A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) You can access and download the form HERE if you wish. and had staff create portfolios to show growth and changes to practice.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. . Planning is critical to creating meaningful learning opportunities for students. As a result, any tool that streamlines and organizes this work is appreciated.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 21, 2025

Primary Source Analysis Worksheets Download these free easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Bring these tools to your classroom and empower your students to thrive.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

” Primary Source Analysis Worksheets Download these free easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Using Music to Teach Geography Music is geographically rooted. Let them become “History DJs!” They are not available for homeschools.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

AI in the Classroom Harness the benefits and avoid the pitfalls with these best practices for integrating AI in the classroom.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 14, 2025

3 Human-recorded audio with synchronized highlighting on Studies Weekly Online Primary Source Analysis Worksheets Download these free easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The post Scaffolding: What is it and Why is it Important? The Thomas B.

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Students of History

JANUARY 25, 2022

6th insurrection at the Capitol (I have a lesson for this here ), I came across an article about the only "successful" coup or insurrection in US History. I couldn't believe I had never heard of it before, but I dove into learning all I could about what happened at Wilmington, NC in 1898 and created this lesson plan on it for my students.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2019

NewseumED is committed to helping students “learn how to authenticate, analyze and evaluate information from a variety of sources” and supporting teachers in putting “current events in historical context through standards-aligned lesson plans, videos, primary sources, virtual classes, and programs.”

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary Source Analysis Worksheet: Photograph Analysis Start Learning with Primary Sources Start engaging with primary sources with our free downloadable Primary Source Analysis Tools.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

AI in the Classroom Harness the benefits and avoid the pitfalls with these best practices for integrating AI in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Do not click on links or download items from senders you do not know. Teachers can find more information and lesson plans for digital safety and digital citizenship at Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship. Always check with your caregivers before signing up to use a website. This also includes unsolicited pop-ups.

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Digital Resources Lesson Plan Humanities Teaching 127

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Spierenburg, whose company helped support the development of the app explains that every activity is directly aligned with a standard and has an accompanying lesson plan in Verizon Innovative Learning HQ , a free online education portal empowering educators to help bring new ways of learning and next-gen tech into the learning experience.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

” Sending emails, weekly newsletters, or using the school phone to communicate are great communication alternatives if they cannot download one of these apps. Sometimes teachers have to stay after school to complete lesson planning, grading, copying, or other tasks that they might not have been able to finish during the day.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2018

They have discovered that the download-and-use resources allow them to take a break from the constant lesson-planning and creation. I have witnessed how online curricula, such as Teachers Pay Teachers for Schools , have changed the minds of even the teachers most skeptical of online materials.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Lesson planning : Do they come up with interesting activities to teach their content? You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Do they ask challenging questions?

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

“How many of us have downloaded the updated agreement for our iPhone without reading it?” Teachers use generative AI to create lesson plans, and any school district employee could use it to help write a work document. Smith says. “If Is AI Your Co-Writer? It’s not just student use of AI that needs to be considered.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But for everyone else, they were totally DIY, using downloadable step-by-step instructions. The idea is that lesson plans, like climate recipes, will be created, shared and improved upon by the community of school food-computer users. “We The food computers for the pilot schools came pre-assembled.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Subscriptions give you access to all the resources and lessons plans you need for US History.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

If they can download an app, then they can use the robot to help teach coding.”. If they can download an app, then they can use the robot to help teach coding.”. Root’s developers hope to extend the robot’s social reach by creating a website where kids can show off their code and teachers can swap lesson plans.

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

This one-day lesson plan was developed in Spring 2024 by Dr. Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. The election would mark the first of Franklin D.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The lessons are designed to be easy to understand quickly, so you don’t need to slog through a bunch of pages to find out how to teach with the materials. You can see that each lesson includes a number of downloadable resources in addition to the lesson itself.

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ACRE

MAY 1, 2023

The full curriculum includes lesson plans and activities for multiple days of class, as well as discussion guides, writing prompts, and assessment materials. trade school, associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, doctorate) Click here to Download materials

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

You can preview and download any of them through the links below, but here are the major updates and changes: 1. Plus there’s lesson plans for every day, flipped classroom videos, Google Slides, primary sources, worksheets, and more for every unit.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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ACRE

MAY 1, 2023

This curriculum includes lesson plans and activities for multiple days of class, as well as discussion guides, writing prompts, and assessment materials. 4 Complete work related forms (W4, I9, Medical Forms, Life Insurance Forms, Retirement Forms Click here to Download materials direct deposit, paper check, payroll card) PF.2.EI.2

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Most students in the Lower 48 can post videos on their schools’ websites or download assignments in a matter of seconds. That’s not a given in rural Alaska.

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ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The lesson plan provides examples that you can discuss with students to show them how to track income and expenses as well as how to create short and long terms savings plans. Download Budgeting Basics Resources for Digital Classrooms: Do you use an online learning system for your classroom?

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Rosie the History Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2019

This is always a favorite lesson of mine and my students enjoy it, too. Download my resource to introduce your students to The Christmas Truce. I have pretty big plans for self care that afternoon, and throughout break, so I created a Bingo chart to keep myself accountable. You can grab the free download here.

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Students of History

JUNE 5, 2023

You can read more about review Clue in this blog post or download a pre-made set for US History here. I have some pre-made final exams and practice tests that you can download here. Clue : I love using this game based on the popular board game and movie. People, places, and things take the place of suspect, location, and weapons.

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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 52

Edthena

MARCH 3, 2016

We came to this work via our existing partners who were already using edTPA, and they asked us to build a solution that went well beyond offering a way to download the edTPA handbooks. Program resources, like a standardized lesson plan template, are also available. We include copies of templates as needed.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level. Indeed, this year, the district’s new math curriculum is aligned with units from the web-based Khan Academy, and Young started directing students to the site’s online videos and lessons for extra practice or new challenges.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 28, 2017

In this post: Pacing Guides Fourth Grade Morning Work Reading Writing Guided Math & Workshops Social Studies & Science Classroom Management Top Ten Resources Pacing Guides It’s hard to start the year without a plan, so you can download example fourth grade pacing guides here.

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

For more information, download our free lesson plan describing how to use Matching Cards. This challenges the children, adds interest to inspire more repetition, and gives cause for purposeful movement. Finally, turn the cards over and lay them out in a grid for memory matching games.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Penguin Random House High School Collection , which both Lewis and Torres worked on, is a curated set of thematically grouped texts and lesson plans that go beyond the literary canon to incorporate a wide range of texts that represent different experiences, characters, and cultures.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Boss Tweed in courtroom, Courtesy of Getty Images Second Wave of Irish Immigration In 1845, the Potato Famine spread across Europe, but nowhere did it cause more devastation than in Ireland. See why over six million students across America love using Studies Weekly Social Studies.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 10, 2024

MagicSchool offers more than 50 different AI-assisted tools to help speed up so many of the teaching tasks that take so much time: lesson planning, assessment building, feedback, communication with parents, even an IEP generator. Even better, before you download, you can also customize the icons with whatever colors you like!

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Recommended Resources ReadTheory for Educators : Create a free account and access thousands of activities Watch How to Get Started with ReadTheory Download Free Worksheets to Build Comprehension Skills Download Free Lesson Plans to Boost Reading Skills Join the Waitlist to experience ReadTheory's new AI passage builder Read interviews with ReadTheory (..)

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