Best Practices Archive

Common Core Tips – Literacy in Science

This article is going to focus on common core standard 2, which states "Determine the central ideas or conclusion of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms". Strategies

Dissecting Science Literacy Standards

This article examines the common core standards for science literacy, specifically standard #1; summarizes strategies of addressing the standard, and describes ways you can modify your current documents or add simple activities to your current curriculum.

How to Manage Social Networks as a Teacher

... These tools can be great for communication, tutoring and sharing information, but they can also be troublesome when they open up too many doors into a person's private life.