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Does Handwriting Matter in a Digital World?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 27, Clicks: 9)
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All of the research presented at the conference indicates that teaching handwriting is beneficial. That's not surprising, as the conference is being sponsored by a handwriting curriculum company, but the presenters come from a broad range of fields and present a convincing case.

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Summit to Make a Case for Teaching Handwriting

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 29, Clicks: 9)
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Handwriting still has a place in the digital age, its proponents say, and they hoped that what they billed as a "summit" on the subject this week would spotlight their case for the enduring value of handwriting in the learning process.

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French language immersion program will debut at Norman's new elementary school

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 63, Clicks: 22)
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“From day one, the students will speak or hear no English at all for half a day,” said Janet Gorton, the school district's world languages director.

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Reading is not a race: The virtues of the ‘slow reading’ movement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 13)
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Tom Newkirk -- Go to just about any elementary school in this country and you will see teachers with stopwatches assessing “nonsense word fluency.” When I first heard the term, I though someone was pulling my leg. Fluency in reading, I had always thought, was about meaning, about understanding. It had nothing to do with nonsense.

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Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 41, Clicks: 5)
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Valerie Strauss -- The Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would require that third graders take the Standards of Learning exams only in math and English, meaning they would no longer have to to take history and science SOLs.

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Multiply and Conquer

nitajo sumitted ago via http://illuminations.nctm.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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Students decompose 2-digit numbers, model area representations using the distributive property and partial product arrays, and align paper-and-pencil calculations with the arrays. The lessons provide conceptual understanding of what occurs in a 2-digit multiplication problem. Partial product models serve as transitions to understanding the standard multiplication algorithm.

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Composing and Decomposing Shapes

nitajo sumitted ago via http://ethemes.missouri.edu (Views: 57, Clicks: 16)
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These sites are about composing and decomposing shapes. Learn how to subdivide, combine, and transform shapes to form new polygons. There are interactive games, activities, and lesson plans. Included are three eThemes resources on shapes, transforming shapes, and pattern blocks and tangrams with related activities.

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Gwinnett teacher who resigned apologizes for writing slavery-themed questions

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.ajc.com (Views: 44, Clicks: 8)
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In a statement to school officials obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday, Rivera, a teacher at the school since August 2008, apologized and said some of the questions he wrote were in “poor taste.”

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Tulsa schools' language immersion program to expand

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 41, Clicks: 5)
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A plan to expand the popular language-immersion programs at Eisenhower and Zarrow international schools is moving forward, but the relocation of Eisenhower could be delayed a year.

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Mathematics Learning Stations Ideas

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.neisd.net (Views: 42, Clicks: 8)
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Site includes ideas for math centers grade pre-K through fifth grade.

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Math Workshop Model: A Guide to Student Centered Learning in Math

Newman sumitted ago via http://cardelean.hubpages.com (Views: 42, Clicks: 4)
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Math workshop is a method of delivering math instruction. Many teachers are familiar with Reader's Workshop or Writer's Workshop. Math workshop is very similar in its approach. Not only is math workshop productive, it saves you time as a teacher.

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Alice's Math Workshop

Newman sumitted ago via http://alicesmathworkshop.weebly.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 4)
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You must decide what is the most important element of your lesson. What is it you want to "stick" with the students. I look at the Lesson goals, the readiness and extension activities, the suggested lesson format , the worksheets and the end of unit test.

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Math Workshop: Using Developmental Grouping to Differentiate Your Instruction

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.scholastic.com (Views: 55, Clicks: 18)
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Beth Newingham -- Before each unit, we pre-test the students to determine their prior knowledge about the concepts in the unit we are about to teach. Using that information, we create three groups. The students obviously are not told what group they are in, and the groups do change throughout the year as we move through each new unit.

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Math Centers and Stations

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.lauracandler.com (Views: 42, Clicks: 4)
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Math Stations are another name for Math Centers, and they are more of a concept than an actual location in the classroom. In fact, math stations are often nothing more than a packet of hands-on materials with a set of directions.

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Everyday Mathematics Resource and Information Center

Newman sumitted ago via http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu (Views: 95, Clicks: 13)
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The authors of Everyday Mathematics have created the Everyday Mathematics Resource and Information website.

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