Social Emotional Learning in Storyboardthat

Here is a newsletter (and some templates) for using Storyboardthat with Social-Emotional Learning. If you are in the district, please contact your media specialist for account information.

Learning Resources from The New York Times

With the start of the school year, the NY Times is again providing student and teacher resources.  This year, they have published a page outlining their offerings:

If you want to know more about everything we offer to teachers and students during the school year, please visit our newly published “How to Use The Learning Network” page. It provides a quick tour of our plethora of activities for students and resources for teachers, all of which are completely free.

Spreadsheets for all (tips for ELA)

If you have ever seen one of Alice Keeler’s video tutorials- you will know her mantra- “Spreadsheets do everything!).  In this blog post, she shared 4 tips for ELA teachers (that will also work for the rest of us!).

Managing the echo in Google Meet

Google has added a tool to help you identify echos on your call as well as suggestions to correct it!  Please see the Google blog post here.

Google Arts and Culture

The above video was part of a Google in 90 in Secs from August- the focus is Google Arts and Culture.  I really enjoyed some of the games. The screenshot below is from What came first? Here is the link for Google Arts and Culture.

 

BrainPOP and Essential Skills

While BrainPOP has had pacing guides in their Educators' resources for some time, they recently introduced Essential Skills lessons for grades 3-8.  Login to BrainPop, go to Educator and look at their Back to School resources.

Practice essentials skills with ELA and Math mini-lessons

Learn tips for using BrainPOP for accelerated learning this year

Google Classroom for Parents

Here is an edited version of Alice Keeler’s presentation on Google Classroom for parents ( I deleted the last slide about Schoolytics).  It might be useful for some of your first-time users.

Hispanic Heritage Month

From the middle of September to the middle of October, National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated  Here is a government site with a large variety of resources

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Shortcuts in Google Slides

Alice Keeler shares her top 5 shortcuts for Google Slides.  Consider sharing one a week with your students and watch them become experts!

Google Classroom Handout for parents

If you are a Google Classroom user, you might find this Alice Keeler handout useful. I think I would open it in Kami and make some modifications but it is a good start.