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Highlighting English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Spanish resources in SAS Curriculum Pathways.

Students & Educators

Ralph MooreSeptember 22, 2015 2

5 SAS Curriculum Pathways Hidden Gems

Every school day thousands of teachers and students use the over 1,500 free resources in SAS Curriculum Pathways. Many will visit the most popular lessons, tools, and apps, such as Writing Navigator, the Algebra course, or the U.S. History document-analysis series. All are enormously helpful to students and teachers. But the 1,500 resources also

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image of the Writing Reviser add-on highlighting all prepositional phrases

Scott McQuigganSeptember 15, 2015 4

5 Reasons Young and Old Writers Need the SAS Writing Reviser Add-on for Google Docs

Are you one of the more than 240 million users of Google Drive? Are you using Google Docs in the classroom, for work or life? Whether you are writing a narrative essay for your 5th-grade teacher due in two days, summarizing your methods and results for the lab report due

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Mimi StapletonSeptember 9, 2015 1

Enhance Language Skills with Spanish Grammar Resources!

Are you looking for resources that teach linguistic competence (about the language) and communicative competence (meaningful communication)? Spanish Grammar in Practice has 11 interactive resources that enhance listening, reading, and writing skills with extension activities for speaking skills. Each offers three levels of Spanish instruction--beginning, intermediate, or advanced--with the focus

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Terry HardisonSeptember 8, 2015 0

It's the [Sentence] Economy Stupid

I recall sitting at my desk one sunny morning back in June, frowning at my computer screen as I reread the first two paragraphs of a blog I had been laboring over for the last hour. This is not working at all, I remember thinking. I’m not saying what I

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Staci LyonSeptember 1, 2015 0

Solving Equations: Is my work correct?

Solving equations and inequalities are essential skills in mathematics. And for many students, practicing is the key to success in solving. As students work on the concept of solving equations/inequalities at home, many think, "How will I know if I’m doing it right?" One answer is the Practice Solving Series,

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Molly FarrowAugust 30, 2015 0

Move Forward with Backward Design: 5 Ideas for Document Analysis

(AKA Good old-fashioned planning) It's August. A new school year awaits. You can’t plan every minute of the first 100 days of class in the time that remains, so start by designing some strategic scaffolding. Identifying overall goals is essential to developing lessons that help your students achieve their goals. The

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Terry HardisonAugust 11, 2015 26

How to get started with the Writing Reviser Add-on for Google Docs

I’m sure most students would agree that writing well—especially writing well for a variety of purposes—is not easy. On any given school day, a student might be asked to analyze a poem by Emily Dickinson, to construct a lab report following a science experiment, or to explain the historical importance

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Ada LopezJuly 21, 2015 0

Why Teachers Love Pluto

The Facts about Pluto You've heard the news: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has released the first images of dwarf planet Pluto. Dwarf planet? What does that mean? It’s smaller than any other planet. It’s even smaller than many of the moons orbiting other planets, including Earth. Pluto has more similarities to

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Tim McBrideJuly 20, 2015 0

Doggone Homework

In my school days, I recall making a dishonest, last-ditch effort to explain an English-class delinquency by claiming, “The dog ate my homework.” Perhaps some teachers are gullible enough to believe this bit of gastronomic nonsense. But none of them taught at St Pius X School in Rochester, NY. That

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