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The Water Princess:
Land and Water Instructional Guide & Toolkit
Developed for Teaching Channel by award-winning science teacher,Kathy Renfrew, this robust unit and instructional guide will help your students understand the relationships and connections between landforms, oceans, and clean drinking water using Susan Verde’s,The Water Princess.
Designed for early elementary school learners,TheWater PrincessLand and Water Instructional Guidehelps students understand key concepts about land, water, and conserving resources while addressing the challenges the faced in the story. Students will gain knowledge that the Earth can be represented in many different models, as well as the skills to identify landforms, global bodies of water, and the availability of freshwater.
Inside this 36-page instructional guide, you’ll find:
- A unit overview with learning standards
- 15 detailed lesson plans for 45-60 minute sessions
- Customizable templates and printable resources
- Everything you need for successful instruction
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Trust, Humor, Praise, and Connection for Meaningful Relationships with Students
Course 5643 | 3-Credits | Gr. K-12+
Educators know the importance of connecting with students. This course focuses on 4 key ideas for making connections and developing relationships: trust, humor, praise, and connection. You’ll work to set intentions for connecting with students using a strategy you’ve not tried! Learn about ways to trust your students to participate in and control their own learning. Explore why your sense of humor is a huge asset to keep your classroom lively and healthy. Finally, you’ll take a look at how you praise your students, and create phrases to make sure your students are getting positive, constructive feedback to improve and develop their skills. This course will renew your confidence in developing relationships that benefit students now and in the future.
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Excellent! It's my first class after many many years! The book was easy to read! The work was helpful and useful! And the professor was kind and complimentary and always gave great feedback! I learned so much!!! And I am already using many activities I learned about in my 1st grade class."
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Course 5227: Shifting your Focus to the Science of Reading
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I Absolutely LOVED this class! It was so insightful and very helpful. I highly recommend this class if you're looking to improve your knowledge and integration of technology in your lessons and student work."
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Course 5134: Teaching with Immersive Technologies
Awesome Class! Helpful Personally and Professionally
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Course 5742: Time Management Strategies for Educators (Hybrid)
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Improve Teacher Practice, Staff Retention, and Student Achievement with Video-Based Professional Learning
This back-to-school season, district and school leaders are faced with serious challenges. Staffing shortages, supporting new teachers and retaining them, improving practice, raising student achievement—it’s a lot.
Join Don Rescigno, Managing Director of Teaching Channel; Dr. Stephanie Hofer, Assistant Superintendent of MSD Decatur; and Hannah Karl, Instructional Coach at MSD Decatur as they discuss how MSD Decatur Township has successfully tackled challenges over the past six years by embracing video-based professional learning and they are excited to share tangible steps on how your district can too. Learn how to use video-based self-reflection, peer feedback via PLCs, exemplar videos, and video coaching support to:
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