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As teachers, we know the value of hands-on exploration with math manipulatives in school. We can extend the sense of discovery and empowerment into our students homes by helping them assemble math toolboxes to be enjoyed by the whole family.
Have a Student Secretary for Parent-Teacher Conferences* Select a volunteer from one of your classes to act as your secretary during parent-teacher conferences. Thank the student for volunteering. Familiarize the student with both the benefits and the secretary's role as outlined below. Benefits: The student secretary accumulates valuable volunteer hours.
Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker provides teachers, students, and parents, the tools necessary to create crossword, puzzles, word search puzzles, mazes and more online! Amber Nelson
BestMyTest or is an online site that helps people all over the world improve their English vocabulary and skills by supplying them with the needed assessments, lectures, practice questions and simulated tests.
There are methods and models for implementing blended learning -- from the flipped classroom, to the flex model. All of them are on the continuum of just how much time is spent online and in the online classroom.
House Republicans have just passed a bill through the House Ways and Means committee that, should it be approved by the full House, will make the nation's teachers eligible for a tax credit of up to $250 for purchasing their own supplies.
Music MAKES for higher test scores. When will the "decision-makers" understand that since the beginning of education, music has been a foundational part of what leads to a smarter person.