Focus in Grades 6-8

Focus in Grades 6-8
Author: Amy Mirra
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Shows teachers how they can incorporate the Curriculum Focal Points for PreK-8 into their current mathematics curricula. The book provides practical ideas, sample student work and sample state math curriculum organised around the Focal Points. This volume will help teachers think about what a focused curriculum means and how they might begin to build focus into their existing curriculum.

The Mindup Curriculum - Grades Prek-2

The Mindup Curriculum - Grades Prek-2
Author: Hawn Foundation
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780545267120

A comprehensive guide to helping all learners focus and reach their potential through brain-centered management and teaching strategies! Includes a full-color, innovative teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!

Common Core Curriculum: English, Grades 6-8

Common Core Curriculum: English, Grades 6-8
Author: Great Minds
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118846796

Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades 6-8. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.

The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8

The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8
Author: Jim Burke
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 145227603X

That version of the standards you wish you had All over the nation, teachers and administrators are poring over the Common Core State Standards to come up with meaningful plans for raising student achievement. But as clear as the standards are, they are more of a sundial than a GPS for pinpointing just what to teach and how to teach it. Enter Jim Burke with The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8. It's that version of the standards you wish you had: a roadmap of what each standard says, what each standard means, and how precisely to put that standard into day-to-day practice across English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Designed to provide schools, districts, and departments with a common language or set of reference points for effective school-wide implementation, The Common Core Companion clearly lays out: Grades 6-8 standards side by side with key distinctions highlighted so teachers know what they must teach from grade to grade All the different content-area versions of each standard arranged on one page to facilitate easy reference and school wide collaboration Explanations of each standard on a corresponding page, written in accessible language, along with prompts and questions to help students learn and apply each standard Essential content to cover and lesson ideas for modeling the literacy skills behind the standards Instructional techniques for each standard based on Jim's extensive teaching experience and current research on effective instruction Complete glossary for each standard and adaptations for ELL students Don't spend another minute poring over the standards. Jim has already done that for you. Focus instead on how to teach them, using The Common Core Companion as your one-stop guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful reading and writing curricula.

Mathematize It! [Grades 6-8]

Mathematize It! [Grades 6-8]
Author: Kimberly Morrow-Leong
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-08-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071819879

Help students reveal the math behind the words "I don’t get what I’m supposed to do!" This is a common refrain from students when asked to solve word problems. Solving problems is about more than computation. Students must understand the mathematics of a situation to know what computation will lead to an appropriate solution. Many students often pluck numbers from the problem and plug them into an equation using the first operation they can think of (or the last one they practiced). Students also tend to choose an operation by solely relying on key words that they believe will help them arrive at an answer, without careful consideration of what the problem is actually asking of them. Mathematize It! Going Beyond Key Words to Make Sense of Word Problems, Grades 6–8 shares a reasoning approach that helps students dig into the problem to uncover the underlying mathematics, deeply consider the problem’s context, and employ strong operation sense to solve it. Through the process of mathematizing, the authors provide an explanation of a consistent method—and specific instructional strategies—to take the initial focus off specific numbers and computations and put it on the actions and relationships expressed in the problem. Sure to enhance teachers’ own operation sense, this user-friendly resource for Grades 6–8: · Offers a systematic mathematizing process for students to use when solving word problems · Gives practice opportunities and dozens of problems to leverage in the classroom · Provides specific examples of questions and explorations for multiplication and division, fractions and decimals, as well as operations with rational numbers · Demonstrates the use of visual representations to model problems with dozens of short videos · Includes end-of-chapter activities and reflection questions How can you help your students understand what is happening mathematically when solving word problems? Mathematize it!

Speaking and Listening Learning Stations, Grades 6 - 8

Speaking and Listening Learning Stations, Grades 6 - 8
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1622236602

Ideal for individual and small-group learning within classroom centers, Speaking and Learning Stations by Mark Twain Media for sixth–eighth grades provides practice, and stimulates discussion with engaging activities. Each unit consists of four or five learning stations, and activities are designed to strengthen presentation skills. This middle school literacy book focuses on the speaking and listening standards for ELA in a learning station environment. Correlated to current state, national, and provincial standards, Speaking and Listening Learning Stations includes: -teacher pages -station activities -handouts -answer keys -an interactive notebook unit Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing supplemental books and decorative accents to add style and substance to middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects, including social studies, history, government, mathematics, science, language arts, fine arts, and character.

Going Gradeless, Grades 6-12

Going Gradeless, Grades 6-12
Author: Elise Burns
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071837516

"Grade reform and standards-based grading (SBG) is a hotly debated issue in education. As one high school administrator puts it, "Traditional letter grading is probably the biggest elephant in the room in regard to school reform. We start [grading] at a young age, and it becomes all about accumulating points, and it's not about the learning anymore." (Dan Kelley, principal of Smithfield High School, Rhode Island). When students can focus less on the score and more on the learning, great things happen. SBG is even more challenging in high school. In this book, the authors share their districts' successes moving to alternate assessment methods that promote learning rather than solely achievement. The proponents of grade reform highlight the arbitrary nature of grades, the undue stress experienced by some learners, and the potential interference in the process of learning. On the other hand, opponents reference the lack of accountability and a shift away from content knowledge that is perceived in many alternate assessment models. This book outlines how to remove the negative impacts of grades while still maintaining a high level of accountability. While the majority of other books in this space provide a rationale for why the shift is necessary, these authors provide the classroom teacher's perspective and concrete examples of how these approaches can be developed and applied. They provide sample assessments, student work samples, an accountability checklist, a sample of their rubrics, and a review of our collected data"--

Writing Learning Stations, Grades 6 - 8

Writing Learning Stations, Grades 6 - 8
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2013-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1622234308

Writing Learning Stations is perfect for center activities, whole class instruction, or individual assignments. Topics includes inference, proofreading, editing, compare and contrast and more! The Learning Stations series increases student achievement and provides opportunities for inquiry with a variety of learning stations. Aligned to Common Core State Standards, each of the activities included also support Listening, Speaking, and Media/Technology standards. Make learning fun today with Learning Stations!