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We have been working hard pushing out content that is accessible, quick, and meaningful. We hope you enjoy the various methods we are using to get information out to you as we know Time is sacred! ✨New✨ Podcast Don’t have time to watch something? Need something quick? Want to listen to EdTech tips and hacks while you set your room up for the morning? Listen to our Podcast 👇🎙️ Our latest episode is on our favorite IXL features and is only 7 minutes! We will be pushing new episodes out every other Friday. Be sure to subscribe and give us...
Bringing High-level Content to Lower Readability Levels
Ensuring all students are successful at learning content in your classroom starts with lesson preparation. The SIOP component of Lesson Preparation sets the tone for the entire SIOP framework. In…
SIOP Feature 5 in Action: Adapting Content with Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers are an amazing way to adapt content to meet the needs of all of your learners. In this blog post, we will highlight using graphic organizers to help…
Save Time With Digital Teaching Slides for Quick Practices and Anytime Problems in Math Expressions
Do you remember hearing “Do The Blue” but don’t remember what it refers to? Quick Practices (K-6th), Daily Routines (K-2nd), and Anytime Problems (3rd-6th) are all parts of the “Doing…
✨New✨ Training Request Form
Did you know that Elkhart Community Schools has an entire professional development team that is looking to get out into buildings to help you feel successful in the classroom every…
“Ready To Go” Student Directions for IXL
We have made assignments that you can import into your canvas or seesaw class that helps guide students through IXL. We also made a Youtube video (Scroll all the way…
Using Student Assessment Profiles in Your PLC
In this post, we want to take a look at how a student’s “assessment profile” can inform your discussions and decision making as a group. What is an assessment profile?…
Help Students Move from “Renting” to “Owning” Vocabulary: 3 Ways to Build Background by Emphasizing Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is crucial to student success, however, overused vocabulary tactics can grow uninspired and tiresome. Read more below to learn about 3 different ways to help move students from…
Formative vs Summative
“If you don't use the results of the common formative assessment to make a difference in student learning, the assessment is summative” (Bailey and Jakicic). The quote from above is…
Gaining Standards Insight Through Your CFAs
Assessment strategies are critical components in any classroom. Assessments are tools for learning that are commonly used to drive instruction. However, despite their commonality, creating assessments which both measure evidence…
Focused and Targeted Instruction Using NWEA Scores and IXL Skill Plans
One way to use NWEA data to drive instruction is to use skill plans within IXL. With IXL’s skill plans, students can turn their pinpointed NWEA results into skill plans…
4 IXL Reports to Help Remediate and Extend
Remediation and Extension is essential for any classroom but lack of time, data, and resources makes it difficult. That’s where IXL can help! I will show 4 different ways IXL…
Focused and Targeted Instruction Using NWEA Scores with Free eBook
Are you looking for ideas on how to utilize NWEA data in meaningful ways to inform instruction and put the data to work? Teach. Learn. Grow. blog contributor – Kathy…