thickets. Instead, lets invest in our early career teachers so they have the skills to rebuild our profession and build longterm careers in the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Forward-thinking educators in the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools are reimagining what high school looks like, restructuring the workday, moving from grading systems to competency-based systems, and prioritizing personalized learning pathways.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

Jenn is a first-grade teacher at Desert Sands Unified School District. The goal is to streamline the teaching process while maximizing student participation, understanding, and skill development. They also develop their writing skills and confidence as learners, building their vocabulary and practicing speaking and listening skills.

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Writing Feedback Learning Spaces Activities 381

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Yet, this omission has a profound effect on students literacy skills. Not only does this affect their ability to communicate effectively, it also affects their reading skills, because writing and literacy are closely linked. According to one analysis ,half of U.S. eighth gradersstruggle with long-form writing on tests and classwork.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

Putting the ‘E’ in integrative STEM instruction For more news on STEAM, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub According to the National Math and Science Initiative , STEM education helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, fosters communication, and bolsters teamwork.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

The “must-do” activities are critical to mastering grade-level content and skills. The “may-do” activities are useful for mastering grade-level content and skills but not essential. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This “cookbook recipe” teaching style not only stifles creativity, but it can also hinder critical thinking skill development. As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. All students in grades 1-3 currently use TinkRworks for science labs.

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