Sentences with phrase «6th grade program»

The 6th grade program is very cohesive and strong with fantastic teachers.

Edmentum's 2 - in - 1 pre-K through 6th grade program, Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress, provides a rich online experience that can be enjoyed by students anytime, anywhere.

Here are some middle schools that have significantly outperformed their elementary school's 6th grade program in math:

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Camp Troubie is a four - week summer program for rising / incoming 6th through 8th (morning academic classes) and rising / incoming 5th through 8th (afternoon enrichment) grade girls.

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Our 6th - 8th grade Middle School is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School implementing the Middle Years Program (MYP), an interdisciplinary, project based learning program with a focus on global context and Program (MYP), an interdisciplinary, project based learning program with a focus on global context and program with a focus on global context and impact.

The Palatine Youth Baseball & Softball (PYB / S) program is designed to teach the fundamentals of baseball & softball and sportsmanship to boys and girls ages 5 through 6th grade.

Chef into Chefs in the Garden, an interactive program based upon five core lessons adaptable from kindergarten to 6th - grade developmental levels.

For example, gang prevention programs targeting students in the 6th or 7th grade would be a good use of resources because most youth who join gangs begin in their early teenage years, and as early as ages 10 and 11.

My family has raised puppies since I was in 6th grade, and also participated in the breeding program — having 2 litters of Labrador Retreiver pups right in our computer room!

Traditional distance learning models can be effective, but they need to be adapted to ensure the experience is accessible for students that typically enter programs reading at the 6th - 10th grade level.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Students entered the G&T program in 6th grade, and their progress was measured when they were 7th graders, using data drawn from their Stanford Achievement Test scores and attendance rates.

Participation in the G&T program also increased the number of advanced courses in which students enrolled in 6th and 7th grade.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle - school programs for high - achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.

For example ~ a school learned that its 6th and 7th grade girls were disproportionately overweight ~ so it partnered with hip hop dance and non-contact kick boxing programs to provide afterschool physical activity opportunities.

Based on that first - year success, Los Altos extended the program to all of its 5th - and 6th - grade classes, and to its 7th graders who were achieving at grade level and below.

Los Altos has extended the Khan Academy program to all of its 5th and 6th grade classes, and to its 7th graders who were achieving at grade level and below.

Additionally ~ without having to have a reading series as was mandated in a 6th grade elementary program ~ my team created a very unique program we dubbed STARS (Specific topics to advance reading and other skills).

Last September, Principal Gail Thompson challenged her 220 kindergarten through 6th - grade pupils at the Doniphan (Neb.) Elementary School to read a total of 10,000 books in six months under the national «Book It» reading program.

Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS) is a science penpal program that started in 2010 as a collaboration between 6th grade science teacher in rural North Carolina and a chemistry graduate student at UC Berkeley.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

Glenn Davis, 26, who teaches 6th - grade math at KIPP LEAD in Gary, Indiana, says he'll apply to the Fisher Fellowship program in two years, because he hopes to start a high school for his current students.

Over the past 15 years, Ms. Akano has been a classroom teacher in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, a teaching assistant for the Freshman Immersion Program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and an assistant middle school principal.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

Because all students in New Jersey have participated in the same testing programs at the same time — that is, all 6th graders took the 5th - grade NJ ASK and the 6th - grade PARCC assessment — academic peers refers to the same concept that it traditionally has.

We also offer a high school placement program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade families.

From the beginning, the centerpiece of Chicago's high - stakes testing program for students was a set of minimum test - score standards on the reading and mathematics sections of the ITBS for students in the 3rd, 6th, and 8th grades.

She previously completed a three - year national study of the relationships between a school - based risk prevention program and risk behaviors of 6th to 8th grade students.

Leadership Empowerment Achievement Program (LEAP) to the 6th grade class.

Through an initial phase followed by expanded implementation, in - school and out - of - school time SEL programs will be provided to approximately 30,000 K - 6th grade children in 76 schools over the six - year period.

Check out Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress, Edmentum's online program for pre-K through 6th grade students designed to help students follow their own path to literacy through activities and games that build and reinforce foundational skills in a fun and interactive environment!

Tech Boston Academy, Boston This project will allow a team of 6th and 7th grade humanities teachers to research, plan, and implement a Sustained Silent Reading program in order to support students as they become life - long and enthusiastic learners, readers and thinkers.

Previous to this, she was selected by Teach for America to join the NYC Corps of 2002, where she taught 6th grade for two years, initiated a number of programs for at - risk youth, served as the TFA School Leader at Community Intermediate School 232, and was the Sue Lehman regional finalist in the NYC corps.

This four - year, Department of Education - supported grant program, brought teaching artists together with 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom teachers to research the impact of arts integration on students and teachers.

The program invites 50 6th grade students into the program each year and continues to work with these students until they reach college age.

A Los Angeles book launch event on Dec. 2 featured four Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows and contributing writers: Sujata Bhatt, founder of the Incubator School; Kyle Hunsberger, a mathematics teacher at Johnnie L. Cochrain, Jr., Middle School who developed and successfully implemented a 6th - grade basic - skills intervention program; Jeannette Marrone, a founding teacher at Environmental Science and Technology High School; and Stephanie Widmer, a Teach for America Learning Team Leader and humanities teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

The newly invigorated group ran an array of parent involvement activities, hosted four wildly popular «Fun Blast» events for students, organized welcome overnights for 6th graders, sponsored overnight field trips, created an inspiring career day for 8th graders, helped build an outdoor recreation center for the school, created a new grade parent volunteer program, ran monthly teacher appreciation activities, relaunched a program to curb bullying and aggression, and lots more.

And, don't forget to check back each month for more free topical resources from Edmentum's pre-K through 6th grade teaching and learning program, EducationCity!

Our pre-K through 6th grade solution brings learning to life across six different subjects, all in one intuitive, online program.

The Children's Zone's charter program starts out with one preschool, one kindergarten, and one 6th grade class, intending to add an additional elementary and middle school grade each year.

The program that we used was called Algebraic Foundations and provided us with a CD of facts set to music, many of our 6th graders were «too cool» to dance around the room singing their facts, this approach may have worked better in 4th and 5th grade.

He was also a National Teaching Fellow for Citizen Schools, where he instructed 6th grade students in math and ELA, and managed an apprenticeship program.

Our Upper Elementary program is organized using the traditional Montessori model; students in 4th — 6th grade form the learning community, and they are provided large blocks of uninterrupted time to access the curriculum.

It is recommended that students in the DLE Program continue in the program through at least 6th grade so that they have a greater opportunity to develop literacy skills and fluency in both lanProgram continue in the program through at least 6th grade so that they have a greater opportunity to develop literacy skills and fluency in both lanprogram through at least 6th grade so that they have a greater opportunity to develop literacy skills and fluency in both languages.

Social Studies in 5th and 6th grades may receive, at most, one hour of attention each week with that section subject to elimination to accommodate special programs, non-history testing or neglected planning.

Among students who regularly attended OST programs, they had higher promotion rates than their peers, entered 6th and 9th grade with higher school attendance (important transition grades to middle and high school), and were significantly less likely to be chronically absent.

Secondary Alignment 2014 - 2015 Middle and High School and 6th - 8th grade Aligned Programs: Out - of - School Time (OST), Community Learning Centers (CLC), Full Service Community Schools, Extended Learning and other approved after - school activity pPrograms: Out - of - School Time (OST), Community Learning Centers (CLC), Full Service Community Schools, Extended Learning and other approved after - school activity programsprograms.

The new law means Destiny Middle School in Tacoma will be re-instated as a public charter school and move forward on its plans to offer a full 6th and 7th grade program.The new law ensures that Destiny will continue to serve its diverse student population of 86 percent students of color, 83 percent students in the Free or Reduced - price Lunch program and 22 percent students with special needs.

The cycle of teaching, learning and engaging continues until the afternoon bell rings, signaling the end of the regular classroom day and the beginning of both the LA's Best Afterschool program for K - 5 students and YPI / 21st Century Kids enrichment classes for middle school (6th - 8th grade) students.