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This article includes example-based insights and techniques for using student performance data when talking to parents about their children.

Today's youth see what's going on in the economy and do not want to repeat the mistakes of the baby boom generation. Many are personally experiencing the stress that financial issues bring in their home and the messages delivered by the media.

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Founded by Dr. Gianfranco Conti, Phd., the Language Gym. The site includes a language training system with a verb trainer, workouts, and a game room. The verb trainer reviews tenses, pronouns, types of verbs, and conjugations. The workouts have vocabulary and grammar modules by proficiency level. The game room uses sports themed games to practice language skills. Languages included are Spanish, French, German, Italian and English.

This is a document provided by the NEA on how schools can improve students reading achievement in school. I like this resource because it breaks down steps school can use from teachers, students and parents to improve reading. It starts by discussing literacy skills taught in kindergarten and goes into talking about text meaning for older students. Great resource!

In an 11th-grade English class at Pittsfield Middle High School in rural New Hampshire, Jenny Wellington's students were gathered in a circle debating Henry David Thoreau's positions on personal responsibility. "Do you think Thoreau really was about 'every man for himself'?" asked one 16-year-old boy.

Smith points out that although children learn to count, they may not understand the concept of number. He posits that the world of mathematics must be entered, explored, and used principally through reason and that only a few mathematical concepts are learned via the senses or spoken language

This study gives insight into some common struggles students face when using graphing calculators. Knowing what obstacles a student may have can help you plan strategies to help your student prevent or overcome them.

Khan Academy is a free site that includes videos and practice questions on many subjects. This link, in particular, focuses on fourth grade mathematics, multiplication and division. There are videos that explain each concept and then practice questions to check for comprehension. Students can work and complete this tasks at their own pace.

Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years. The committee identifies five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency and describes how students develop this proficiency.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, welcomed exceptionally strong jobs numbers published by the CSO as a sign of the strength and substance behind our business model and that the economy was weathering Brexit uncertainty very well.

This article examines various methods for helping students with comprehension difficulties learn and acquire new content specific vocabulary. The primary focus of the article is on the importance of a multi strategy approach to help keep students engaged with vocabulary building activities.

Posted by Katie, Malkie and Bonnie. This article addresses the debate between teaching systematic phonics and teaching phonics as part of a whole language approach. It mainly deals with the flaws in the research on this debate and not so much with ultimate conclusions on the matter, however, it is stated that a whole language approach to reading instruction is always beneficial.

This power point presentation points out the challenges of differentiating instruction in the classroom. It provides several definitions of what is differentiated instruction. Provides information 4 classroom elements that can be differentiated. Points out the obstacles teacher may face when attempting to differentiate instruction. Discusses CRIME: Curriculum, Rules, Instructions, Materials, and Environment. The presentation also gives some really great strategies for differentiated instruction towards the end.