eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2021

As a social studies teacher who spends a lot of class time poring over comic books with students, it’s been gratifying to see the attitude about comics in education shifting over the last decade or so. I’ve spent about a decade as the chair of the social studies department at Wissahickon High School, where I teach grades 9-12.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Reading proficiency requires the mastery of many complex skills. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Dr. Ness about the skills needed for reading, the most effective way to teach them and how Learning Ally’s Excite Reading can help. EdSurge: What does the science of reading show about the skills necessary to become a proficient reader?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social studies is poised for a comeback in U.S. While ELA and math priorities have long enjoyed top billing on many district agendas, the importance of investing more in social studies instruction is now coming to the forefront, especially in an era when students are having to decode increasingly complex political and social issues.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn Social Studies, and Actively Learn Science. Beginning fall 2020, assignments will be aligned to all state standards for ELA, science, and social studies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2020

Related content: In a time of crisis, a reading tournament scores big. In this vein, as a high school social studies educator, I have devised strategies to ensure that collaboration is incorporated into the classroom with an emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, and inquiry.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Kids Discover Online offers access to over 1,000 K-8 science and social studies resources on any device and at three different reading levels. All content is searchable by subject and unit and offered at three different reading levels designed to excite even the most reluctant readers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Schools where students completed at least 40 reading activities (on average once per week) with the Achieve3000 Pro Georgia Edition saw the greatest growth, outperforming schools that weren’t using Achieve3000 by an average of 74 Lexile ® points. fourth-grade science and social studies. eighth-grade social studies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Social studies Social studies classrooms are vocabulary-heavy and context-dependent, which can pose a challenge for ELLs. Leveled reading materials : Offer different versions of the same text at various reading levels so that all students can engage with the material.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This article is part of our upcoming guide, Social Studies: It's Time to Reinvest. What’s at stake in social studies education? The content of modern social studies curricula is highly contested, and evolving rapidly and sometimes radically. What do they notice? What’s going on then?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This is unfortunate because reading truly is the cornerstone of academic success, and students who didn’t master the skill during their elementary years can face a significant uphill battle as they complete their education. Leverage data to conduct the reading orchestra. Give them a safe space to learn.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For example, my district looked at our edtech tools from Discovery Education – specifically the Social Studies Techbook – for reading passages, student activities, and assessments that could be accessed either digitally or as PDFs/hard copy. .

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2015

The Shift to Digital in Reading, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies is the product of several EMR surveys: EMR’s Supplemental Products Market: 2014 survey, conducted in the Summer 2014, and EMR’s latest Social Studies Market survey, conducted in the Fall 2014.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

On Wednesday, the firm announced it invested $50 million in a Series C round for Newsela , which offers an instructional content platform containing news and nonfiction articles at various reading levels. Sanchez says the platform saves teachers about five hours a week from searching for content online to use in a reading class.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 5, 2022

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2021! I am a former Social Studies teacher and attorney, and current school law instructor. Additionally, on the fantasy front, I enjoyed re-reading all of Michael Sullivan’s books in both the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series. Books I read in May 2020.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

I’ve written Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support English, history/social studies, and science teachers as they shift to the new Standards using technology. My book is now available for preorder !

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

News and media literacy studies are embedded into grades 6-12 ELA and social studies curricula. Theres so much misinformation out therewe are deliberately making sure our kids have the skills necessary to know whether or not what theyre reading, wherever theyre reading it, is true or not, Camhi noted.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Chief Academic Officer for 95 Percent Group Laura Stewart noted that 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5 is a natural evolution for the company’s phonics ecosystem, a cohesive suite of products and professional learning services aligned with the Science of Reading.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2018

When I was teaching social studies in elementary school, I often found that while my ideas were endless, my planning time was limited. Despite my best efforts, I struggled to adequately prepare for all of my social studies lessons in a given week. Cross-curricular learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Well, according to the 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education , K–3 students spent an average of 89 minutes studying ELA, 57 minutes learning math, and a miniscule 18 minutes a day on science. These numbers aren’t too surprising when you consider that reading and math are high priorities in early grades.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That’s the perspective of John Costilla, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer at Capstone , the nation’s leading educational publisher of K-5 digital solutions, children’s books, and literacy programs for school libraries, classrooms, and at-home reading.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later. It’s not just the Language Arts or Reading teacher’s sole responsibility to teach literacy. Social Studies / Current Events.

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Organized Classroom

MAY 22, 2025

It is VERY possible to have center time which has a different center for different animals, and within that center area, there are different activities for math, reading, writing, and technology. Or even science and social studies that might get pushed to the side. There are always TONS of additional suggestions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

There are a variety of reading and math apps and websites that cater to gamification, and even provide the opportunity for differentiation. Read about five ways Ford has helped the district’s teachers use M:EE into classroom instruction. Discover how she integrates these gamified tools into her classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2023

We want students to fall in love with reading while building up skills in language and grammar. We try to show them that math and science can be outlets of wonder and imagination, while also grounding them in foundations of history and social studies.

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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

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re doing it right, most project-based learning will hit every area of the curriculum, whether it’s social studies, math, reading, or even technology. We read books on the subject and students researched an invention that interested them. Project-based learning enhances and accelerates curriculum in this classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings. Building structures or settings can also bring social studies lessons to life. App Smash with Flip. Students upload their recording into Flip to share with their class.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Like many educators, Christy Stanley wants her students to practice close reading and deep learning. They don’t know how to slow down their reading.” Three years ago, Stanley’s district discovered a powerful ally in its quest to get kids to pause and really process what they’re reading. I was impressed,” says Stanley.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

As a former social studies educator and current learning specialist, my idea of nirvana is to help grow students who can examine issues from multiple perspectives. Getting them to practice that, however, can be a harrowing experience, particularly when the issues up for discussion are controversial. In short, the platform has PIES.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read. This helps students understand the scientific process and how their understanding changed based on evidence.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings. Building structures or settings can also bring social studies lessons to life. App Smash with Flip. Students upload their recording into Flip to share with their class.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

After two years, federal achievement data revealed significant drops in third-grade students’ overall math and reading scores across the United States (Camera, 2022). So now, we’re all back at school, but things have changed.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2015

With a new video, standards-based exercises and an interactive creative challenge each week, the dynamic series provides a unique platform to teach core subjects through real-world news and promote the development of important skills like reading, writing and critical thinking. “We The series starts weekly production in early September. “In

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Kids Discover, a provider of online science and social studies curriculum, is excited to announce the winners of its Cross-Curricular Lesson-Building Contest. Read more. CSEdWeek, taking place from December 5-11, 2016, is an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take an interest in computer science.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2023

Featuring a dynamic and diverse group of educators, episodes offer age-appropriate content focusing on foundational reading, writing and literacy skills, with literacy coaches modeling best practices for using science of reading-based pedagogy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Written by Doug , a high school social studies teacher from Illinois. Lexia Reading Core5. Xanthy: We are trying to improve students' reading level and fluency. FANGeopolitics .

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