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FNO Press

From Now On: Filling the Tool Box

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dr. Jamie McKenzie offers this comprehensive look at how to help students develop questioning skills. Practical suggestions for how to implement the ideas are also included.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Pa Nning for Facts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan to introduce students to PAN technique (Pay Attention Now) when looking at social justice or equality issues. Lesson hopes to discourage snap judgements. Includes worksheet and PowerPoint.
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Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Foundations of Instr'n [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Volume 1 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines instructional strategies for building and enhancing the math curriculum from kindergarten through grade 6.
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Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Assess't Home Connections [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Volume 4 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for assessing mathematical understanding of students in K-6 and for promoting positive interactions with families about the...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teach With Movies: Lesson Plans Based on Shorts and Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Links to many video-clip based lessons in the areas of health, English language arts & drama, mathematics, music, biology, earth science, inventions, astronomy, physics, chemistry, U.S. history and culture, and world history and...
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Professional Doc
Other

Ontario Ministry of Education: Developing Mathematical Literacy for All [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This document for Grades 7-9 teachers explains what mathematical literacy looks like and why it is so important to success in Mathematics, how to plan for it and what the research tells us. The focus is primarily on developing...
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eBook
Utah State Office of Education

Utah's Early Childhood Core Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive site provides a scope and sequence for preschool learning experiences. Teaching strategies and preschool learning activities are provided.
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Article
Edutopia

Edutopia: Blog: Habits of Mind: Terrell Heick: 16 Habits of Mind

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the concept called Habits of Mind and explore 16 key habits for academic success.
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Graphic
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Strategies: Inquiry Chart

For Students 1st - 9th
This instructional strategy strategy encourages students to gather information about a topic from several sources.
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Article
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Ascd: Learning and Leading With Habits of Mind

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the 16 traits that people display when handling life with intelligence, referred to as Habits of Mind.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactive Strategy Workbook

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Read two poems and reflect on the numerous teaching strategies featured in Teaching Multicultural Literature . Choose strategies to explore, and consider how you might adapt them for these poems and your students. Then compile and print...
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Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instruction in Math, K 6: Problem Solving [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Volume 2 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for building mathematical problem-solving skills and skills in communicating mathematical concepts to students in...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
Website developed by NASA for educators, students and possible interns.
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Website
Other

Teachers First: Adapt a Strategy: Adjusting Lessons for Esl/ell Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a lengthy list of class activities with links to strategies, videos, resources, and online tools for adopting each one for English language learners.
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Graphic
Other

Fdlrs: Thinking Maps: Examples From Brevard Public Schools

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
See examples of the use of the eight graphic organizers from Thinking Maps. These maps help students organize their learning and identify ways to reflect different kinds of text. The several examples from each grade K-6 show how to use...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Keep Going! Building a Culture of Perseverance in Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This learning module includes several lessons that will help coach secondary students to have perseverance in math class. This module addresses the Problem Solving and Perseverance standard from the Common Core Standards for Mathematical...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These five-day thematic, multimedia activity plans designed for afterschool programs can be implemented in just about 20 minutes each day. Practice and build math skills with PBS Kids Lab daily or weekly.
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Website
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Five Tools and Processes for Translating the Ngss Into Instruction and Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Five Tools and Processes for Translating the NGSS are designed to help professional development leaders work with teachers on curriculum, instruction, and assessment as they achieve this vision. Click the link for each tool for an...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Young Explorers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Abby Brown explores the world through books and activities. Each topic addresses developmentally appropriate instructional themes for kids ages 4-9. Academic content is layered in with storylines of fun and adventure! Children of all...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street

For Students Pre-K - K
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Activity Starters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Student Integration in Multicultural Environments

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Two videos by Lionel Laroche in which he analyzes multicultural dynamics in the classroom and provides suggestions on how to benefit from cultural differences.
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Professional Doc
Montgomery CountyPublic Schools

Mcps: English Research Project Using Photo Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use a photostory to present the research they conducted.