Sentences with phrase «8th grade teaching»

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The Detroit Waldorf School supports its Pre-K through 8th grade students with skillful, enthusiastic teaching and a nurturing school community.

Of the many subjects taught in the eight - year cycle of a class teacher, few are more challenging than the science main lessons of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

He is co-author of Sensible Physics Teaching, a guide for teaching physics in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and author of two other books, Embracing Materialism and Letting IT Go, and What is Being AskedTeaching, a guide for teaching physics in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and author of two other books, Embracing Materialism and Letting IT Go, and What is Being Askedteaching physics in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and author of two other books, Embracing Materialism and Letting IT Go, and What is Being Asked of You.

«the care and dedication of individual teachers»...» the loving approach of the teachers»...» the personal attention my child receives in the classroom»...» the depth in teaching the developing human being»... «that the teachers and staff are well - acquainted with my child and every concern I've had about my child has been met with the staff's full attention, concern, and capability to professionally address the matter at hand»... «how the teachers «hold» each child and class»...» mindfulness toward the children's needs»... «love that the teacher stays with the child through 8th grade»

Sarah found her way to the Corvallis Waldorf School in 2003 where she has taught German to grades Pre-K through 8th grade, assisted in the Willow Wind Kindergarten, and served as the director of the Extended Day Program.

«It was nice to take everything in and to have that honor,» said Albright, 33, who teaches 8th grade math at Cortland Junior - Senior High School

I teach 8th grade science, so I wrote a book about using primal ideas in the classroom.

Also, if you teach 8th grade....

Having taught 8th grade civics for 37 years I know how tough it can be to interact meaningfully with the level of energy that 14 year olds have and that pretty much continues into the levels you deal with as a media specialist.

I have taught for 16 years in 4th grade, self - contained 5th grade, 6th - 8th Reading Intervention at the middle school level, and 12 years as a 6th grade ELA teacher.

KHMS proudly teaches all of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in the district.

In addition to core studies in English, math, science, history, languages, and the fine arts, students take a required sequence in religion and philosophy: 6th - grade students study the Apostles» Creed and the saints; in the 7th grade, they focus on the Church and the Ten Commandments; 8th graders conduct an overview of the Bible and the Sacraments; 9th - grade students study the Old Testament, the Apologetics, and C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity; the 10th - grade focus is the New Testament and Church history; 11th grade introduces metaphysics and ethics; and the 12th - grade course features the philosophy and social teachings of the Catholic Church.

They agreed that Hope's 8th - grade language - arts teachers would concentrate on how better to teach «author's purpose,» a D.C. learning standard.

For seven years, I've taught at Scuole Manzoni, a classical and scientific Lyceum for 8th - 12th grade.

And, because the students I teach are in 8th grade, I included questions about the challenges ahead, such as Do you feel ready for High School?

Nevertheless, studies have found that, after controlling for the size and structure of the school and the social background of its students, schools in provinces with external exams taught their students a statistically significant one - half of a U.S. grade - level equivalent more math and science by 8th grade than comparable schools in provinces that did not give curriculum - based external tests.

These tales are playful enough to appeal to grades 2nd - 3rd, but also clever enough to entertain and teach grades 4th - 8th (or older).

When I taught 8th grade science, I was consistently ranked the 2nd or 3rd highest public school in the state.

I teach 4th through 8th grade, so I have everything on shirts from parts of speech, to reducing fractions, to the writing process, to our classroom behavior rules.

«Kim Haynes, a K - 12 teacher and freelance writer, directs students to make collages that represent concepts, such as a biological life cycle,» writes Todd Finley (@finleyt); «Bates Middle School, in Annapolis, teaches velocity and acceleration in 8th grade science by having students reflect on paintings that depict battling ships being fired upon by cannons.»

This has been the «most rewarding teaching» he's ever done, said Kevin Kreller, who teaches 8th - grade English.

Sarah Stuntz Learning and Teaching Hometown: currently Somerville, Massachusetts Experience: 8th - grade English teacher Future plans: 9th - grade English teacher and instructional leader

Laura teaches 6 - 8th grade technology, and Kathy teaches 6 - 8th grade performing arts.

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.

The State Board of Education adopted a new set of instructional materials and textbooks for kindergarten through 8th grade on Wednesday that incorporates what education officials describe as a pathbreaking approach to more effectively teaching English learners.

I have taught 8th grade social studies in the Elmbrook School District for 28 years.

For 12 years, Kavan taught 7th grade biology and 8th grade physical science at the Carleton W. Washburne School in Winnetka, Illinois.

Common - core experts have noted that the 8th grade math course is a much tougher course than what was traditionally taught at that level — it now includes many concepts that students used to learn in Algebra I.

In addition to the survey data collected, in - depth interviews were conducted with 43 teachers who taught in the promotion-gate grades (3rd, 6th, and 8th, where students faced their test - score Rubicons) at five K - 8 schools in the system.

She teaches 7th / 8th grade students and serves her school community in leadership roles, including being part of the school climate committee and running an after - school mentoring program.

Her first 7 years were at Madison Middle School where she taught 8th grade Earth Science.

She will be teaching 7th and 8th grade math this year.

Four years later, she began teaching at CALS Charter Middle School as the 8th grade Humanities and Reading teacher.

During her time as an undergraduate, she spent one summer teaching 8th grade writing as a teaching fellow through Breakthrough Greater Boston.

She currently teaches 8th grade math and science.

Ryan Piper has been teaching 8th grade math at Gilmore Middle School in Racine, Wisconsin for 15 years.

Born and raised in Louisiana, Corinn began her career in education teaching 8th grade math in New Orleans as a Teach For America corps member.

«It felt correct right away, like the right way to teach,» says Amber Weston, who has taught 8th grade language arts / social studies in the district since the literacy initiative was launched.

While teaching a full - time 8th grade writing workshop, she began creating her own materials and scaffolding them to ensure a progression of learning.

Analyzing the forms that listed all the mathematics classes taught within each U.S. school participating in the 1995 TIMSS, we found that the vast majority of U.S. 8th graders attended schools that tracked students into three types of 8th grade mathematics: regular, prealgebra, and algebra (Cogan, Schmidt, & Wiley, 2001).

Nor for teachers who taught, say, both 7th and 8th grade students in, say, math, and were «awarded» VAM scores for both grade levels: it's as if someone was to throw darts at a large chart, blindfolded, and wherever the dart lands, that's your score.»

Common Core supporters will point to the rise in reading scores in 2017 — nearly 3 points in 4th grade, about 4 points in 8th — to argue that teachers are using better materials and have become more skilled in teaching the new standards.

Before joining the Student Social Support R&D Lab, Adan served in the 2013 Teach for America Corps as an 8th grade American History teacher in East Los Angeles and as the Executive Director of the Lennox Educational Advancement Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) local organization.

Samir taught 8th grade Algebra at Willowbrook Middle in Compton, California.

She has taught 8th grade pre-algebra, honors algebra, and honors geometry for the past 19 years.

Arts in the Classroom (AIC) is a program designed to primarily provide professional development for teachers and administrators of preK - 8th grade schools in the foundations of arts integration as a teaching tool to enhance teaching skills and improve student achievement through the infusion of the arts into the basic curriculum.

In the middle schools, the 60 6th, 57 7th, and 59 8th grade teachers were all math specialists and implemented the intervention in each mathematics classes that they taught.

Cline has taught 7th and 8th grade mathematics for 21 years.

She has taught 7th grade math, 8th grade math, algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2, algebra 3, and Pima Math 151.

In addition to teaching 8th grade English language arts, I lead my grade - level team.