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I entered the teaching profession hungry to learn how to be a great educator and ready to become the next National Teacher of the Year! I watched Stand and Deliver, Freedom Writers, Dangerous Minds, Lean on Me, and Dead Poets Society, just to name a few. I was ready!
Much like Edcite, Google Classroom is a powerful, free tool for teachers. Teachers nationwide use Google Classroom’s suite of tools to send assignments to students and manage their class stream. We are really excited to be integrating with Google Classroom Gradebook as an additional step in this journey.
In October of 2018, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced that they were, as many states have also chosen to do, opting out of the PARCC assessment in lieu of administering their own New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) this spring. At that time, the NJDOE gave limited information or resources to educators, simply stating, “the tests will have fewer questions and take less time to administer.” In November, the units and testing times were released; however, details about the content of the new assessments were not yet divulged.
March 14 is National Pi Day! [ Insert your own annual Pi Day pie joke. ] Pi Day is all about 3.14159265359, the mathematical constant that appears in formulas, physics, and even architecture. Teachers have shared many assignments in our library that incorporate concepts using π. See below for Pi Day assignments that cover middle school and high school math and even elementary ELA!
With 2019’s March Madness set to begin on March 19th, educators have more than their basketball brackets to prepare!! With my last few posts focusing on literacy, it is time to give math some love! Similar to cultivating a culture of reading in your classrooms and schools, it important to create a culture of math: to make math cool! It just so happens that March gives us, as educators, the perfect opportunity to do so.
Regardless of what age you teach, this competition is possible, purposeful, and plain ol’ FUN.
Happy Women’s History Month! Teachers in the Edcite community have shared many assignments that honor great women and teach students about women’s history. Check out the assignments below that can be used in elementary, middle school, and high school. Use these throughout the month of March or any day of the year!
