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Simple, quick, strategies, and tips for covering standards! Table Of Contents MATH SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WRITING ACROSS SUBJECT AREAS SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES Do you struggle to find time to fit in all standards and subjects during the school day?Try using Cross-curricular learning to combine different subjects that children find meaningful, engaging, and relate subjects to real life. When used correctly, cross-curricular boosts critical thinking skills, increase application of skills, structure lessons around themes, and encourage students to become lifelong learners. In primary grades, most teachers are responsible for teaching all subjects making it difficult to cover all standards. In this post I am going to share a few simple, quick, strategies, and easy tips, you can begin using to get you started learning how integrate standards in your classroom. MATH SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY In math I have students graph daily by writing simp...