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Middle School Curriculum Apps, Tools, and Resources That We Love

Are you looking for middle school curriculum apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed. Pearl Diver– With this app, you explore famous shipwrecks and submerged ruins for pearls, and you might find the highly sought black pearl. However, always look out for the pesky electric eel. It is suitable for children in grades three through eight (upper elementary and middle school students). It covers the Common Core Standards relevant to the number line and number …

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High School Curriculum Apps, Tools, and Resources That We Love

Are you looking for high school curriculum apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed. ThinkCERCA – ThinkCERCA is a literacy curriculum meant to bridge all subjects from science to social studies. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening are the four components of the ThinkCERCA curriculum. Each lesson supports the shared literacy framework, allowing students and teachers to use a common language to speak about literacy, including claims, evidence, reasoning, counterargument, and audience. ThinkCERCA is aligned to …

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The Edvocate’s Guide to Thematic Units

Thematic Unit is defined as the arrangement of a curriculum around a particular topic or theme. It is otherwise defined as a series of lessons across the curriculum that are all connected to the main topic of the unit. These lessons incorporate subjects like maths, social studies, language, reading, art, science and others. This means that the major focus of each exercise is on the topical idea. A thematic unit is much more than just picking a topic as there is a wide range of options to choose from, like the solar system, mammals or Australia. A thematic unit can …

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