Camp helps ease N.C. students into middle school

Summer program uses candy, water, cards to teach math | How transformational teachers plan effective lessons | Iowa district eliminates advanced middle-school courses Created for sittishon.whungsinsujarit.comtit@blogger.com |  Web Version   July 31, 2014 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF        SIGN UP | FORWARD | ARCHIVE | ADVERTISE Teaching & Learning Advertisement Summer program uses candy, water, cards to teach math Students attending a summer program at a Nebraska elementary school used candy, water and a deck of cards to learn about math. The camp featured hands-on activities to boost students' learning in math and reading. In one activity, educators used candy to help demonstrate fractions. Omaha World-Herald (Neb.) (7/30) Share:  How transformational teachers plan effective lessons Effective curriculum planning practices of transformational teachers includes balanced strategies for teaching and learning and "productive struggle," editorial assistant and blogger Todd Finley writes in this blog post. He offers nine steps transformational teachers use including collaboration and sharing resources and creating interactive lessons that use visuals to show, instead of tell, students. Edutopia.org/Back to School blog (7/29) Share:      ADVERTISEMENT   Use these daily warm-ups to build number sense. Go Figure! is a 99-minute PD video that takes you and your staff into three elementary classrooms to see how routines such as "Count Around the Circle" and "Ways to Make a Number" help students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. Preview 3 video excerpts and download the free viewing guide! Curriculum Iowa district eliminates advanced middle-school courses A school district in Iowa plans to end stand-alone accelerated courses in most of its middle schools as it shifts to a mastery-based grading system. District officials say the new format allows all students to be challenged as they master the curriculum. Parents of advanced students, however, are concerned their needs won't be met. The Des Moines Register (Iowa) (tiered subscription model) (7/30) Share:  Other News Summer program aims to provide "booster shot" for learning South Washington County Bulletin (Cottage Grove, Minn.) (7/30) Share:  Standards Some states take "review" approach to common core Some states' actions to repeal or review the Common Core State Standards have resulted in a shifting education landscape. Florida, Missouri and North Carolina are working to revise the standards, maintaining -- in some ways -- the spirit behind the common core while also responding to pressures to reconsider the standards, according to this article. Education Week (tiered subscription model) (7/30) Share:  Other News Mich. education department holds public hearing on standardized test MichiganRadio.org (7/30) Share:  STEM Camp helps ease N.C. students into middle school Rising sixth-graders in a North Carolina district are learning about leadership skills, taking mini-science courses and exploring their new schools in a summer program to assist students with the middle-school transition. The program, called Film @ 6, focuses on science, technology, engineering and math, and offers after-school tutoring and counseling during the school year. Salisbury Post (N.C.) (7/28) Share:  Policy & Legislation Pa. district teachers' evaluation standards exceed those of state The Pennsylvania Department of Education will allow Pittsburgh Public Schools to continue using a system that sets a higher bar for teachers' evaluations than the state and other school districts. Nina Esposito-Visgitis, president of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, said she does not believe state law permits districts to determine their own benchmarks. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/29) Share:  Editor's Note Editor's Choice Content Award SmartBlog on Education's monthly content award recognizes content written by educators, for educators, that inspires readers to engage, innovate and discuss. Visit SmartBlogs to read about -- and be inspired by -- the winners. Listen to interviews with the winners on Education Talk Radio's Great Educators Speak series. 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