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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Tracy Watanabe

Tracy Watanabe

Stenhouse Publishers: Becoming Scientists - 1 views

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    entire book is online inquiry based teaching in diverse classrooms, Grades 3-5
Tracy Watanabe

Free Technology for Teachers: FluencyTutor for Google - Students Listen and Practice Re... - 0 views

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    "FluencyTutor for Google is a Chrome web app (works on Chromebook, PC, Mac) that allows teachers to share selected reading passages with their students. Students can hear the passages read aloud. The text being read aloud is highlighted to help students follow along with the reading." After hearing passages read aloud through FluencyTutor, students can create recordings of themselves reading the passages. Those recordings can be downloaded."
Tracy Watanabe

K-1 Conversations with Craft and Structure Anchor Standards | Artifacts From the Classroom - 0 views

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    Great examples of Craft & Structure for each of those standards (#4-6) for Kindergarten and 1st grade
Tracy Watanabe

Hour of Code | SciTech Tucson - 0 views

  • SciTech Tucson is hosting Southern Arizona Hour of Code Week – March 24th-30th, 2014. Whether you are a K-12 classroom teacher or an after school club advisor, SciTech Tucson challenges you to open the door for your students to experience the world of computer programming. The largest initiative of its kind, the Hour of Code is a campaign to recruit 10 million students to try computer science for ONE HOUR. It is so easy, you do not even need experience as a computer programmer to engage your students. You also do not need access to computers for your students to participate. Register, and engage your students for an Hour of Code, to receive certificates for you and each one of them!*
Tracy Watanabe

Lego Just Got Told Off By A 7-Year-Old Girl - 0 views

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    Love this! True, I agree with her, but this is just an awesome example of opinion writing with supported arguments (claims backed by evidence) by a 7 year old. -- Love that she is writing for a real purpose and audience! What real purpose could we have our students write for? And actually mail the letters (and publish on our blogs).
Tracy Watanabe

Technology & Engineering Passages | ReadWorks.org | The Solution to Reading Comprehension - 1 views

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    Great STEM reading passages with CCSS questions -- Click on link to see passage and click on links for Teacher's Guide K-8th grade passages (Scroll down for middle school science) - Reading passages for students (STEM) -- with Teacher Guide (click on links to see) with Common Core questions
Tracy Watanabe

Learning and Sharing with Ms. Lirenman: Eight Questions I Ask Before an App Can Stay on... - 0 views

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    Smart things to think through when deciding which iPad app to choose.
Tracy Watanabe

Teach the Hour of Code | Code.org - 0 views

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    "The Hour of Code is an opportunity for every student to try computer science for one hour. During Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 9-15), we're making history and recruiting 10 million to join in and do the Hour of Code. Sign up"
Tracy Watanabe

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Search Lesson | The Thinking Stick - 0 views

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    Great lesson for evaluating Internet Site validity. Common Core Writing standards 7 & 8.
Tracy Watanabe

3rd - 5th Grade Search Lesson | The Thinking Stick - 1 views

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    Great lesson for evaluating Internet Site validity. Common Core Writing standards 7 & 8.
Tracy Watanabe

Kids' Science Challenge: Fun Educational National Competition! - 1 views

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    3rd-6h grade competition to submit ideas and experiments for scientists and engineers to solve Kids Science Challenge - Awesome and inspiring challenges involving bio-designed scientific inventions, sports on Mars, and detective science. Be sure to check out the great podcasts listed in Pulse of the Planet.
Tracy Watanabe

Elementary School | Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge - 0 views

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    Become Agents of Change! The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is the premier national environmental sustainability competition for grades K-12 students. Through project-based learning, students learn about science and conservation while creating solutions that impact their planet. Beginning August 13, 2013 through March 4, 2014, teams from across the country will be challenged to create sustainable, reproducible environmental improvements in their local communities.
Tracy Watanabe

7 Must-Know Apps for Common Core Skills -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    Some apps for iPads
Tracy Watanabe

The Global Classroom Project: 2013-14 - Edmodo Pen Pal Project - 0 views

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    "Project Goals: Students will engage in discussions with other students in the project about their country, school, hobbies, favorite activities, etc. Students will learn to respect and appreciate the opinions, cultures and customs of others. Students will be able to see the differences and similarities between themselves and others around the world. Duration: Round 1: Starting Sept/Oct 2013 Round 2: Starting February/March 2014 Targeted Grade Levels/Age Groups: Ages 7 and up. Classes will be grouped with others in a similar age range. I will do my best to connect classrooms in different areas but it all depends who signs up."
Tracy Watanabe

Mr. Salsich's Class - Poetry Madness 2013 - The Final Four! - 0 views

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    What a great idea for fluency with poetry -- students narrate it in an app like Educreations, place it in a blog post, then have people vote. Love it!
Tracy Watanabe

achievethecore.org / Basal Alignment Project -- For Grades 3-8 - 3 views

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    The Basal Alignment Project offers: A library of revised lessons for common Basal reading series (3rd-5th grades), each carefully aligned to the CCSS. Each new lesson includes quality text-dependent questions, improved tasks, and a focus on academic vocabulary. Text Dependent questions -- 3rd-5th grades for Harcourt Trophies There's also a 6th-8th grade group too. These groups rewrite the questions of the book. -- We can always look at the quality and bump it up if needed. But, much of the work is done as a starting point.  Just join on Edmodo using the codes listed on these pages.
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