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Category Archives: Core Curriculum
Making Homework Meaningful and Relevant
When students return from school they are often unmotivated to sit down and spend another couple of hours on a homework assignment. This can cause friction at home and a bad reputation at school for being the one that doesn’t … Continue reading
New Year Activities
The holiday season is filled with activities that create special memories for your family. Children love the experience of holiday celebrations and look forward to sharing them in the New Year. Children can also look to the New Year as … Continue reading
Become Your Child’s Advocate at School
As a parent, you know your child best. You are the safe place your child can come to when they are feeling uncomfortable with a situation at school and do not know how to resolve it. Many parents find themselves … Continue reading
Carousel Brainstorming – Learning Technique
Sitting at their desks, in a lecture hall, moving to another classroom, and breaking up into small groups are all ways in which educators create a learning environment that keep students engaged in the lessons they are presenting.
Posted in Core Curriculum, Homeschooling
Tagged Bison Ed, Carousel Brainstorming, teaching methods
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Peer Tutors Can Help
Sometimes the subject matter just doesn’t sink in. Students are easily distracted by other activities in the classroom and often their minds tend to wander when they are in a group lecture setting. The frustration of not understanding can become … Continue reading
Posted in Core Curriculum
Tagged Bison Education Systems, educatiosns, peer tutoring, peers, tutoring
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Active learning requires real world connections
Educators are often overwhelmed with the task of making learning more powerful. How can all the information contained in a text book be understood by your students? How can you teach your students to move beyond memorization and into true … Continue reading
Educational Holiday Activities for All
In a world where most educational settings are filled with such diversity, it is often difficult to celebrate the true gift of the season through educational activities.
Why an Individual Education Program (IEP) is Important
An IEP is designed to meet the unique educational needs of students that have been identified as having a disability. Without individual tailored educational goals, these students would not otherwise reach their potential.
Posted in Core Curriculum
Tagged disability, education, IEP, Individual Education Program, special education, testing
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Reading & Writing Skills in a Digital World
Education in a digital world has certainly changed how you learn, but it has not diminished the basic tools necessary for successful learning. The importance of a solid foundation of reading and writing skills is more important than ever.
Teach Your Students to Conduct Online Research
You don’t have to be a techie to integrate technology into the classroom. One easy way to teach technology is to teach core skills through it.
Posted in Core Curriculum
Tagged online research, practice tests, technology tools K-12
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