Students put objects and materials into groups based on their observable properties, test materials for strength and absorbency, and use their results to make a boat that can hold the most pennies ...

NGSS 2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Students have looked at the properties of solids and in this ...

Outcome: This flexibility has led to increased parent participation, even for caregivers with demanding schedules or young ...

Jamie Cothren has been teaching 25 years. She taught one year in Montana prior to moving to Cathlamet. Mrs. Cothren is the ...

Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey said lower test results were seen from second ... at least one math coach.

My daughter’s second-grade teacher assigned what should have ... It turned an assignment about our family’s heritage into a lesson about what’s real on the internet. From the top of the ...

Today's article was written to help families who have a son or daughter who is struggling in school. I've decided to use my own "school struggles" so that I can make this point: children who are ...

The brains of kids who are teaching peers go into overdrive—boosting retention and understanding. Here’s how to leverage this ...

As the state Board of Education considers a new literacy policy, it needs to make sure it's equitable and culturally ...

North Star uses i-Ready, a reading diagnostic test from Curriculum Associates administered in the fall to help determine each ...

The tiny angles allow for all kinds of wacky creations, and the more robots you get (we later added a second pack), the bigger ... counting, and math. (Note: This toy is recommended for kids ...

Forest Brook Middle School made a remarkable jump in the state's academic rating system last year. The Houston Landing ...