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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum: Measurement
Have you used a tape measure or a ruler lately? Checked your watch? Weighed yourself? Figured out what coins to give a cashier? If you have, then you know how important measurement is in your daily...
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Tough Stuff: Books to get kids talking about life issues| Focus On
More on Life Issues: Digital Picks for Students and Teachers Across the grades, the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening call for students to “Engage effectively...
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Teacher Development Grants from McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
If you’re a licensed K-12 teacher employed in a public or private school looking for a way to improve your classroom instruction (yes, libraries are classrooms!), consider applying for a teacher...
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Using Nonfiction in the Library, the Classroom and at Home
SPONSORED BY: Gale (part of Cengage Learning), Scholastic Library Publishing, ReferencePoint Press and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014, 3:00 – 4:00 PM...
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The Good News | Consider the Source
Lately, everything we hear about the Common Core State Standards is gloom and doom. Well, I’m here to spread the gospel, to bring you The Good News. And this news is so good it comes in several parts:...
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On the Road with CCSS: Issues and Solutions to Implementation | On Common...
SPONSORED BY: Biblioboard, Capstone, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Lerner, and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 8th, 2014, 3:00PM – 4:00 PM ET Register now! For the past...
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Text Sets: Blueprints for Curriculum Building | On Common Core 2014
SPONSORED BY: Biblioboard, Capstone, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Lerner and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 1st, 2014, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Register now! Educators have...
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What’s Happening at the Core? | On Common Core 2014
SPONSORED BY: Biblioboard, Capstone, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Lerner, and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 20th, 2014, 3:00PM – 4:00 PM ET Register now! Four years...
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Genre in the Common Core State Standards | On Common Core 2014
SPONSORED BY: Biblioboard, Capstone, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Lerner, and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Register now! The Common...
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College Board Overhauls SAT Exams, Provides Support for Low-income Students
The College Board announced sweeping changes to the SAT test that will align the exam more closely to what students learn in the classroom and more accurately reflect their future performance, College...
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Storm Watch | Books About Weather
Characterized by school cancellations, upset travel plans, and the after-effects of major storms, this year’s turbulent weather has certainly caught the attention of youngsters. From heat waves to...
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Earthquakes and Eruptions | A Standards-Based Lesson
Grounding a study of the Earth’s history and movement in an exploration of our immediate world can be exciting for students and allows some fascinating questions to emerge. How is the earth moving...
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The Right To Know | Consider the Source
I have a new name for my Common Core crusade: The Right to Know. Here’s why: Both Marina, my wife, and I teach in state colleges in New Jersey. Recently Marina asked her students to select and...
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Lincoln: A Multifaceted Man | Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum
Abraham Lincoln was a complex man living in difficult times. He’s been portrayed as one of our greatest presidents, a compassionate leader, a loving father, and a gifted writer. But he has also been...
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Beyond the Computer: A Writer Reflects On Information Literacy
I stand before 100 or so fourth and fifth graders and ask how they conduct research. Hands shoot up. It’s no surprise when the first student answers, “the computer.” It takes a bit of digging to...
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‘More Truth-y than Truthful’: Stephen Colbert Rips Into Common Core—and...
The soon-to-be David Letterman successor did a scathing send up of the confusing nature of Common Core testing on April 8, and Melinda Gates tweeted back in a good natured way. Common Core State...
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Common Core Flip-Flop: Governor Cuomo Changes Mind About Using Common Core...
Gov. Cuomo has been criticized for his recent change of position regarding use Common Core testing to directly weigh in on teacher’s evaluations.Photo by Saebaryo (flickr.com/saeba) New York State...
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Playground Lessons: What Kids Learn at Recess | Focus On
More in this article: For Teachers and Students At its simplest, the playground is where kids can kick at the clouds from the swings, but at its most complicated, it’s a microcosm of the real world,...
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Consider the Source
Last week my friend and some-time blogging partner Myra Zarnowski read Betsy Bird’s piece on children’s literature blogs that have come and gone. She saw a nice mention of Uncommon Corps, the blog...
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What Public Librarians Need to Know about Common Core State Standards
SPONSORED BY: Junior Library Guild, School Library Journal and Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET From programming to collection development, common...
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