Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions. This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity. link] Mugnai, M.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2020

So much of the support we offer our students with dyslexia is centered around small group work during our intervention block. Related content: 3 keys to teaching students with dyslexia to read. As the dyslexia coordinator for my district, I’m a big believer in individualized, in-person interventions. Staying connected.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Here are a few tips and tricks for integrating technology into your reading lessons. The most effective technology works with you to enable or extend the instruction you’re providing. Teachers spend so much time outside of work doing things like grading and trying to find appropriate activities for differentiated instruction.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 5, 2016

Stations can be composed of a variety of activities (including, but not limited to): Teacher-led small group instruction. Collaborative small group work. If teachers have ample access to technology, they can design multiple stations that incorporate technology. Makerspace station. Computer time with adaptive software.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Group work vs. cooperative learning. When I was still in the classroom, I called lots of activities “group work,” but some students hid from the learning while others carried the group, and that is not true of cooperative learning. In short, the platform has PIES.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The “groups do” allows students to work collaboratively in small groups (in-class, online, or mixed group composed of in-person and online students) to practice a strategy or skill without the teacher’s guidance or support. Your work is important. You matter.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2015

I initially presented them with a list of 9 Common Core reading and writing standards that I wanted them to demonstrate mastery of over the course of the unit. They brainstormed ideas and groups worked at their own pace to complete their various performance tasks.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

The company had a particularly strong showing in the 2023 EdTech Awards , where its Phonics, Reading, and MeÔ was a finalist in the Literacy/Reading Solution category and the company’s Get Set for SchoolÒ won its category and was named the “Best Early Childhood/Kindergarten-Readiness Solution.”Adding

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I have read and loved them all. Read more from Emily here. The book I read this year that blew me away was “ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ” by Gabrielle Zevin. Read more from Jeff here. I give “The Anthropocene Reviewed” five stars. It comes out in all sorts of ways. It would also, of course, improve their lives.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2019

When we looked at our reading and math scores a few years back, we found that we weren’t seeing the growth we were hoping to see. We brought in close-reading strategies, started an academic coaching program for teachers, and launched reading interventions and guided reading groups.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Over the past several years, these spaces have transformed into collaborative areas that encourage group work, discussions, and hands-on activities, promoting creativity and innovation–ultimately becoming instrumental in shaping well-rounded, adaptable learners.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A neurodivergent student who struggles with any of these might tune out or do the complete opposite and engage in a way that creates stress within the group. This is exacerbated online, so I use a private chat tool in classroom.cloud to support my students in group work. I push them to speak up.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

In Neshaminy School District, northeast of Philadelphia, nearly 20 percent of our struggling K–2 students spend 30 minutes a day, five days a week in small-group reading intervention. Our blended model starts with an engaging digital curriculum, one-to-one instruction, and small-group work. Teaching students to decode .

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Capture recordings early in the year while students are working on vocabulary in small groups, reading aloud, or practicing conversation with partners. For group work, either to help solve problems in the group or to gauge progress, record interactions so students can review and reflect on how they interact with their peers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2019

Students would have to be in a workshop atmosphere working on reading, writing, projects, or collaborative group work—not a sit-and-get classroom. If a teacher had only 1,000 words to spend, then that means the students’ task would have to be engaging, extended, and meaningful.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s pretty well known in educational circles that cooperative learning is supported by research, but so many teachers still struggle with it, so when things don’t work well, they give it up. Here’s how it works: Students make “appointments” with different peers at specific times.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills. Some ideas of what PBL might look like in a first grade classroom include: A group of strong readers begin reading nonfiction books about a topic of their choosing and write their own story about the topic.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Read more about Ross-Kleinmann’s thoughts on AI in schools. Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills. PBL isn’t used enough–let’s change that.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

This program also provides the educator with the ability to assign the same science article to students to read, but at their reading level. Having students work together in partners and/or groups with the virtual labs, models, and other resources provided has helped increase engagement in my classes, as well as assist with teamwork.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Folks who participate in musical education benefit from improved listening and reading skills, too. This is largely thanks to the hard work of organizations like The National Association for Music Education , which puts learners in contact with community music groups.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Utilize digital curricula that have embedded language supports and accessibility features such as text-to-speech, adjustable speaking rates, and the highlighting of each word as it is read aloud. Group work, projects, and activities allow students to interact with and learn from each other.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Engagement remains a tricky subject for many teachers, but some are finding creative ways to keep kids coming back, especially during whole-group discussions on video conferencing platforms such as Zoom. Teachers of older students are assigning group work and creating breakout chat rooms in Zoom. Another piece of the puzzle?

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Many math tasks involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Reinforce the terms by asking students to draw pictures of them in their notebooks or use them in conversations during group work. Its about language, too. These language demands can be particularly challenging for students whose primary language is not English.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Instead of just throwing the furniture into the classrooms, I went in and helped their teachers learn how to use it for small-group work and individual work. Jump in and try a lesson of the new reading or math series you’ve adopted. They’re starting with their middle schools, and it’s a big change for everyone there.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

You can read the full report, including the other five suggestions, here. Synchronous learning is best for class discussion, small group work and social-emotional learning exercises. With the futures of millions of students on the line, we don’t have a moment to lose.” There is a place for both, the authors argue.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. I just love the energy group work brings into the classroom; I witness vibrant discussions coupled with cooperative understanding. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

Dropbox Paper or Google Docs : these mainstream collaborative word-processing tools let instructors invite students to collaborate on assignments or group work. This past semester, each student submitted reading notes as an assignment in the LMS. one question they had for others who read the same chapter. Hypothes.is

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This model is similar to the center rotations that already occur in many elementary classrooms, in which students rotate through stations in small groups, working both independently and with the teacher. However, encouraging students to take ownership for their group members is difficult.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2022

SARAH WILLIAMSON of SWPR Group works with leaders in education to create thoughtful public relations programs that promote growth, build momentum, and enhance learners’ academic success and overall well-being.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Despite sorting students into groups based on reading ability and spending extra hours combing through various data dashboards, she is still adjusting to the demands of teaching so many students at once. “As As a teacher, I don't feel like I'm doing the best work I can,” Claffey says.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. I just love the energy group work brings into the classroom; I witness vibrant discussions coupled with cooperative understanding. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In northern New Mexico, Taos Academy Charter School , where one of us, Elizabeth LeBlanc, serves as the director of teaching and learning, uses a flexible schedule to conduct one-on-one and small group work in the afternoons and to offer on-demand support through Homework Hotlines in the morning.

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

With OneNote, teachers can create a Class Notebook with read-only pages that provide the necessary information and announcements for students. While collaboration is mainly about working with others, there’s also an aspect of self-reflection and contribution that is very important. Setup Private Spaces. Setup Shared Spaces.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

I’m reading books all day—that’s not really considered work in the family I come from,” she says. The kind of work in graduate and professional school can feel really, really different than the work your family is doing. “A

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

Sometimes my students and I play detective and find hidden errors in my Morning Message; we share strategies for solving math problems mentally; we even respond to inferential questions related to the novels we read. I do not believe that desks and chairs are most conducive to learning, nor does it mirror what the work-world looks like.

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