Worthington City Schools
From Survive to Thrive: What Great Substitute Teachers Do Differently
Thinking about signing up as a substitute teacher? Subbing is not for the faint of heart but with the help of the thoughtful advice in a detailed guide, you can develop the skills you need to be a great, professional substitute teacher.
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Jay Mc Tighe: Essential Questions: Doorways to Inquiry and Understanding [Pdf]
A document used in a presentation by Jay McTighe. This document features an in-depth description on forming Essential Questions, using Backwards Design, and "Unpacking" Standards.
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Christina School District: Kindergarten: Essential Questions [Pdf]
Printable six-page document. Each page begins with a Big Idea topic and then lists five essential questions for students to ask and learn from throughout the unit. Bid Idea topics include: We see all kinds of people each day; Books help...
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Fno: A Questioning Toolkit
An article in which Jamie McKenzie states his belief that each district should create a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools. Portions of the Questioning Toolkit should be introduced...
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Questioning.org: The Question Mark
Jamie McKenzie's book, Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School, emphasizes the need to teach children to ask important questions, then research the answers, instead of just learning information...
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Rti in Middle Schools: Faq
This resource provides guidance for middle schools implementing RTI by answering frequently asked questions and providing snapshots of current middle school practices around the essential components of RTI.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Rti in Middle School: A Guide for Parents
This document was developed to help middle school parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions...
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention:rti in Elementary School:a Guide for Families
This document was developed to help parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions about RTI, and...
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Clark County Schools: Rna & Protein Synthesis: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
This is one lesson in a larger learning module. In it, students investigate the essential question: How does DNA get the genetic message out so proteins can be built?
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Gananda High School: The Mongols Web Quest
WebQuest will answer the essential questions: What areas did the Mongols conquer? and What was their impact on these areas. The Task, Process, Resources, Evaluation and Conclusion are provided. Some external links may no longer work in...
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Types of Ecosystems: Biomes
Twenty-two essential questions lead student learning about the distinctive climate zones and biomes around the globe.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Air, Atmosphere, and Climate Change
Sixteen essential questions lead student learning about Earth's atmosphere and global warming as they have to do with global climate change.
FNO Press
From Now On: Filling the Tool Box
Dr. Jamie McKenzie offers this comprehensive look at how to help students develop questioning skills. Practical suggestions for how to implement the ideas are also included.
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Read Works: A School Map
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction piece tells the story of a little girl who draws a map of the school for her little brother. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A School for Heroes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about a school for students who would like to train to be firefighters. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: A School Trip to the Aquarium
[Free Registration/Login Required] This text is a fictional story about a field trip to an aquarium. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Education & Knowledge: What Is the Goal of Education?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What is the goal of education?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage expresses the pros and cons of school uniforms. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: The Gender Gap
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article shares the arguments for and against single gender schools.This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: Welcome Back!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares advice about how to make the first day of school a great one. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Students Get Healthy!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the need for healthier school lunches and the mandates implemented to ensure that healthier options are provided in schools. This passage reinforces essential reading...
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Asl: Heart of Algebra: Chapters 19 21 (Sat and Psat Prep)
Chapter 19 Heart of Algebra focuses on the mastery of linear equations, systems of linear equations, and linear functions. The ability to analyze and create linear equations, inequalities, and functions is essential for success in...
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Read Works: Should Students Pay to Play?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...