In this month’s Emerging Tech webinar on edWeb.net, presenter Michelle Luhtala explored instructional strategies to help teachers teach the Common Core, embed the standards in their own instructional programs,. She also discussed effective strategies to help parents better understand how to help their children meet the standards.
Text Types must go beyond the “Shifts” which suggest more non-fiction, and instead embrace the actual standards which direct student activity within the text. While our “first steps” at increasing a balance of literary and informational text may seem satisfactory, we need to understand the range of text types and how they align within the standards themselves.
Knowing mathematics means understanding what the operations mean, not just memorizing facts.
In the third session in the three part Flipped Learning series on edWeb.net, presenters Marc Seigel and special guest Jerry Overmeyer showed teachers how to use flipped learning techniques to meet Common Core State Standards across-the-curriculum. They shared specific strategies and tips on how they are using flipped learning to meet the new standards for higher order thinking skills.
In this month’s Implementing Common Core Standards in Math community’s on edWeb.net, Dr. Sara Delano Moore will look at strategies for incorporating application in the mathematics classroom.
In the third TIME For Kids webinar on edWeb.net presenters Suzanne and Jaime discussed nonfiction and their alignment with the common core. They shared ways to use the images and graphics in a non-fiction article as entry points for a topic and examples of nonfiction articles that have significant visual components.
How can you incorporate Math into other core subjects such as Science and Technology for students in the younger grades? Presenter Sara Moore shared how these subjects provide an excellent platform for building number sense in measurement and using data in the primary grades.
In this month’s Real World Literacy and the Core webinar on edWeb.net presenters Suzanne Zimbler and Jaime Joyce discussed the three standards that fall under analyzing craft and structure, as well as how to read like a writer.
Family Math Nights are a fun and interactive way to encourage parents to practice math education at home. In this month's Implementing Common Core Standards in Math webinar, presenter Stephanie Shultz shared tips for hosting a successful Math Night. She discussed...
In the final installment of the Extending Fraction Understanding series presenter Sara Delano Moore talks about fractions in the primary grades. In this hour long session Sara discusses when the foundations of fractions are laid and when the formal study of fractions...