Ashley... I believe my district has provided us with a list of essential questions for middle-school math. I will compile them and send them on to you.
Attached a document I just created for my 6th grade class. I'm trying to move to a pure standards-based assessment method and listed out the main topics of the year and some essential questions .This is still a draft and work in progress, but…
Have you checked out SkillsTutor? I used it at the middle school level last year. There was a range of activities and lessons accessible online. I used it mainly for reteaching and extension opportunities but I don't see why it couldn't be…
I would love to collaborate!! I work at an independent school, so we actually go by National Standards. It's my first year at this school and they previous teacher did not leave me w/ anything to work with. I have to admit, I had never heard of…
Got it...We have been going through that ourselves. Our school and, as a matter of fact, our district has taken the California standards and boiled them down to "essential" and "non essential" standards. We went through…
Well David, I'm kinda figuring that out myself. :) If I'm understanding correctly, these are questions that would be essential to a 6th grade curriculum, i.e. what I would expect them to know by the end of a unit. And I'm trying to…
Hi Ashley. I was wondering if you have educator contacts who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
Hey! I just joined the group "Connecting Content With Technology" and I saw some great information. It is at the bottom of the main page. You should check it out if you haven't already.