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Vocabulary Lesson Plan

Studies Weekly

Vocabulary Lesson Plan Sept. 28, 2020 • Studies Weekly Grades: K-8 Why: (Purpose) Vocabulary instruction aligns with deep learning by helping students make connections between words and construct meaningful knowledge. Vocabulary instruction aligns with higher student achievement by increasing reading skills and comprehension.

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Supporting Teachers in a Hybrid Learning Environment

Digital Promise

The lesson plans are typed up and printed out and the lesson objectives and daily agenda are posted artfully on the board. And then there is the 2020–2021 school year, where nothing is normal, and we have had five “first days of school.” Teachers wait excitedly to see their students’ faces after a summer break.

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The Role of the Substitute Teacher Needs an Overhaul

ED Surge

I applied for the role, was accepted and served as a PCM from October 2020 to June 2022. During that period, I continued my duties as a para, ensuring the students I worked with met the goals and mandates of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). I didn’t have to attend professional development or training to become a PCM.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. Our world is digital literacy now.

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Using Games Effectively in the Classroom

TCI

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. You can integrate simple gamified routines or infuse game elements into your lessons.

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Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. But at What Cost?

ED Surge

When John first came to me in fall 2020, he was a ninth grader and we were in the thick of the pandemic, doing emergency remote learning. It was tough to gauge John’s abilities and potential because he didn’t say a word and kept his camera off during every Zoom lesson. John’s sharp intellect was apparent. Young people are tech savvy.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. Most schools are on track to have new graduation requirement systems in place by 2020, but on-the-ground changes look different from district to district.