Vocabulary Frame Flashcards
This worksheet maps out one approach to building vocabulary frame flashcards. This resource can be printed as-is or adapted to suit various ages and content areas.
March 17, 2020
Tag: Targeted and Relevant
Prior Knowledge – Mental Hooks for Learning: IgnitED Research Video
In this video installment of IgnitED Research, a series that aims to build stronger connections between learning science and instructional practice, we look at prior knowledge and its uses in maximizing learning.
September 12, 2019
Greeley-Evans School District’s Unit Model
This one-slide overview of a math unit from Greeley-Evans School District highlights how various aspects of personalized learning, including differentiation and formative checkpoints, integrate with core instructional components (e.g., warm-ups, concept development, application of knowledge).
August 8, 2019
Education Elements Personalized Learning Guide
Explore this free comprehensive personalized learning guide for educators, administrators, and parents from Education Elements. These resources will help you discover:
- What personalized learning is and why it is important
- How to implement personalized learning successfully and the risks and traps to avoid
- What personalized learning classrooms look like
- What success in personalized learning looks like
- How to scale personalized learning
- How to communicate about this innovative initiative
April 10, 2019
Algebra Studio Course Map
This example from Washington Leadership Academy shows a course map for an Algebra 1 Math Studio Class and provides a look into:
- Course overview
- Recommended fluencies for Algebra 1
- Instructional model and implementation strategies for math
- Modular playlist and a curriculum map
April 4, 2019
Mix It Up! The Benefits of Mixed-Ability Groups: IgnitED Research Video
Students benefit from working on a skill or learning target in small groups with others who are at different ability levels in that skill, likely through developing a growth mindset around the target skill and through gaining a better understanding of their own strengths. In this installment of IgnitED Research, we investigate the power of grouping students who are at different levels on an academic skill.
March 19, 2019
Unlocking Time’s strategy on implementing a flex time period
Flex time periods offer students some degree of flexibility to follow their own interests and manage their own learning time, providing as much flexibility as the school structure and culture can support.
September 11, 2018
Why Create A Flex Block?
Schools around the country have successfully personalized their students’ learning by adding a flex block to their schedule. In what specific ways have students benefited? This video will explore five reasons – from real schools and educators – why you should consider adding a flex block to your schedule.
September 7, 2018
How Can You Create A Flex Block?
Adding a flexible block of time to your school schedule can help personalize learning for your students. But with an already busy schedule, how can you add another block of time? Won’t students be missing important class time? What does a ‘flex block’ look like in different schools?
September 7, 2018
Intersession Sparks Exploration and Lifelong Learning at The Nueva School
Nueva runs a PK-8 campus and a high school. Both these independent schools offer a six-day intersession for students to develop interdisciplinary exploration with real world experts, extending beyond the usual academic disciplines. Students choose from a catalog of nearly 200 seminars, intensives, and activity sessions offered by 100 presenters.
September 5, 2018