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Vocabulary Lesson Plan

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Vocabulary Lesson Plan Sept. This can also be accomplished through a collaborative document or presentation like Google Docs or Slides. 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.

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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development.

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Lesson 8: How Do You Register to Vote (Grades K-3)

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Ask the students if they know when and where votes are cast. Review the vocabulary erms “poll,”early voting,” and “absentee voting.” ” Have students work in pairs or small groups to decide what the terms mean and why voters might vote early or absentee. Create a graph or chart displaying what students learned.

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Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

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Vocabulary and Definitions: constitution: the document that sets up a system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, etc., Lesson Plan: All Grades: Ask the students if they know what the U.S. is governed.

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Jigsaw Strategy

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This would allow both the “expert groups” and the “Jigsaw groups” to document and share their learning. In this setting, providing the students with a teacher-created digital template or collaboration page would be ideal.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

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Documents, photos, and videos from their great-grandparents, their parents, and even themselves are all primary sources that can help them understand the past. Letters, photographs, postcards, journals, and other first-hand accounts add detail, humanity, and relevance to our picture of the past. Their family stories are history!

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How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching

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Before any content is developed, specialists collaborate to analyze standards and unpack documents and frameworks, ensuring that research, legislation, and standards inform the curriculum. Researching and Creating the Curriculum Studies Weekly’s curricula undergo an intensive blueprinting and specification process.