Learning is: Going to New Depths Visit Ms. Fagan’s 5th grade classroom at Fairview Elementary School in Buncombe County Schools. This month, they allowed our Discovery Education Community to join them in studying explorer Jacques Cousteau. The Big Idea By completing a series of interactive centers featuring Discovery Education Streaming Plus resources, Ms. Fagan’s English/Language Arts
March 2017: Traditional literacy ideas and resources
I have identified thirteen literacies I feel our students need to succeed. (See Kathy’s Katch blog posts from from September 2014 to June 2015 to learn more about them.) One of the skillsets is the “traditional literacy skills” of reading and writing. Because March is NEA’s “National Read Across America Month“, I thought I would concentrate
Joy of Reading
The Joy of Reading is a series of three editable video within Streaming Plus. Each are about 20 minutes long and are a great resource for both teachers and parents. There is a teacher’s guide available which has classroom activities, parents letters, checklist and ways to get parents involved with home reading. This a appropriate for
I might STILL be in Third Grade
I am not happy to report that if the law Michigan is considering passing which would keep third graders in third grade until they learn to read would mean I might still be there. That is true because I was a non reader in third grade. And more
Six Flags Read to Succeed Final Submission Day!
If your classes have been participating in the Six Flags Read to Succeed program, today is the final day to submit your students’ reading hours in our online portal! Read to Succeed is a free educational program from Six Flags and Discovery Education that inspires K-6 students to engage in recreational reading. Students who complete
Read a Book, Give a Book
What a neat way to use online books and also help others in need. This would be very cool with an interactive whiteboard and the annotation tools that you can use to make the experience even better! Read the quote from their site: “We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access
How can we use Reading and Writing with Technology to Increase Comprehension in Science Concepts? Using Discovery Education Science Techbook – That’s How!
Reading and writing throughout the content areas has been a goal and objective within education. As we seek to understand more about how students develop the necessary skills for acquiring more in-depth knowledge and information about the world around them, our focus must include technology that supports reading and writing in science. It is important
Register Today for Math and Reading Event
The response to our Saturday, March 12th, DEN Day of training for Math and Language Arts at Lake Forest Middle School in Cleveland, TN, has been phenomenal. We’ve already expanded our acceptance list from 30 to 50, and we have just a few places left! Here is a brief rundown of the day and some
Read to Succeed
Six Flags and Discovery Education announced today the launch of the Read to Succeed program, which encourages K-6 students to read for enjoyment outside of school. Students who complete six hours of recreational, nonschool-related reading can earn free admission to a participating Six Flags theme park, and teachers whose classes complete the program also can