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91. Informative Writing
August 30, 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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92. Explanatory Writing
August 30, 2015
A typical prompt you might see for an explanatory writing assignment might be to explain an old saying, such as “No news is good news.” Explaining an old saying can be a good exercise in clarifying something, which can help you write better on all of your writing assignments. The challenge t...
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93. Summer is Over - Back to School
August 18, 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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94. Best Practices to Conduct Summer School Programs
August 02, 2015
Have you ever found an old dried up sponge under your sink? It’s been there for ages, doing nothing; serving no purpose. Kids are natural sponges. It’s up to us to squeeze them a bit so knowledge can continue to be absorbed. A “program” is defined as “a plan of action to accomplish a specifi...
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95. Why Are Parents Opposed To PARCC Testing?
July 26, 2015
PARCC, which is an abbreviation for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, features a group of states that have partnered together for developing a standard set of assessments for students to measure whether they are ready for life ...
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96. Smarter Balanced Sample Questions: ELA, Grades 3-5
July 26, 2015
With over half of the school year completed, many school districts are turning their attention to their state’s upcoming standardized tests. For states that are part of the Smarter Balanced consortia, their students will be taking a computer adapted test to measure their progress. Today, we ...
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97. “Just the Facts, Ma’am” Using Nonfiction in the Classroom
July 26, 2015
One key shift with the Common Core is the increased emphasis on “building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction” (from www.corestandards.org). While most ELA teachers are extremely familiar with using fiction in the Language Arts classroom, increasing the amount of nonfiction reading may create ...
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98. Reading List for Grade 4
July 15, 2015
With summer bearing down hard, it is time to consider summer activities for your 4th-grade child. I know, the sun beckons and as a huge advocate of outside activities, I do not propose that you make your child sit inside reading all day. I do, however, advocate for a bit of daily reading, both the t...
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99. Standardized Tests: Should You Opt Out?
July 15, 2015
Standardized tests have been the law of the land in most states for decades. These lengthy, mostly multiple-choice exams are designed to level the playing field so that teachers and students can be fairly evaluated each year. What kind of test are we talking about? Forty-three of the fifty states in...
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100. PARCC Resources: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
July 09, 2015
With the upcoming PARCC Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) and End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) slated for the spring of 2015, parents and teachers alike can benefit from the resources that are available to help students feel more comfortable with the test format and questions they are likely to encount...
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