:: e-Learning for Kids :: PowToon, free business presentation software animated video maker and PowerPoint alternative brainpopjr Make BrainPOP Jr. part of your day in the classroom, at home, or on the go! To access BrainPOP Jr.’s Movie of the Week on an Android device, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, download our FREE Movie of the Week app. You’ll get a different animated, educational movie – plus its related quizzes and bonus features – delivered right to your mobile device every Monday. If you’ve already got a BrainPOP Jr. username, you can access all BrainPOP Jr. movies and quizzes from your computer as well as the app, at no additional cost. Ideal for kids in Kindergarten through grade 3, the BrainPOP Jr. Since its 2006 launch, BrainPOP Jr. has been a safe and trusted online environment where early learners can further explore what they’re studying at school, or delve into any other age-appropriate subject they’re curious about. Also check out the award-winning BrainPOP Featured Movie app for kids in grades 3-8 – downloaded millions of times – which offers animated movies and quizzes for older students.
XtraMath neo K12 Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. Perfect for overcoming writer’s block or even starting a brand-new short story in a different narrative, creative writing prompts can help students begin a new piece with confidence. Plus, these story starters can also encourage students to explore different genres while honing their writing skills. There are a lot of ways you can use writing prompts in your classroom. Try: Reading a book in a genre, then having students use a story starter in that same genre. Take inspiration from classics like Treasure Island and newer popular series like The Bad Guys to explore how to write thrilling adventure stories. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove. Get students excited about adventure stories with these great books: If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts.
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Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Skip to main content ALA User Menu Search form A Division of the American Library Association You are at: ALA.org » AASL » Learning Standards & Program Guidelines » Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Share this page: Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest Print Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Standards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as education leaders. Rights and permission on the use of the learning standards. Downloading & Ordering You can download the Learning Standards as an eight-page full-color pamphlet: You can also purchase the learning standards in packets of 12 from the ALA Online Store. Prices are $13.50 for members; $14.95 for non-members. *This publication complements the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action and Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. © 1996–2015 American Library Association
Miss Kolis' Classroom Blog Our New Web Site July 20, 2013 Please also check out our new website for Room 7 at Highland Drive Elementary School! Highland Drive, Room 7 Welcome To Our Class Blog! December 31, 2010 Welcome to our blog from Hilton Elementary School (soon to be Highland Drive Elementary) in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City Schools! Look around and ask questions or comments via email at kolism@bbhcsd.org or on twitter @Room5Friends. Please check the Pages at the top of this blog along with the Categories, Links, and Tags along the right hand side. Check It Out! August 28, 2010 Don’t forget to check out the Weekly Newsletter! The Weekly Newsletter contains information about the previous week along with information about the upcoming week. You can also check out photos, updates, and more information about our classroom anywhere on this site or by following Miss Kolis’ twitter feed @Room5Friends. Classroom Homepage! March 6, 2010 Follow the link below to get to our classroom homepage.
Test Guides for English Language Arts and Mathematics The Board of Regents adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts & Literacy and Mathematics at its July 2010 meeting and incorporated New York-specific additions, creating the Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS), at its January 2011 meeting. The adoption of the CCLS signaled the need for educators to shift instruction to prepare students in accordance with these new, rigorous standards. In order to best assess student learning of the CCLS, the Department developed and administered new Grades 3-8 Common Core English Language Arts and Mathematics Tests in 2013. The spring 2014 Grades 3-8 tests will continue to assess only the CCLS. In an effort to provide educators with as much support as possible regarding the instructional and assessment shifts necessitated by the Common Core, the Department has prepared 2014 Test Guides for each subject and grade. The Test Guides for English Language Arts and Mathematics will address the following topics for each grade:
In our ECP program, we use the Raz-Kids online program so that students will have the experience of being read to at home. We read to them as much as possible here, but many parents, English not being their first language, are unable to read to their children in English at home. by seongbukpoly Jan 23