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Facing Fourth Grade: Tips for Parents Dealing with Academic and Social Challenges

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In this article, we’ll talk about the common challenges we might run into as parents in fourth grade and share some down-to-earth tips on how to tackle them, making the journey smoother for both our kids and us. Dealing with academic and social challenges in fourth grade can be challenging for parents.

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What is a Growth Mindset?

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Are they spending classroom time wisely or just doing what’s always been done? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. What is Growth Mindset?

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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

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I can't even navigate how to sign up for classes, how am I ever going to graduate?’” Messages in classrooms and how discipline is handled can also play a role, he adds. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings. What’s an example?

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

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How do you prepare for that? Real-World, Meaningful Problems This kind of scenario — linking the drama of mountaineering with work on percentages in middle school math — can effectively be used in a problem-based learning (PBL) approach in the classroom. Imagine you are a mountaineer. The answer, as in many situations, lies in math.

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The Magical Yet Growth Mindset STEM Challenge

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Fostering Growth Mindset in the Classroom with "The Magical Yet" One of the most valuable lessons we can impart to our students is the concept of a growth mindset. This simple addition of the word "yet" transforms a fixed, defeatist statement into a positive and growth-oriented one.

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3 Ways to Be a Less Stressed Educator

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How are you doing, educators? Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength. Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength.

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Why Professional Learning Is a Crucial Piece of a 1:1 Program

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I felt I had a system that worked, and introducing this ‘nonsense’ wouldn’t add anything to my classroom and would only create more work for me and be a distraction for my students,” she said. “I She had her students put their devices away when they entered her classroom and continued teaching the same way she had for the last two decades.

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