Educational Links 12/27/2020

 

CDC: Head Start is model for safe early ed programming amid COVID-19

https://www.k12dive.com/news/cdc-holds-head-start-up-as-model-of-early-education-during-COVID-19/592449/?fbclid=IwAR07tmGEEe9GrwA0EihjGSA_Z0s9xkLbIDZo_3Kz5vRdHayXnPzvLlHNIJ4

ADHD in Children: Symptoms, Evaluations & Treatments

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-in-children-symptoms-diagnosis-treatment/

Indicators for Dynamic School Decision-Making

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/indicators.html

Standards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The Problem

https://wegrowteachers.com/standards-based-grading-only-solves-half-the-problem/?fbclid=IwAR3H4cajFT-qdRDpBh5HmcJK_Dtent4a88mVAasRzSZWUxUeLBa9Nootu8M

The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-11-most-popular-classroom-q-a-posts-of-the-year/2020/12

Blended Learning with Google (Part 1: Do THIS, NOT That!)

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/blended-learning-with-google-part-1-suls088/

Remote Learning Is Not Going Away Soon. This Is How to Make It Better.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-25-remote-learning-is-not-going-away-soon-this-is-how-to-make-it-better?utm_campaign=EdSurgeSproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2z7IuL_uo9uSgWxEaCUS55G1yeE376B1HPvMIhXap_S3XU4baBLxq0KIA

With this latest—and largest—surge of coronavirus infections in the United States, K-12 schools that hadn’t yet reopened for in-person learning now see few paths to do so in the near term, and many of the schools that were offering some face-to-face instruction are now pulling back into full-time remote learning.

Educational Links 12/26/2020

 

Educators: Hold Onto Humanity With Both Hands. Let Students Show You How.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-25-educators-hold-onto-humanity-with-both-hands-let-students-show-you-how

Remote Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2020/12/remote-teaching-strategies-for-students-with-adhd/

Working toward flexible school experiences

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/distance-learning/working-toward-flexible-school-experiences?

_ul=1*lg67vq*domain_userid*YW1wLTVmR21LUkI1Q1ZBMi1nSkh3UEkzWnc.

California school districts, charter schools to get $6.8 billion, in varying amounts, of federal aid

https://edsource.org/2020/california-school-districts-charter-schools-to-get-6-8-billion-in-varying-amounts-of-federal-aid/645647

NCLD Resources: COVID-19 has catapulted us all into a new reality

https://www.ncld.org/covid-19-educator-resources#1585860121650-c7248472-4ff7

Digital self-harm on the rise among students, study finds

https://www.k12dive.com/news/digital-self-harm-on-the-rise-among-students-study-finds/592519/

The Power of Being Seen

https://www.edutopia.org/article/power-being-seen

How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons.

Christmas Hilarity in the Wildlife Habitat

 

We really didn't do it on purpose as a prank on the birds in the wildlife habitat, but it is pretty humorous. Who knew our Earth Science project would turn into a Christmas carnival carousel?

During distance learning, I demonstrated to my Special Ed class how to create pinecones slathered in peanut butter rolled in bird seed. Then I hung the two bird feeders with twine in different locations--the northern front yard which is actually the Butterfly Garden, and the southern back yard which is the wildlife habitat. We have Special Activities  three times a week with three different, small student groups. I tell the kids I'm grabbing my blue Chromebook and we're going outside. 

Today, Christmas, I caught white crowned sparrows trying so hard to reach the underside of the pinecones with the remaining peanut butter and seeds. Turn, turn, turn-and it's the birds not the Byrds!

I am a pretty poor videographer-but you can get the humor of the situation. Please forgive my guffaws-they cracked me up!

Nature, My Garden and Me: Hilarious birds spinning on pine cone peanut butter/birdseed feeder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGnFA8HXno0 

Nature, My Garden, and Me: Birds spin on pinecone bird feeder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyUrev1EKyY

Yay, Lord, We Greet Thee Born This Happy Morning

 

[OFFICIAL VIDEO] O Come, All Ye Faithful - Pentatonix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj7Pr42rliI

Adeste, Fideles Enya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52_lB7kpJ7E

O come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels!

O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

A Jazzy Christmas with Wynton

Christmas Music: WHITE CHRISTMAS - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6mvjnhwrEs

Educational Links 12/25/2020

 

Things Fall Apart. Will Public Education?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-22-things-fall-apart-will-public-education?utm_campaign=EdSurgeSproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0XjVod-KUAlAIGgEF9i2Y252YMdxczPB_P9OhAv01MOJcFGjWEc0DeXhg

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/24/ed-tech-digest-225/?fbclid=IwAR1d8KRwNPHJffWfSnZCjuNH9eQ7Ot-LQwnXx3tYbGX2zXarVBdxOdqDe0g

The Defining Signs of Dyslexia Too Often Ignored

https://www.additudemag.com/unlikely-signs-of-dyslexia/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=diagnosis&fbclid=IwAR0hwILU35YNPQmbzT-ZJm-yXXpQnElKUnQmUuv9qcJ0kXRnBhAsQAaEifk

THURSDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS – & TEACHERS WILL REALLY WANT TO READ THEM

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/24/thursdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-teachers-will-really-want-to-read-them/?fbclid=IwAR0hwILU35YNPQmbzT-ZJm-yXXpQnElKUnQmUuv9qcJ0kXRnBhAsQAaEifk

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 228 Developing Virtual & Intercultural Skillsets

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-228-developing-virtual-intercultural-skillsets/?fbclid=IwAR0R9mz4n8gY88jCvZ1H4QHE6Kd1YsXpzOwOO-LjqLcItzTVCZC0xeERwko

States Renew Efforts to Track Student Attendance as Pandemic Stretches On

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/states-renew-efforts-to-track-student-attendance-as-pandemic-stretches-on/2020/12?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwAR0XjVod-KUAlAIGgEF9i2Y252YMdxczPB_P9OhAv01MOJcFGjWEc0DeXhg

Connecting SEL to Academic Outcomes

https://www.edutopia.org/article/connecting-sel-academic-outcomes

Skills that students develop in social and emotional learning—empathy, collaboration, and so on—are closely connected to standards in many academic subjects.

Merry Christmas from MzTeachuh

 

Love, joy and peace-not to mention rest- 

to us all this Christmas Day. 

Kids, parents, teachers all have experienced such profound changes and challenges--

now

 we look for the miracle. 

Christmas representing the season of hope and help and heaven

seems almost overdue. But the time is right.

Love, joy and peace-not to mention rest. 

God bless us everyone.

My actual background for Google Meeting during the Holiday seasons. We get festive around here.

Classical Music for Christmas Playlist

Rimsky-Korsakov - Christmas Eve: Orchestral Suite (1895)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vFOax7ZeU

Camille Saint-Saëns - Christmas Oratorio - Op. 12 - Royal Opera Theater Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNI8AFo-QTs

Christmas (smalin) with animated musical graphics; listen to the whole mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGlHKZ53iM&list=RDnzGlHKZ53iM&start_radio=1&t=22

The Nutcracker Suite Full Album: Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mis0O8CZk90

G. F. Handel: Messiah HWV 56 (fantastic performance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3T6YwwU9s

Carols From King’s – The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVguSWYwSsA

Rimsky-Korsakov - Christmas Eve: Orchestral Suite (1895)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vFOax7ZeU

Bach - Christmas Oratorio [1-3] Harnoncourt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UjjwzJBFE

Classical Music for Christmas Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2SFaAnpsdBthhICRiXYd_xCMUdB-296

When The Holidays Aren't Fun

COVID-19 Holiday Season May Be Particularly Hard on Kids: What to Do

 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-holiday-season-may-be-particularly-hard-on-kids-what-to-do#Helping-kids-ages-5-and-under

8 Difficult Holiday Situations for Kids With Aniety

https://www.understood.org/en/family/events-outings/holidays-celebrations/8-difficult-holiday-situations-for-kids-with-anxiety

Keep the Holidays Happy During COVID-19

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Keeping-the-holidays-happy.aspx

Holiday stress for teens is real; here’s how to cope

https://www.raisingarizonakids.com/2019/12/holiday-stress-is-real-including-for-teens-heres-how-to-cope/

Enjoying the Holidays With Your Special Needs Child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/holidays-with-special-needs-child-4156526

'Could You Help Santa?' In Christmas Wish Lists, Children Write Of Pandemic Hardships

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/947119957/could-you-help-santa-in-christmas-wishlists-children-write-of-pandemic-hardships

10 Quarantine Activities for Kids with free printables

https://blog.himama.com/10-quarantine-activities-for-kids-with-free-printables/

Holidays During the Pandemic

https://childmind.org/article/holiday-during-the-pandemic/

'Yes, we can still have Christmas': the children's charities giving hope to families

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/01/yes-we-can-still-have-christmas-the-childrens-charities-giving-hope-to-families

Minimize Holiday Havoc with These ADHD-Friendly Strategies

https://www.additudemag.com/avoiding-holiday-havoc/

Do you dread each winter break — especially your child’s accompanying ADHD symptom flare-ups? Stay ahead of the curve with these 6 tips for helping your children enjoy holiday celebrations without behavior problems, safety issues, or family conflicts.

Like starlight on a Christmas tree-glittery

 

Kacey Musgraves - Glittery (From The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show) ft. Troye Sivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5bhZ0oZPI

Christmas Saves the Year

 

twenty one pilots - Christmas Saves The Year (Official Audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozXb10fOi2A

Lyrics

Snow falls down from the gray sky
Ashes fall in the sea
Plans are thrown to the wayside
Frozen days of the week

But everybody wants to make it home this year
Even if the world is crumblin' down
'Cause everybody's got somebody who's got their name on a shelf
With cheap décor and flavored cheer
You rest assured that Christmas saves the year

Dust off old photo boxes
This one's marked '92, yeah
Years past seemed so much grander
This one needs to come through

'Cause everybody wants to make it home this year
Even if the world is crumblin' down
'Cause everybody's got somebody who's got their name on a shelf
With cheap décor and flavored cheer
You rest assured that Christmas saves the year

Bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum-bum
Bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum-bum-bum
Bum-bum-bum-bum

Everybody wants to make it home this year
Even if the world is crumblin' down
'Cause everybody's got somebody who's got their name on a shelf
With cheap décor and flavored cheer
You rest assured

Everybody wants to make it home this year
Even if the world is crumblin' down
'Cause everybody's got somebody who's got their name on a shelf
With cheap décor and flavored cheer
You rest assured, Christmas saves the year

Educational Links 12/24/2020

 

13 Virtual Games to Play in Your Elementary Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/13-virtual-games-play-your-elementary-classroom

School Workers May Get Early Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine. Will They Take It?

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-workers-may-get-early-shot-at-covid-19-vaccine-will-they-take-it/2020/12?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwAR2ECxSv_Uk93xtNFNwidTJAVb85av4W2_tC-dlwzvVOEFgY-0_4FyfEoKw

Understood’s top 5 educator articles of 2020

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/understoods-top-5-educator-articles-of-2020?_ul=1*h2dwm8*domain_userid*YW1wLTVmR21LUkI1Q1ZBMi1nSkh3UEkzWnc.

'Every Kid is Motivated': Action-oriented Ideas to Revive Students' Curiosity

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57152/every-kid-is-motivated-action-oriented-ideas-to-revive-students-curiosity

Learn Right Now! 8 Secrets to Engaged Online Learning for Students with ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/engagement-strategies-learning-at-home-adhd/

How Today’s Unique Education Challenges May Improve Tomorrow’s Assessments

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-15-how-today-s-education-crisis-may-improve-tomorrow-s-assessments?utm_campaign=EdSurgeSproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3R6lgtfPXnnhMh0m3cghb1jWjAIw45j4G9a71EWNYLAcPaMNS1B66H0OY

Low-Income Students

https://edsource.org/topic/low-income-students

The majority of California’s students come from families with incomes of less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level and qualify for free- and reduced-price meals. These students often face obstacles to succeed in school. California’s funding formula provides more funding for schools to serve children who are low-income.

Dolly's Words: Christmas Is

 

Dolly Parton - Christmas Is (featuring Miley Cyrus) Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIVqMlR6N0A

Coldest Winter

 

Coldest Winter Pentatonix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxSjw83u5E

Does This Student Have a Learning Disability?

http://www.ncld.org/

Each of these age divisions also has subtopics with very helpful information.

Pre-K to Grade 2

Pre-kindergarten through the second grade is a crucial time for parents and educators to recognize early warning signs of learning disabilities (LD). Features of LD may be hard to spot during this time, however, as children can mask their struggles by playing up strengths and hiding weaknesses. For more free early learning resources, please visit NCLD's Get Ready to Read! website.
http://www.ncld.org/age-related-content/pre-kindergarten-grade-2nd

Grades 3 to 8

During grades three through eight, children are no longer learning how to read, but rather are reading to learn. This is a major turning point in education—one that has big implications for children with reading-related learning disabilities, like dyslexia. Throughout this time, children are figuring out how they learn, and parents are figuring out how to support their child’s learning.
http://www.ncld.org/age-related-content/grade-3rd-8th

Grades 9 to 12 (High School)

Once high school comes around, it’s important that students know how to take charge of their learning disability (LD) and are able to articulate what they need in order to succeed. High school issues are tough enough—competition, planning for the future, and raging hormones, to name a few—which is why it's important that teens know how to deal with LD-related obstacles.

http://www.ncld.org/age-related-content/grade-9th-12th

College & Adult

Living with a learning disability (LD) is no easy task. Throughout your life, your LD accompanies you everywhere—to the workplace, the supermarket, the bowling alley…it's always there. Adults need to understand how to manage their LD and the risks and advantages of disclosing their LD status in college, at work, and beyond.

http://www.ncld.org/age-related-content/college-adult

Here are the NCLD links for the process of asking school professional to help identify a possible Learning Disability.

1. My child is struggling with school 
http://www.ncld.org/stage-related-content/child-struggling-ld

2. Now my child has been identified with a Learning Disability--what now?
http://www.ncld.org/stage-related-content/child-identified-ld

3. How do I ensure my child's success?
http://www.ncld.org/stage-related-content/child-future-ld

 

https://www.understood.org/en/about

About Understood 

Parents want the best for their children. We do, too. For the first time ever, 15 nonprofit organizations have joined forces to support parents of the one in five children with learning and attention issues throughout their journey.

With the right support, parents can help children unlock their strengths and reach their full potential. With state-of-the-art technology, personalized resources, free daily access to experts, a secure online community, practical tips and more, Understood aims to be that support.

Educational Links 12/23/2020

Don’t Rush to ‘Diagnose’ Learning Loss With a Formal Test. Do This Instead

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/dont-rush-to-diagnose-learning-loss-with-a-formal-test-do-this-instead/2020/08?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwAR2Doh38l2nOacs_xTKSRLck4mpr_LnhVVtNwbfLMH6Y45lHBCz9wS_bJn0

 

Teachers and school staff in California increasingly likely to get vaccine in next round

https://edsource.org/2020/teachers-and-school-staff-in-california-increasingly-likely-to-get-vaccine-in-next-round/645515?fbclid=IwAR2Hb7BwxwLickMqqkMkmKqzOCccUwwL0tshSPx7J0p24zH08dELNNXKGJ0

10 questions about the new stimulus money for schools, answered

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/22/22195843/stimulus-schools-education-explainer?fbclid=IwAR2s-61Y2JbjDlOScVZ1HvMtVSg8rbhXYrwCnffCP1qlz1RptwtWQPmtNE4

TUESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/22/tuesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-4/?fbclid=IwAR2Heu2F8-Ct_jo1ZCxq6VVdl8O-JSLc_47uB0PdWf-xc1csG77MfiVP7eA

Assuming The Best: The Power Of Teaching Through Positive Assumption

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/always-assume-best-students/?fbclid=IwAR2wUjOD9uLh-m21HBuqhgSc4jAfF59DSKr4TJZxDrOwH0WXv-BMqvq5KrE

'Every Kid is Motivated': Action-oriented Ideas to Revive Students' Curiosity

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57152/every-kid-is-motivated-action-oriented-ideas-to-revive-students-curiosity?fbclid=IwAR3QiON9Yk8qzVLj392NI_VTkeiEgu7rE7ua5OD4pX4eT_FWYXnOLHQicDU

How to Spend Less Time Grading

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-spend-less-time-grading

Carefully deciding what to grade and providing students with rubrics can make grading less time-consuming.