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Kathleen Nicholson
Amherst Elementary School
WI

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I just completed my 40th year of teaching and I can't wait to meet my new class of fourth graders in September! Teaching Experience: grades 1-7 self-contained; K-12 gifted/talented; university undergraduate & graduate (elementary science methods); MaTR(Macromoleculatar Teacher Resource Institute) Institute; CRAY Academy Education: Univ. WI- Stevens Point: BS in elementary education grades 1-8; UW-SP: MEPD in environmental education and elementary science Training: Google for Education: SMART Certified Trainer Professional Affiliations: NSTA, WSTA (WI Science Teachers Assoc.) WEST (WI Elementary & Middle Level Science Teachers - founding member) CESI (Council of Elementary Science International) ILA (International Literacy Association) WSRA (WI State Reading Assoc.) CWRA (Central Wis. Reading Assoc.) Recognitions: Herb Kohl Fellowship; Golden Apple; WSTA; WEST; UW-Stevens Point; REGT (Rural Education for Gifted/Talented)

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Sun, May 14, 2017 12:42 PM in Standards Based Grading and NGSS

I am interested in this as well. We are developing a standards based report card for grades K - 8 and we are having a lot of difficulty with science. I would appreciate anything including ideas, samples, what's worked, what's not worked from others in this same situation.

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Mon, May 02, 2016 8:44 AM in Elementary Assessment

We are looking at changing to a standards-based assessment to replace the traditional letter-grade report card for grades 1-4. Does anyone have examples or suggestions for where we might look? We want to align to the NGSS.

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Sat, Feb 21, 2015 1:21 PM in We need more time to teach Science

You might want to check out Sadlier Reading Progress. I previewed it last year and now our school's language arts committee is reviewing it. It integrates CCSC language and reading with grade-level science and social studies content. We haven't adopted anything yet, but so far it looks quite promising. The lessons some of us have used with our students worked very well.

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