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There is a wealth of research to suggest that vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of student academic achievement across all curriculum areas. via Feedly

Vocabulary and its strong relationship to comprehension has been verified over and over again. Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read as well as reading to learn. via Feedly

Some helpful ideas for classroom management in the 1:1 classroom.

A review of apps that support creative work.

Excellent free units made available from Odell Education. Units on Close Reading and making evidence based claims for grade 6-12 are available here. All materials are included including the texts. Each unit is designed to be 3 weeks long. The materials and models here are very well aligned to Common Core standards and could serve as excellent models for teachers adapting to teaching the new standards.

Digital Explorer is an organization that helps students learn about science and geography through the study of expeditions around the world. Digital Explorer publishes educational materials that are connected to expeditions. via Feedly Digital Explorer - Follow Expeditions and Learn About Science via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

CCSS math activities!  Drill down to the individual standards to find thousands of online activities mapped to the standards.   There are some wonderful tools and actvities here to discover.

An online free graphing calculator.

Snap! is a drag and drop programming interface designed to help students learn to program. Snap! uses a visual interface that works in your browser on your laptop as well as on your iPad. To design a program in Snap! drag commands into a sequence ...

MindMup is a free mind mapping tool that can be used online, with Google Drive, and on your desktop. MindMup works like most mind mapping tools in that you can create a central idea and add child and sibling nodes all over a blank canvas. MindMup ...

A fun blog entry that might make a good close reading for science. Underlines the connection between science theory and falsifiable evidence. A Beautiful Notion: That Caterpillars Killed Off The Dinosaurs via The latest articles from Radiolab Blogland http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blogland/

A recent post from a blog dedicated to sharing ideas and resources for implementing common core stae standards and 21st century skills. There are some excellent resources and ideas here.

Part of rethinking learning means rethinking the -which is what makes the following chart we spotted over at connectedprincipals compelling. Rather than simply a list of alternatives to homework, it instead contextualizes the need for work at home...

A math teacher demonstrates how he and his students use the web tool, pad let, to collaborate on and assess math tasks in a lesson. Padlet is a free tool that allows users to upload notes , images, and more to a common online bulletin board or workspace.

This page will help to correlate iOS Apps with Common Core Standards grades K-3.

Good article on creating video.

Great list of resources that are alternatives to PowerPoint.