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Tips for Teaching Phonemic Awareness
by Andrea Comiez If I were to ask you what a baby does first–speak, read, or write—I bet your automatic answer would be speak. In fact, I still remember my amazement the first time my son sing-songed the word “uuuup!” in Costco as he sat in a grocery cart with his arms reaching out. Indeed, …
Read MoreGive Your Brain a Break: Using brain breaks during learning
by Debbie Seador All students need to rest their brains once and a while particularly in the current climate where many students are spending educational time in a virtual world. Learners can give their brain a break by stepping away from a desk or a screen to get moving or take a deep relaxing breath. …
Read MoreBuilding Relationships in a Remote Learning Environment
When you hear the word “remote”, what comes to your mind? Personally, words/phrases like distant, far away, secluded, and alone immediately come to my mind. When we think of something that is “remote”, we often picture an island where someone is getting away from reality and people. In the business world, employees can choose to …
Read MoreWhy Use Schoology?
by Laurie Drumm A learning management system (LMS) provides the essential tools that schools needs to support efficient teaching and learning. An LMS helps organize content in a central location, enabling everyone to have immediate access to up to date information. It provides opportunities for students to experience multimedia learning content as it shifts education …
Read MoreDeveloping Conversations with Children About Social Justice
by Debbie Seador Current headlines and events stress the importance of talking to children about social justice including diversity, discrimination, and racism. There are great benefits to engaging children in meaningful age-appropriate conversations around these subjects. Taking this approach demonstrates to children that they are able to promote change and cross-cultural understanding, disrupt inequality …
Read MoreThe Science of Reading and What Parents Need to Know
-Kathy Seeman Last summer, late one Saturday afternoon, my girlfriend, Tina and I stopped at a Tag Sale in Centreville on our way to a flower show. I glanced through a stack of dusty books placed in an old, dilapidated box and my eyes were drawn to a specific book that I had heard about, …
Read MoreInclusive Education
All over the world, children should have the right to be supported by their school community to learn and grow together while feeling welcome and included by teachers and peers alike. Regardless of differences….everyone benefits. This is the foundation of inclusive education, and no child should ever be excluded because of their race, language, religion …
Read MoreAvoiding the Summer Slide!
It is often the case, that following the LONG break of the summer, students return to school, having forgotten much of what they learned the previous year. This occurrence, known as “summer slide,” is a legitimate worry for many parents and teachers. Unfortunately, this year, there is even more concern that all could be magnified …
Read More2020 Closing Ceremonies Tribute
by Miss Megan During the fall semester of my junior year, I walked into The College School as a mentor. At that point I was unaware of just how much The College School would impact me over the next year and a half. I came in as a shy and timid person who was afraid …
Read MoreTCS Virtual Learning – a Parent’s Perspective
It’s still hard for us to believe that when we picked up our daughter on that Friday afternoon, no one knew what would be happening next. Would we still be able to have in-person education on Monday, or would the virus require that school be closed indefinitely? Well, here we are eight weeks later and not only have …
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