Educational Links 11/06/2020

 

Questions About Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences? We’ve Got Answers.

https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-parent-teacher-conferences/

Lucy Calkins Says Balanced Literacy Needs 'Rebalancing'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2020/10/lucy_calkins_says_balanced_literacy_needs_rebalancing.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB

Shorter exams will replace California’s annual Smarter Balanced tests

https://edsource.org/2020/shorter-exams-will-replace-californias-annual-smarter-balanced-tests/643088

Students Are Learning Outside of School. Why Don’t They Earn Credit for It?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-04-students-are-learning-outside-of-school-why-don-t-they-earn-credit-for-it

Dyslexia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552#:~:text=Dyslexia%20is%20a%20learning%20disorder,the%20brain%20that%20process%20language.

THANKSGIVING IS IN A FEW WEEKS – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/11/05/thanksgiving-is-in-a-few-weeks-here-are-teaching-learning-resources-2/?fbclid=IwAR2ECNhhutsSnCtWReMwcFj2WWx5cdzaEHl92AJuzpzNCSAS78WH18fKgOo

Creating a District-Wide K–5 SEL Program

https://www.edutopia.org/article/creating-district-wide-k-5-sel-program

Recognizing that social and emotional learning would be especially important this year, one district created a program to address that need.