Flocabulary: K-12 Educational Hip-Hop

Flocabulary is an online library of educational hip-

hop songs, videos and classroom activities used in
over 20,000 schools to engage and inspire students.
Over 500 videos to supplement instruction
in math, science, social studies, ELA,
vocabulary, current events, and life skills,
including financial literacy and social &
emotional learning
Common Core aligned math and ELA
content
Vocabulary lessons proven to raise scores
on state reading tests
Printable lyrics, challenge questions and
activities for each video, plus
implementation guides for teachers
Flocabulary offers select free units on its website,
and a free 30-day school-wide trial allows access to
the entire online library for all teachers at your
school.



New Micro-Scholarships Motivate High School
Students
What if your students could receive a $1,000
college scholarship for earning an A in your
class? How about $600 for earning a B? $500
for taking an Honors or AP course? $250 for
participating in an extracurricular activity? And
more?

Teachers have begun motivating and rewarding
their students with Micro-Scholarships through a
new program called Raise.Me
(www.raise.me/teachers), which is funded in part
by the University of Pennsylvanias Graduate School
of Education and the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. Participation is open to all students in
grades 9 through 12, and its free for all teachers
and high schools that want to boost their students
achievement and improve their access to college.


Books That Grow MS and HS teachers
Do you need help teaching high-level and low-level
readers in the same classroom? Try Books That
Grow, winner of the 2014 National School Boards
Associations Innovation Showcase. Books That
Grow provides digital books that ADAPT to each
students reading ability: stronger readers see
advanced vocabulary and syntax, while struggling
readers see a simplified version of the same text.
Our library includes fiction and non-fiction text
including:
Classic Literature
Informational Text
Essays
Biographies
Primary Source Documents
Were running a special promotion through
October. The first teacher in any school to use
Books That Grow can use it for free. Sign up here.