Have you seen someone be bullied or someone bully another person? How did you react? Sometimes it’s not easy to tell what is bullying and what is playing around especially if it’s between two people who know each other well. …
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Recommended Reading List: 4th Grade
4th Grade – This is the year that students will focus on greater attention to fluency. They will use all the skills they have learned until now to read with greater skill and precision. Just as with 3rd grade students, …
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Recommended Reading List for 3rd Grade
Third grade students should be encouraged to read not only abundantly, but also diversely. Third grade is one of the most important years for young readers as they continue to develop in fluency as well as comprehension. The greater opportunities …
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The Common Core’s Focus on Understanding VS Memorization
There has been a definite shift in education as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) asks teachers, parents, and most importantly, students, to focus more on understanding, or critical thinking. This may be one of the most challenging hurdles for …
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Recommended Reading: Early Readers
Most of the recommended reading lists you find are for middle school, high school, or adults with lists of classics, but reading is just as necessary-if not more- for elementary schoolers. At such a young age, students grow at a …
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What is STEAM in Education?
In the field of education, while STEM topics—science, technology, engineering, and math—play fairly visible roles in students’ instruction, another subject is gaining a better grip on K-12 teaching philosophy and turning the STEM concept into the more well-rounded STEAM education. …
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5 Super Online Reading Resources for Middle School Students
Reading is one of the most important subjects that students engage in throughout their school careers. So, it’s no wonder that there are hundreds of hours dedicated to learning to read, understanding comprehension, and analyzing prose. By the time students …
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5 Amazing Benefits of Enrolling Your Child in an After-school Enrichment Program
You spend a lot of time fulfilling your child’s physical needs. You go to great lengths to make sure that evenings and weekends are filled with engaging physical activities, such as regular after-school sports or weekend sports camps. But just …
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Resources to Understand Your State’s Standardized Testing Practices
State standardized tests often seem like a daunting subject to tackle at first. With so much at stake, parents may feel overwhelmed with what these tests are in the first place and how they can help their children become successful …
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Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally…And 10 More Silly Educational Rhymes & Phrases for Kids
Two of the best silly phrases we first hear about are learned in kindergarten. We learn them early, but we use them forever. When we learned to count… One, two, buckle my shoe; Three, four, shut the door; Five, six, pick up …
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