https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/05/31/479591225/diary-of-a-saudi-girl-karate-lover-science-nerd-bride?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=allthingsconsidered

6 things to know about tuition free college:

Free college sounds awesome.

Can it really work in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders certainly thinks so.

“Public colleges and universities tuition-free? Damn right! That is exactly what we should be doing,” he said at the Brooklyn Democratic debate.

To which Hillary Clinton replied: “If somebody promises you something for free, read the fine print.”

So here it is, the fine print on Sanders’ free-tuition plan: https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/26/pf/college/tuition-free-college-bernie-sanders/index.html

Excellent resource!! The text sets are already done for you! Better than that, there are SAT-like questions already created!!! Sign up is free!!

https://www.readworks.org/rw/k-12-paired-texts-questions?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=4.25.16

“Why using exciting words can make you a worse writer” – Chicago Tribune (12/31/2015). Great to share with students!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-hemingway-flaubert-words-writing-edit-0103-jm-20151231-story.html

Though this site is based in Science, there is much here that applies to LA and Social Studies – our students could benefit from the scaffolds presented. It’s worth checking out. There is alignment to RA too!!!

https://www.argumentationtoolkit.org/

Celebrate National Poetry month with some outstanding poems! Some may serve as great mentor texts!!!

https://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/24-must-share-poems-for-middle-school-and-high-school?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=24%20Must-Share%20Poems%20for%20Middle%20School%20and%20High%20School.&utm_campaign=eNews033116

The Sleeping Brain Is a Marvelous Memory Making Machine By Shelly Fan on Mar 20, 2016 10:00 am For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn Japanese. Linguists often say that the best way to learn a foreign language is to immerse yourself in it, and that’s what I did. For a while, I put post-it notes on items with their Japanese names on them, watched anime with the subtitles off and even fell asleep to kawaii Japanese podcasts whispering in my ear. Learn by osmosis, right? Maybe even as I sleep something will stick, I thought. It sounds utterly nonsensical — learn while you’re unconscious?! — but the idea of sleep learning has thrived… read more

Instead of the same old exit ticket, add some spice to your formative assessments!

https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/10-fun-filled-formative-assessment-ideas?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

“The Highest Glass Ceiling” NY Times

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/books/review/the-highest-glass-ceiling-by-ellen-fitzpatrick.html?smid=tw-nytbooks&smtyp=cur&_r=1&referer=

The world needs more women involved in STEM! This infographic is fabulous!

<a href=”https://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msce-resources/msce-infographics/closing-the-gender-gap/”><img src=”https://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Women-in-Computer-Science-5.jpg” width=’500′></a><br/><a

Derek Muller

Leading Science You Tube Channel Host and Keynote speaker at this year’s STEM Forum & Expo. Check out his science videos.

https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium/videos

2:00 am Sunday morning marks the beginning of Daylight Savings time. Don’t forget to spring your clocks ahead. Did you know that DST began in Ontario, Canada? Did you know that it’s turning 100 years old? For more interesting facts about DST:

https://www.timeanddate.com/newsletter/issue59.html

Share these tips with your students as you prepare them for the upcoming SAT. Please NOTE . . . Michigan DOES REQUIRE the writing portion of the test. It is not an option for our students as stated in the article.

https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-playbook/articles/2016-02-29/new-sat-requires-updated-test-day-techniques

This site provides the pros and cons of many current controversial issues. Complete with ways teachers can use the materials, mentor texts for teaching argument are plentiful.

https://www.procon.org/

The best way to explain it is to post the title of the article: “The White House and Michelle Obama Release $250M ‘Open eBooks’ App for Title I and Special Education Teachers.” Follow the link for more information about how to sign up:

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-02-24-the-white-house-and-michelle-obama-release-250m-open-library-app-for-title-i-and-special-education-teachers

This article presents great ideas for reaching kids that just don’t want to read. Check this out before creating classroom libraries.

Reaching Reluctant Readers – Random House

https://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/reluctant_readers/scales.html

This link provides access to a terrific article of the week; complete with graphs and a quick video. It could also be used to build an argument.

How a medical device maker kept U.S. hospitals in the dark about deadly infections.

Provide student with reading that is outside the textbook. At edutopia.org you will find links to a plethora of resources to help you build your text sets.

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/online-resources-primary-source-documents-monica-burns