Monthly Archives: February 2015

KHS offers art-related lessons to elementary classrooms

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) offers History smArts, an art-related history lesson, to classrooms in grades 3-5. In History smArts, students will analyze historic images from the KHS collection, discuss what they see and do a fun, hands-on art activity. Students develop visual literacy, historical literacy and critical thinking skills. Activity options include artifact analysis and drawing, pioneer pastimes (making [...]

By |2015-03-02T08:07:45-05:00February 26, 2015|

Kentucky Storytelling Conference seeks proposals

The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 6-7 at Dale Hollow State Resort Park near Burkesville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid a $175 honorarium for a 70-minute session or a $300 honorarium for a 135-minute session. All workshops will be presented on Nov. 7. The [...]

By |2015-02-24T15:40:20-05:00February 26, 2015|

Climate change challenge invites students’ ideas

The Innovate to Mitigate project, funded by the National Science Foundation, invites middle school and high school students and student groups to participate in a competition to reduce climate change by coming up with ideas to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Students will compete for cash prizes in the two-phase competition. In round one, students are asked to submit [...]

By |2020-09-23T12:12:27-04:00February 26, 2015|

Junior Chef competition deadline extended

The deadline for high school cooking teams to enter the 2015 Farm to School Junior Chef competition has been extended to March 12 due to winter weather. Kentucky students in grades 9-12 are eligible for the competition sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which is designed to offer youth the opportunity to learn valuable skills in recipe development, food [...]

By |2015-02-24T15:37:20-05:00February 26, 2015|

Superintendents’ spotlight: Vicki Jones, East Bernstadt Independent

Vicki Jones The East Bernstadt Independent school district has a long history of success and pride, and its culture proves that staff members have dedicated themselves to improving the lives of the students. The district’s slogan, “It’s About the Future of Kids” is very appropriate and serves as the driving force. Based on 2014 state accountability, East Bernstadt [...]

By |2018-10-05T11:33:20-04:00February 26, 2015|

Illustrative Mathematics site offers additional resources

Illustrative Mathematics, which shares resources for teachers and teacher leaders to give children an understanding of mathematics, has redesigned its website with additional resources online now for grades K-5. Resources for grades 6-8 will be coming soon. The site provides instructional and assessment tasks, lesson plans and other resources for teachers, assessment writers, and curriculum developers. Click here to visit [...]

By |2015-02-24T15:49:23-05:00February 26, 2015|

Differentiating to meet students’ needs

Sarah Reed By Sarah Reed sarah.reed@jefferson.kyschools.us Each year students enter my classroom with different levels of knowledge and individual learning styles. Not all students learn instructional content in the same way or have the same level of proficiency. Consequently, I use differentiated instruction to support the needs of my students and to maximize their learning potential. When I [...]

By |2015-02-23T13:48:32-05:00February 26, 2015|

Helping parents understand math helps students

Teachers across the state and country are trying to help parents understand today’s mathematics instruction and why it will help their children develop a deeper understanding of mathematics concepts.

By |2018-12-04T14:04:45-05:00February 24, 2015|

Registration open for conference on energy education

Registration is open for the 2015 Kentucky NEED Conference for Educators, which will be held June 14-19 in Winchester. The conference brings together 24 educators who are passionate about bringing energy education to their classrooms and provides teachers with the most up-to-date information on all aspects of energy, including the science of energy, sources of energy, transportation, consumption, electricity, efficiency [...]

By |2015-02-19T09:11:50-05:00February 19, 2015|
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