Summer is here! Camp! Swimming! All day play! Reading!
Wait, what?
Yes, reading! Think of all the time now your child has to get lost in a book. This is a great way to avoid the summer slide of losing some of the great comprehension skills gained during school year. Your child can read about new places and fun experiences while gaining vocabulary and background knowledge that will aid in the fall.
Independent Learners
What it feels like to be bad at math
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Via JoanneJacobs.com The author of the blog Math with Bad Drawings is a current math teacher (and former math student)...
Embrace the Mistakes
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No one enjoys mistakes, but we all make them. Did you ever think it could be beneficial to admit to them? Kathryn...
3 Methods to get kids to WANT to read and write
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The Washington Post blog, Answer Sheet, ran an article about developing self-driven learning in students from a new...
Real Life 101: How Do We Make Students Aware of the Working World?
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In this blog post at edweek.org, Illina Garon discusses how her many of her 10th grade students don't believe they...
This is your brain, and THIS is your brain on books!
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HERE is a great article from Open Education Database about 10 positive changes that happen to your brain when you read...
10 Steps Toward Better Writing
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While at Gideon we don't focus on writing long essays, we do recognize the need for this skill. In high school and...
Motivation, Not IQ, Matter Most in Math
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In this article from TIME, the author discusses that while higher IQ can give an initial boost, hard work and effort...
Gideon Gold Star – Avery
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Avery went from struggling in math to excelling beyond grade level. You can too!
Global Report Card
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A really cool website, Globalreportcard.org, has compiled a massive amount of data to compare ANY school district in...
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