I got my first period when I was in the 6th grade and it was during PE. I was the first of my friends to get it and because of that, I was embarrassed. All of the other girls had said they haven’t gotten theirs and that it was SO early for someone to get theirs so I was ...
she shared how she studied the checkout data of books and found this: 6th grader checked out 16,000 books/yr (about 40 books per kid), her 7th graders, 4000 (about 13 books) and 8th grade only 1000 (3 books per kid). She knows there are many reasons for the decline ...
It is time to startreading cvc words. For the last few months, we have built words, replaced beginning sounds, changed the ending sounds, and filled in missing vowels. But now it is time to read. One of my twins is taking off. He loves the simple books filled with CVC words, and h...
“The challenge is how do we address the needs ofyouth on a pathway into the juvenile justice system to systematically change that pathway. One thing for sure – it’s going to take more than the Youth Center. It’s clear not one segment alone is enough to change the numbers. It’s g...
where she is also enrolled. To impress Teresa, Victor pretends to know French but has to use gibberish when responding to his teacher’s questions. Mr. Bueller does not embarrass Victor, but instead his empathy leads to new understandings and confidence for Victor. Read this short story online...
Lilah: Yeah. So but interestingly, I got this long-term substitute job teaching online for first grade, it’s just a total online school. So every day I just go in and I do a Zoom meeting with these first graders all day. And it’s really fun, but I just think that it’s got ...
What are some of the books that you most enjoy teaching to your fourth and fifth graders? Katrina (05:23): Well, there's books I love to introduce to kids. I'm very, very mindful when I do book groups, because I don't wanna ruin books for kids by overanalyzing them. That's an...
The HP EdTech Innovator Award will allow the Glacial Ridge Monitoring Project to expand to include seventh and eighth grade science, math, and multimedia students who were involved with Glacial Ridge as 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Students will extend their use of multimedia technology for ...