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Middle Tennessee State University. The 22 Best Free Audio Book Websites. Having a free audiobook in the car for when you run errands, on your phone when you're traveling, or on your computer to enjoy while you work, can keep you sane and add some fun and interest to your day. These websites offer completely free audiobooks for you to download and listen to whenever you want. You won't find any samples here—at these websites, you'll be able to download complete books. The downloads below are all legal. They are either public domain or the websites have permission from the author. Most of the time you'll be downloading these books as MP3 files (or sometimes WMA or AAC files) that can play on your computer, tablet, phone, iPod, or MP3 player.

Connecting educators to what works. NAEIR - WE’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF EMPOWERING GENEROSITY™ SKYPE A SCIENTIST - About. PBIS Incentive Ideas - Over 250 Incentives for Students of All Ages. Find Resources by State Standard - Quantile. Home. Bag Ladies Hands-On Education Bag Ladies Hands-On Education. Educational Materials. New Sims - PhET Simulations.

Amazon Inspire: Educational resources for teachers, created by teachers, school districts, publishers, and OER providers. Matt Vaudrey. For students to become self-directed learners and constructive members of society, they should direct their own behavior to impact their circumstance.

Matt Vaudrey

Instead of teachers yelling and nagging, music cues can direct the student action. Instead of micro-managing (“Damien, take out your notebook.”), we’re helping students direct themselves and manage their own time. This develops a sense of confidence, especially among students with special needs, who will thrive under this structure. Now, instead of the teacher shepherding all the students to get their notes/pencil/highlighter ready, the teacher leads a group of internally-motivated students toward a common goal. A trail guide, not a shepherd. My psychologist sister uses the term “internal locus of control” when we talk about my classroom. “You need Mark in the office? You’ve been there, right? I certainly have been there, and it ain’t much fun. Music cues, as I mentioned here, provide that “internal locus of control”1. Click to see Click play. SafeShare.TV - The safest way to share YouTube and Vimeo videos.

Untitled. RubiStar Home. A Challenge to All Educators – Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission. The Learning Network. Problem-Attic. BetterLesson. Common Core Sheets. Common Core Sheets. Free Common Core Math and English Worksheets. Achievethecore.org. Evaluate Open Sentences. Mathematics Worksheets and Study Guides Fourth Grade. SAS - Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards Aligned System - SAS. CCSD Wiki-Teacher. Designing Shifts-Aligned Interventions in the Math Classroom. The NAEP Questions Tool. Visual Math Improves Math Performance - YouCubed. Mathematics educators have long known that engaging students in visual representations of mathematics is extremely helpful for their learning.

Visual Math Improves Math Performance - YouCubed

When youcubed offered “How Close to 100” as an activity for learning math facts with visual representations, teachers across the world were thrilled and responded with thousands of tweets showing students learning by playing the game. Some of the world’s top mathematicians engage almost entirely with visual mathematics. For example, Maryam Mirzakhani, arguably the most important mathematician of our time, works almost entirely visually. New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning. Note: This page has additional resources available for logged in users.

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Courses by Subject: Common Core Mathematics Common Core Mathematics (Español) Math Intervention Science. Hands On Plate Tectonics with Students Who Are Blind. Additional follow up activities to use in a unit on Pangaea: Teacher preparation: Find a copy of a map of the Earth with the major plates indicated.

Hands On Plate Tectonics with Students Who Are Blind

Glue the map to a sheet of cardboard. Label the plates in large print/braille. Nearpod - Create, Engage, Assess through Mobile Devices. NWEA UAP Login. Resources - janrichardsonreading. Visible Thinking. Purpose and Goals Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters.

Visible Thinking

An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. ThinkCentral. Responsive Classroom. Technology Resources. Find Reading Passages. BrainPOP Jr.

StudyJams! Interactive Math and Science Activities. Using Online Assessment for Data Driven Instruction. Course: Grade 4 General Resources. Skype a Scientist. Online PDF tools for PDF lovers. My Beginning of the Year Parent Questionnaire. Two of my three kids; and that’s who this is all about Yesterday I shared my student questionnaire so I find it only apt to share my parent questionnaire as well.

My Beginning of the Year Parent Questionnaire

While there are so many things I wanted to ask my parents, I wanted to keep it short and to the point. As always, feel free to make a copy and make it your own. Here is a link to the actual form Here are just the questions on the form: Tell Me A Little Bit About Your Child. Final Student questionnaire beginning of year. Log in to NoRedInk. Finding It for Free. By Meredith Scaggs Found in: Advice & Support It came from catastrophe.

Finding It for Free

In 2008, the Cedar River overflowed, flooding 10 square miles of the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Amid the ensuing damage, many schools found themselves short on classroom supplies and without the funds to replace them. So a group of enterprising educators, together with the Cedar Rapids Education Association and a local credit union, opened the Teacher Store, a place where teachers could get free supplies for the classroom. Resources for growth and learning mindsets. Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans. FSA Portal. Fifth street books - Making Reading Affordable. Grade 4 Year at a Glance: Grade 4 Mathematics.

National Writing Project. Index. Pinellas Education Foundation. FSA Resources : FSA Portal. Free Graphic Organizers for Teachers. CPALMS.