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Pursuant to IC 20-31-3-1(c-d), the Indiana Department of Education's (IDOE's) Office of Student Pathways and Opportunities partnered with Inspire Success to conduct a research study that defined essential postsecondary skills necessary to promote future success in employment, enrollment, or enlistment leading to service. The Office of Teaching and Learning used this study to inform a subsequent standards prioritization process as required by IC 20-31-3-1(c-d). Through this process, the Office of Teaching and Learning convened stakeholder committees and facilitated an extended public comment period to collect feedback related to standards prioritization and vertical articulation. Prioritized standards for each content area include those designated as essential for mastery by the end of each grade level or course. The prioritized standards that follow were adopted by the State Board of Education (SBOE) on June 7, 2023. Review the Spring 2023 Standards Implementation memo for more details regarding instructional and assessment timelines.

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How does your body heal cuts and scrapes?
Dear Liam,

Did you know your skin is the largest organ in your body? The average 5th grader has more than 6 pounds of skin. Whoa.

Skin protects the inside of your body from the dirty outside world. It keeps your insides from drying out and ensures a steady body temperature. It lets you feel things you touch.

Your skin also has the incredible ability to heal itself. I talked about that with my friend Edward Johnson. He teaches classes about the human body in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University.

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Why do cats rub their cheeks on stuff?
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Sometimes I get an overwhelming urge to rub my face on things I love-like my microscope. Other times I'm so happy to see my tortoiseshell roommate that we bump our heads together.

I talked about why I do that with my friend Dr. Jessica Bell. She's a veterinarian at Washington State University.

She told me that cats rub their cheeks on things when they're happy or want to say that thing belongs to them.
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Are mermaids real?
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People have thought about mermaids for a long time. Ancient people even drew humans with fish tails on cave walls. So, did they really see mermaids or were they drawing from imagination?

The marine experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say that no mermaids have ever been found in the ocean.

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How do plants that need very little water survive?
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My neighbor has a very prickly garden. It's full of cactuses-including one thorny plant nearly as tall as my house. That's not something you see every day in the Pacific Northwest. Cactuses usually live in dry places like deserts.

I talked about your question with my friend Linda Chalker-Scott. She's a garden scientist at Washington State University.
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What is mutualism in nature?
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When I get the same question from different kids, I know it's a good one.

So, I talked about your question with my friend Angeliqua Montoya. She's a graduate student at Washington State University. She works on a mutualism between pea plants and bacteria.

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How did one comet kill all the dinosaurs?
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It's hard to imagine that one space rock wiped out the dinosaurs. But it did more than that. It killed 75% of the plants and animals on Earth. Me-OW.

I talked about that with my friend Barry Walker. He teaches geology classes about Earth's history at Washington State University.

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My goldfish roommate hates when people tap on his tank. The tapping sound he hears in the water is loud and scary.

I talked with my friend Rikeem Sholes about how fish hear. He's a fish scientist. He studies salmon hearing at Washington State University.

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I looked through a high-power telescope for the first time in college. I couldn't believe how many stars I saw. It's hard to imagine all the planets orbiting all those stars.

I talked about how we know those planets are out there with my friend Jose Vazquez. He's an astronomer at Washington State University.

He told me that scientists look for planets outside our solar system using a number of instruments-like a photometer. That's a tool that attaches to a telescope and measures light.
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Why do cats purr?
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I purr all. the. time. I purr when I get a good question like yours. I purr when I finish answering a question. I even purr when I'm struggling to find an answer.

Luckily, Dr. Sarah Guess says that's normal. She's a veterinarian at Washington State University. She told me that cats purr when they're content and when they're stressed out. It can be a little confusing for humans.

Scientists have two ideas about why cats purr. It could have come from the way mother cats care for kittens. Or it could keep their bones and tissues healthy.

But experts don't agree ... " More ...
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What do robots eat?
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I just scarfed down tuna with a side of kibble. That's how I get the energy I need to investigate your questions.

To do that, I talked with Ming Luo. He's a robotics scientist at Washington State University.

He told me that robots don't eat like we do.

"A human has a digestive system," Luo said. "That's how food can be converted to energy. But a robot can't do that. The robot can just take in energy directly."
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Writing is a core life skill for children to build, and providing them with fun writing activities is a great way to help them get ahead.

Learning specific writing skills, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation, can be overwhelming for some children, so it's important to provide your child with fun writing activities to help them develop these skills effectively.

At Night Zookeeper, we believe in making writing fun at home, and love to come up with new ideas on how you can help your child improve their writing skills!

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1. Story cards

Using story cards is a great creative writing idea that prompts your child to experiment with story starters & endings, different settings, characters, plots, new words, and everything in between!

You can make this fun writing activity as simple or as complex as you'd like, from writing a short sentence in each of the cards, to including images or drawings of what you'd like your child to write about.

This fun activity is great for reluctant writers, as it eases the creative process and helps them through the initial stages of writing a full narrative. It's also very versatile, and can be effective with preschoolers, as well as with older students!

2. Have fun with mad libs

Mad Libs is a fun activity that prompts children to fill in the gaps in different sentences with the aim to create a unique and funny story. For this fun writing activity, all your young learner will need is a piece of paper, a pen or pencil, and their imagination! Write down a few sentences to form a short story, and leave some gaps for your child to fill in with their own ideas.

Leaving intentional gaps can help your child develop their literacy and writing skills, including when to use nouns, verbs, adjectives, and punctuation to make a story flow. This is also a wonderful creative writing exercise, as the guided storylines will spark new ideas and help to develop students' imagination.

3. Follow a story map

Who doesn't love an exciting adventure? You can find lots of different story map worksheets and inspiration online, and they make for a fantastically fun writing activity! This is a great way to get your child to explore different story starters and endings, plot lines and twists, while also getting them to use their creative thinking skills as part of their writing practice.

Here's a free story map to get you started!

4. Try picture writing prompts

Sometimes it's difficult to think of a story from scratch, so having a visual prompt to help your child think creatively about writing can go a long way! Picture writing prompts can be the inspiration for many different styles of writing, from story writing, to acrostic poems, and can be a wonderful opportunity for your child to expand their vocabulary, improve descriptive writing skills and work on observation and reflection.

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Understanding the rules of sentence structure is crucial for writing quality texts, and this fun writing activity is the perfect way for your child to practice!

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6. Write to a pen pal

Writing to a pen pal can be a very fun way for your child to work on their physical and cognitive writing skills. Whether they choose to type, or send a handwritten letter, they'll be instantly motivated to express themselves clearly and communicate using correct English language practices.

This can be a particularly effective activity if you're homeschooling your child, as they'll get the chance to communicate with other children through writing, which is something that is quite common at school. If you're a little hesitant about finding a pen pal for your child, you can instead suggest that they regularly write to their future self, and become their own pen pal. Not only will this continue to help your child build writing skills, but the different letters will also make for wonderful memories!

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This resource collection provides practical tips and resources for educators to support online learning through remote instructional practices and techniques while students learn from home. The resources below are grouped and organized by content including, Literacy, Writing and Math Resources, Online Instruction Resources, English Language Learner Resources, and Strategies for Remote Learning.
Literacy, Writing and Math
This resource collection provides practical tips for educators as they facilitate instruction remotely for ELA, Writing and Math subjects.

Teaching Math to Young Children for Families and Caregivers. This web-based resource from REL Central, REL Appalachia, and REL Northwest provides quick tips, evidence-based activities and games, and videos that families and caregivers can use at home to support math learning for children ages 2-8. The new resource complements and extends the What Works Clearinghouse practice guide Teaching Math to Young Children by providing resources and activities to help families and caregivers support children as they practice math skills at home. More...

Where Can Teachers, Caregivers, And Parents Find Free Digital Resources To Support Early Math Learning? This resource from REL West addresses frequently asked questions about where teachers, caregivers, and parents can find digital resources to support early math learning. More...

Facilitating Online Math Sessions - COVID-19 School Response Webinar. This resource from the IDRA Equity Assistance Center-South compares different virtual learning platforms, including Zoom Whiteboard, Explain Everything, and Google Classrooms and Training. The webinar discusses how to use different platforms and strategies to support students in shared spaces and virtual learning environments. More...

Supporting Your Child's Reading at Home. This set of interactive resources from the REL Southeast can be used by teachers to share with parents and caregivers of kindergarten through third grade children. Resources include Family Activities parents can do at home to support their child to develop language, link sounds to letters, blend letters and word parts to read and write words, and read for understanding. More...

Interactive Readalouds: Learning from Books Together. These intentionally designedInteractive Readalouds by Regional Educational Laboratory West for teachers, families, and caregivers can provide far more than just a pleasant experience. They can foster literacy development by building language and comprehension skills.

Equitable Practices in Online Instruction
This resource collection provides educators with practical tips and best practices for addressing a spectrum of students' online learning needs in a variety of educational settings.

A Conversation with Teachers. The COVID-19 crisis has forced teachers to implement distance learning plans overnight. In this webinar, the Center for Education Equity (Equity Assistance Center Region I) heard from practitioners about how the global pandemic has impacted their practice. We learned: what resources are available for all students, how teachers are bridging the digital divide, and how might it inform their future practice.

Equitable Practices for Online Learning Webinar SeriesI DRA EAC South (EAC Region II) is developing webinars and digital workshops for educators to continue student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This library of webinars is growing, and currently includes the following topics:

Equitable Practices for Teaching Online (March 20, 2020). This webinar helps teachers rethink their lesson plans for an online platform, including resources like teacher-created YouTube channels and explainer videos, tools for sharing resources with your peers, and ways of working with your district to ensure students have access.

Digital Divide: Connectivity, Infrastructure and Devices (March 24, 2020). Get practical solutions to addressing the digital divide for your students. This webinar explores immediate and sustainable long-term strategies that preserve the integrity of district fiscal policies.

Tools & Tips to Alleviate the Homework Gap (March 31, 2020). The homework gap is not a new problem. But with the move to system-wide distance learning, it's not just a homework gap any longer. This webinar presents ways to support students who do not have internet access or computer.

Facilitating Online Math Sessions (April 7, 2020). Get tips you can use right away! Compare ways of supporting students in Google Classroom in shared spaces versus virtual learning environments. And see how to use Zoom Whiteboard, Explain Everything, and Google Classrooms and Training. The webinar discusses how to use different platforms and strategies to support students in shared spaces and virtual learning environments.

PBL at Home & Across the Curriculum (April 14, 2020). Project-based learning (PBL) is a powerful approach for educators to use with distance learning because it creates quality home learning experiences. Through hands-on experiences, students can explore, create, engage and connect what they are learning to the real-world. Join us as we explain PBL components of this interdisciplinary and inquiry-based learning approach with an equity lens and discuss applications of PBL across the curriculum.

Journal Writing About the Present for the Future - ELAR Webinar Part 1 (April 22, 2020). Lead your students as they create a primary source for future historians. In Part 1 of this three-part webinar series, Abydos trainers will outline literacy lessons adaptable for all grades as students use journal writing to record their responses to a pandemic that has upended their school year.

From Journaling to Personal Narratives - ELAR Webinar Part 2 (April 29, 2020). In the second of this three-part webinar series, Abydos trainers will demonstrate a process where students select one of their journal entries to expand it into a fully developed personal narrative, reflecting the significance of the COVID-19 event.

From Journaling and Personal Narratives to Letter Writing - ELAR Webinar Part 3 (April 30, 2020). In the final installment of this three-part webinar series, Abydos trainers will present steps for students to select from their journal entries one issue important to them. Students will expand their writing into a letter to someone in authority suggesting how the issue and its outcome could have been improved upon.

Chief Science Officer Students Determined to Promote STEM Despite School Closures (April 30, 2020). IDRA's Texas Chief Science Officer students have an inspirational message to share about how they have been coping with COVID-19 challenges and distance learning. These youth STEM ambassadors have not stopped their work to enrich a STEM culture despite their school and community closures. Instead, they have insightful perspectives on how they have been navigating these challenges, how they have stayed connected, and how they keep innovating and creating during this time. Watch as we elevate student voices and share their student success stories.

Teaching Science in Virtual Learning Environment (May 12, 2020). Explore how to leverage online platforms to make high-quality science learning interactive and hands-on from home. Dr. Stephanie Garcia and Michelle Vega will showcase four online platforms for teaching science concepts virtually: Educreations, Explain Everything, Quizlet and Padlet. They'll show how to use these tools through an online learning module template focused on Newton's Laws of Motion, a middle school science concept.

How a School District Tackled the Digital Divide (May 19, 2020). Hear how San Antonio ISD faced the digital divide to ensure learning continued for their students during COVID-19. Eva Mendoza, executive director of information technology, will describe the work that San Antonio ISD performed to bridge the digital divide in her district. She will discuss the challenges, successes and what's next.

Teacher, Parent and Student Perspectives on Using Google Classroom Effectively (May 26, 2020). Most people know that Google Classroom is a free online classroom management system, developed by Google for schools. But being a powerful and popular tool, doesn't necessarily keep teachers from experiencing bumps along the way in. In this webinar, get tips on how to use Google Classroom more effectively from the perspectives of a teacher, parent and student.

Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning. This recording features expert panelists' strategies for applying the evidence-based recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse's Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning Practice Guide.

Supporting English Learners
This resource collection provides educational resources that can assist families with English Learner needs while learning from home.

Integrating Language While Teaching STEM. The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition has released a teaching practice brief on effective instructional practices, examples, and practice shifts for science and engineering teachers. More...

Engaging English Learners and Families through Distance Learning. Family and community engagement are an essential part of student success. With COVID-19 related school closures and the transition to distance learning, many schools are working to sustain engagement with EL families and communities, and to ensure two-way communication to build school and community capacity. In this webinar hosted by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), panelists share best practices and examples for continuous EL family and community engagement in the current remote environment. ..

Guidance for navigating remote learning for English learner students. This blog from the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest focuses on supporting the unique needs of English learner students as schools shift to remote learning. The article discusses strategies for how best to adapt remote instruction to meet the unique backgrounds and needs of English learner students. More...

Partner Resource: COVID-19! How can I protect myself and others? This free guide from The Smithsonian helps youth and their families to learn about the underlying science and social science of COVID-19 at home to help students take actions to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. The guide is made up 7 tasks that each take about 1.5 hours to complete at home. The tasks are driven to help students answer typical questions about COVID-19 (what is it, why does it spread, why do I have to physically distance, why are people wearing a mask, what is contact tracing?) Students who have this knowledge will be less frightened by any changes they are currently experiencing and may confront when they return to school. The guide is available in 20+ languages. More...

Strategies for Remote Learning
This resource collection provides research-based considerations and strategies to support remote learning needs.

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This resource collection provides practical tips and resources for educators to support online learning through remote instructional practices and techniques while students learn from home. The resources below are grouped and organized by content including, Literacy, Writing and Math Resources, Online Instruction Resources, English Language Learner Resources, and Strategies for Remote Learning.

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