eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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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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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

JUNE 23, 2022

. – June 23, 2022 – Students in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) who participated in online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor , the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, demonstrated accelerated rates of growth relative to national norms in both math and reading on the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments.

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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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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

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. Collaborative song writing and art.

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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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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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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. Connecting with Voxer to create study groups, encourage asynchronous conversations, or offer virtual office hours.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, launched 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years. Grounded in the Science of Reading, 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5.

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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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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

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

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 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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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. This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In one study, even after all students were provided with a laptop computer, internet access, and headphones, low-income students’ school attendance and engagement were consistently less frequent than their higher-income peers (An, 2021). Some students lacked necessary resources. It was a stressful time for teachers, too.

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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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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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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

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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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

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

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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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

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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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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Priceless Ponderings

APRIL 14, 2025

Priceless Ponderings The Best Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum for Busy Parents Finding the perfect homeschool social studies curriculum can feel overwhelming. If you’re a busy parent, you need a curriculum that simplifies your life while making social studies exciting for your child.

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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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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

MARCH 26, 2024

When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for them. He has long argued that U.S.

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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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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

MARCH 31, 2021

But they weren’t reading from a textbook. Students learn best when they study real ballot initiatives during an election year or work with journalism professors to write their own editorials for the local paper. This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week.

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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

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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