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Tasks, Units & Student Work - Common Core Library Keywords (optional) Enter keywords (e.g., K.OA.3, informational text, arguments, quadratic equations, etc.) Grade (select at least one) Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching The Lasting Impact of Instructional Coaching Although this article is about the coach, David Ginsburg, it is more about the word that describes what type of coach he is—an instructional coach. How teachers instruct will determine how well and how much students learn. Introduction This resource pack provides a range of activities to explain and reinforce the meaning of compound words. It should enable pupils to: understand that a compound word is two smaller words joined togetherlook at individual words to make their own compound wordsidentify and create compound words from a list or table of words This pack has been designed as a resource to support the teaching of this area. Included are a selection of supporting worksheets that can be adapted to suit the age range of the pupils being taught.
The story of tsunamis A tsunami is a set of ocean waves caused by a large, sudden disturbance of the sea's surface. If the disturbance is close to the coastline, local tsunamis can destroy coastal communities within minutes. A very large disturbance can cause tsunami destruction both locally and thousands of miles away. Common Core: What Does My Child Need To Know? (Common Core Part 3) Common Core is the new national education objectives that are currently in 45 states*. We have discussed What is Common Core? How will it affect my child? and What can I do to prepare my child for Common Core?
Social and Emotional Learning Research Review Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Vanessa Vega, with subsequent updates made by the Edutopia staff. Numerous research reports show that social and emotional learning (SEL) can have a positive impact on students' academic performance. Edutopia's SEL research review explores those reports and helps make sense of the results. In this series of four articles, learn how researchers define social and emotional learning, review some of the possible learning outcomes, get our recommendations of evidence-based programs, find tips for avoiding pitfalls when implementing SEL programs, and dig in to a comprehensive annotated bibliography with links to all the studies and reports cited in these pages.
Grammar This is a grammar comic about the proper usage of who versus whom. A look at the meaning of "flushing out an idea." This comic will LITERALLY make butterflies explode out of your underpants. Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom If this is your first time here, then read the Teacher's Guide to Using These PagesIf you can think of a good question for any list, please send it to us. Home | Articles | Lessons | Techniques | Questions | Games | Jokes | Things for Teachers | Links | Activities for ESL Students Would you like to help? If you can think of a good question for any list, please send it to us. If you would like to suggest another topic, please send it and a set of questions to begin the topic. Copyright © 1997-2010 by The Internet TESL Journal Pages from this site should not be put online elsewhere.Permission is not required to link directly to any page on our site as long as you do not trap the page inside a frame.
Root Words Teacher Tips I have always used root words as a quick class opener. I have even used them when my school sprang for the Sadlier-Oxford books as the two work well together. Re:Collection Family Families before and during the Holocaust were comprised of immediate and extended family members, just as they are now. Some survivors, like Judy Abrams, had no siblings, while others, like Helena Jockel, had many. And some, like Rachel Shtibel, lived with numerous relatives, often including aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins in homes that were busy and full of life. Many survivors watched these family members die during the Holocaust, while others were separated and never saw their parents or siblings again.