Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

What strategies were used to improve student engagement and academic outcomes at Quest Academy? Nicki explains the process for supporting students who need additional help, including the use of “Mastery Minutes” for reteaching and reassessment. Three teachers implementing the Modern Classrooms Project—Dr.

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PCS Edventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, math lessons often feel disconnected from their use and application. Whether learners struggle to understand real-world connections or have difficulty learning various math concepts, educators are left wondering how to engage them and strengthen their math skills and confidence. The answer is STEAM!

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STEM Sport

AUGUST 30, 2022

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are fundamental aspects of elementary education. By introducing STEM in early education, students create a strong foundation in these subjects, giving them the confidence to continue STEM throughout their education and beyond! Consider which approach you want to take.

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Teachers are Terrific

JULY 13, 2023

Creating mazes is a perfect way to keep students engaged. It’s easy-prep and students love designing them! winwin A few years ago I had a great idea about having students complete a STEM Challenge to create mazes from boxes and paper. When the task is completed they receive a math problem. They LOVED it!

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina.

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2024

Experts argue that relationships are the key to pulling students back into the classroom, a crucial feat if they are going to limit the long-term consequences of school closures during the pandemic. It focused on absences in early elementary school, between kindergarten and second grade.

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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff. For this project, students invite teachers, school leaders and families to engage in the conversation.

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ED Surge

JUNE 20, 2024

According to the analysis, only 31 percent of messages sent by educators and parents of secondary school students met those guidelines. At the elementary level, it was 19 percent. Those conversations should be centered on learning, generally keep a positive tone and start early in the year.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Power of Choice Texts: A Playful Revolution The future of personalized learning is exemplified by a new reading tool called Choice Texts , recently released by eSpark , an online math and reading program for students in grades K-5. For example, one student asked me, ‘Can I get my journal out and write about this?’

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The most problematic strategy that many students try instead, he argues, is what he calls “mimicking,” which he has especially found in the math classes he studies. These are the students who end up hitting a wall when math courses move from easier algebra to more advanced concepts in, say, calculus, he argues.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, we can all take the worksheets we do have and transform them from mere busywork as we reimagine them into dynamic, engaging learning experiences. Teachers should gradually incorporate these strategies into their teaching to enhance student engagement and learning. Let's get started. Stream by clicking here.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 8, 2021

STEM Challenges and Books for Elementary Students During the Month of December STEM learning is the integration of science, technology, engineering, and math. Our December read-aloud STEM menus are full of activities for each of these books that will keep your students engaged and asking for more!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students. Education Galaxy supports math, reading, language arts, and science at the elementary level (K-6). Education Galaxy’s programs are unique because they are built with student engagement in mind.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While there’s focus on getting kids to socialize, school leaders and administrators also have one eye trained on the slipping reading and math scores in their districts. Fath says she and her team did upward of 10 prototypes of Outbreak and every version was tested with groups of 20 students in after-school play sessions.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 5, 2023

It doesn’t matter what you call it , as long as you are prioritizing the needs and interests of your students. STEM Science, technology, engineering, and math takes an integrated approach, creating connections across subject areas. Check out the STEM Teachers Club Membership to access all of these useful elementary materials.

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Teach Hub

AUGUST 1, 2024

Color-Code Everything Implement a color-coding system for everything from files to student groups to help save you time. Assign distinct colors for different subjects or activities—blue folders for math, red for reading, and green for science, etc. It’s a fun and modern way to enhance learning while keeping students engaged.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Studies show that the pandemic caused a drop in test scores in reading and math, with the students who were already struggling showing the largest declines. Some school districts in California are doing away with failing grades, choosing instead to give students an opportunity to retake tests or resubmit assignments.

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STEM Education Shopping

JULY 30, 2023

Photo by Markus Winkler: [link] The Best Resources and Strategies Review: Stem Curriculum Guides to Engage Students and Ignite passion for All Lessons (2023) – Are you looking for the best STEM curriculum books guide to enhance your teaching and engage your students? Look no further!

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Carly and Adam

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

From free play to curriculum-embedded activities, designing and constructing with bricks is a great way to engage students in hands-on learning. This post will share different types of project ideas for any elementary classroom. Free Play Students can engage in opportunities to play and create.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

The most challenging part has definitely been trying to keep students engaged in the classroom and interested in their learning. It's hard to teach math, period. It showed me how, before any of the items in the job description and responsibilities [related to] teaching them math, that my No. For the past 1.5

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 29, 2022

An observer might walk away and think that students were “just drawing,” even though drawing can be an important part of the planning process for students engaged in engineering and design. Maybe students are twisting pipe cleaners together to create a tree or a bird or gluing popsicle sticks together to make a bridge.

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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

My students and I had been sent home for the rest of the school year. The potatoes we were growing in Martian soil had withered, and so had the student engagement. And I worried just how much my students were learning. I’m hopeful that the pandemic hasn’t affected science like it did math and ELA, but I’m also a realist.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 24, 2023

If your lesson is planned to create a connection between math, design, and architecture, then you are probably in the STEAM zone. Students might apply the engineering design process to construct a model to demonstrate features of architecture found in local buildings. Have more questions or need additional resources?

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PCS Edventures

AUGUST 8, 2023

Elementary-aged learners are capable of providing computers with instructions to achieve a specific outcome through code! why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school? We know our littlest learners can code, but why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school? References: Arfé, B., Vardanega, T.,

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STEM Sport

APRIL 13, 2023

This article outlines how to gamify the classroom to increase student engagement and retention of complex STEM concepts. Why Gamification Works in STEM Education Gamification combines typical game activities and classroom curriculum/lesson plans to increase student engagement. Using game-based rewards and recognition.

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PCS Edventures

APRIL 12, 2023

Each kit includes three, one-hour lessons in Science, Math, Social Studies and Language Arts for over 12 hours of hands-on engagement. What are some no-tech activities that boost student achievement across subjects? Grade 6: Volume (Math): Build different sized objects from bricks and find the volume, area and perimeter of each.

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STEM Education Works

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The tools are categorized to help with student engagement and save time by utilizing existing content or inspiring new ideas. Content: Tools for creating worksheets, vocabulary passages, decodable texts, math story problems, and choice boards to enhance your lessons. Khan Academy Summary: Khan Academy is free for U.S.

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Teachers are Terrific

APRIL 27, 2023

Let’s face it, the end of the year in elementary school is busy, busy, busy. And, it is so hard to keep students engaged. How do you keep your students engaged in their work? Students solve a puzzle or complete math problems to search for the lock code. Let me help!

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. The free differentiation tool to help students level up and learn. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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PCS Edventures

OCTOBER 20, 2021

BrickLAB’s reusable bricks immerse learners in content across subject areas, boosting student engagement and achievement year after year. Engagement is just the start! BrickLAB connects English Language Arts (ELA), math and social studies topics to captivating engineering design challenges. Math Connections.

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Vivify Stem

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Through activities that use these familiar materials, students can explore engineering and math concepts in a way that feels like play. By engaging with the Building Bricks Challenge Mats, students develop foundational skills in logic, geometry, and pattern recognition, which are crucial for future STEM success.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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CoderZ

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Equitable STEM and computer science opportunities are something that elementary educators have struggled to implement, myself included. We are so focused on our core content areas like math and language arts, that finding the time and energy to implement a computer science program (an area that I do not have expertise in) can seem daunting.

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STEM Sport

JULY 12, 2022

The topics of science, technology, engineering, and math are referred to as STEM when talking about education, curriculum, and jobs. There is a large focus on providing quality STEM education to students starting at a young age to keep up with the increased need to fill STEM jobs around the country and world.

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The Maker Mom

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math, STEM camps aim to fill the general gaps within those careers. Science, technology, and math are the key subjects the program is built around, and students between first and eighth grade are welcome to participate.

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STEM Sport

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Active learning, where students engage in physical activities while learning STEM concepts, results in more profound understanding and retention of information. Through these innovative activities, elementary school children can explore and understand key STEM concepts while engaging in fun and physical play.

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STEM Sport

MAY 17, 2022

This teaching method engages the golf, science and geography loving students and gives them the opportunity to engage in a subject they may not have liked before. It sets students up for success in high school and college. Cross-curricular learning becomes more common as students’ progress through their education.

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