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61. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MATH - PARCC IMPLEMENTATION
October 24, 2015
With the implementation of the Common Core, teachers and administrators alike have made changes in their curriculum and instructional practices. To ease the transition between the old and new, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) has devised suggestions and a s...
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62. Motivate and Enhance Students Math Proficiency Keeping in Mind PARCC
October 24, 2015
Last week we looked at ways to prepare students for the PARCC assessment without falling prey to simply “teaching to the test”. With the following recommendations, math teachers will not only prepare their students for the new assessment but also continue to motivate them to enhance their mathematic...
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63. Understanding the Smarter Balanced Claims and Targets
October 20, 2015
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed with the intent to ensure every student would be career or college ready by the time he or she graduates high school. But how is that monitored? How can each district, each school, each teacher guarantee every student is learning what they think ...
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64. 6 ways administrators can revolutionize teaching and learning with 3D printers
October 20, 2015
For teachers, getting a 3D printer into a classroom or lab setting is no easy feat. It will undoubtedly involve applying for a tech grant. Though the idea of having 3D printer technology available to enhance the learning experience of students is appealing to many teachers, the act of having to writ...
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65. Text-based responses for PARCC
October 19, 2015
One of the shifts with the Common Core standards lies with the increased emphasis in asking students to produce evidence-based writing in response to text they have read. Likewise, the PARCC assessment will reflect this shift in its test design by asking students to read literature and non-fiction ...
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66. SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR PARENTS - BACK TO SCHOOL
October 16, 2015
It’s August, and two things are certain: it’s 100 degrees here in Texas (be glad if you live up north), and the new school year is upon us. One of my favorite bloggers, Jen Hatmaker, describes the feeling she gets as the activities of summer break begin to wear her down as a parent:
“The whe...
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67. THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY TO DO TOGETHER - READING
October 16, 2015
Reading is the most important academic activity you can do with your child.
When you read to younger children, you are helping them develop and ...
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68. HELPING YOUR CHILD WITH INFORMATIVE WRITING
October 16, 2015
Good informative writing often begins by asking questions. “Why” questions often prompt some of the most interesting informative writing. You may wonder why relatives at a family reunion disagree so strongly about whether a particular flag should or should not be removed from state property. To unde...
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69. NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS PLEASED WITH PARCC CHANGES
October 16, 2015
Amidst much concern over the state of standardized testing across the nation, Little Ferry School District in North New Jersey has indicated it is one of several school districts pleased with the recent changes announced to next school year’s PARCC testing. In a recent article published in NorthJers...
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70. How educators perceive the latest PARCC scores?
October 14, 2015
The Common Core State Standard initiative brought with it a complication just as burdensome to educators as the task of turning over the content and depth of what is taught in schools. That complication is the assessment piece. States have to decide who they will assign the mission of creating a tes...
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