Sentences with phrase «as grade school kids»

Mine, even as a grade school kid, was all about writing lists.

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And regardless of social class, the stresses and distractions that afflict unemployed parents also afflict their kids, who are more likely to repeat a grade in school, and who on average earn less as adults.

One of the resons I thought there would be a higher percentage of atheisim is that evolution is being taught as fact in schools, but apparently most of the kids are not buying it, they just answer the questions on exams for the best grades.

Kids at my school began building their resumes in ninth grade, taking as many AP classes as possible even if the classes were subjects they had no interest in and required cheating to get through.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familySchool: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

We argue with the teacher about our kids» less than perfect grades in middle and high school, as if the teacher has made a mistake instead of our perfect kid.

A simple idea in college motivated a group of 17 - 21 year old women to earn top grades on campus, so I'm thinking this could really work for younger kids as a reward system or as extra inspiration in school work.

As with any new or potentially unsettling situation — like starting school for the first time or entering a new grade or new school — allow kids time to adjust.

The staff at the grade school didn't take her allergy very seriously though until a child died the next county over and then my child had a serious reaction to candy a teacher gave out at the end of the day as the kids were getting on the bus.

The Pleasanton School District, north of San Jose, Calif., is proposing this month to cut homework times by nearly half and prohibit weekend assignments in elementary grades because, as one administrator said, «parents want their kids back.»

We don't need the best or fancy for our kids, but our school is rated, based on the standardized tests taken in grade 3 and 6, as a 2/10 (or, put another way, out of 3037 schools in our province, our local school is currently sitting at 2986/3037 with a continuing downward trend.

High school teachers are frequently left wondering about GT identifications, when they see no evidence of higher performance as kids enter 9th grade.

(A parental dispensation only possible for kids who haven't entered the high - school pressure cooker where — as with Sara Notte — summer homework is graded and can directly affect a student's chances to enter a top - tier university.)

I refer to this as «the trifecta:» The revisions to CACFP close the gap, because now we have an updated meal pattern for infants and very young children in WIC, for children in child care through the CACFP, and then the school meal program carries kids right up to grade 12.

As kids enter grade school, they begin to figure out that the color of their skin has meaning beyond the colors found in a crayon box.

«John's history as a community leader will further engage and educate the community on the brand new Connect Kids initiative, which involves free access to all fourth - grade students and their families, free field trips for eligible schools, free Learn to Swim lessons for children, the youth conservation corps and various outdoor recreational programs.

The Library website also has links to Common Core initiatives, award - winning book titles based on age and grade in school, and popular databases such as World Book Kids online encyclopedia, Mango Language foreign language tools, and Biography in Context, to name just a few.

«He has kids in grade school,» one of the nursestold me as we headed for the intensive care unit.

Chrissy Lewin's four kids played outside in the snow Saturday, while she took a break from her busy schedule as a yoga instructor and second - grade teacher at Rosemont Elementary School.

It's not the end of Summer yet, but Fall is looming closer and it's also a time of change as kids start new grades or even new schools.

Along the way he meets several helpful elementary school kids, a gay principal who once made a living as a pro wrestler (Josh Mostel), a deranged school bus driver (Chris Farley), and the scrumptious Ms. Veronica Vaughn, Billy's third - grade teacher, played wonderfully by Mrs. Pete Sampras, Bridgette Wilson.

From its inception, Citizen Schools has focused on kids in sixth, seventh, and particularly eighth grade because, as Schwarz suggests about middle school's «capstone year,» intervention at this point is most likely «to prevent kids from voting with their feet and dropping out later on.»

He calls instead for an «American core curriculum» in grades K - 8 — for all kids, all schools, all communities, all states — and outlines what that would entail, as well as why it's important.

Schools and districts have to be really cognizant of the experiences of our black kids as they go from room to room, from grade to grade, from school to school.

Weighted student funding (WSF) As with most major reforms of school finance, doing WSF right entails complex formulas, oft - changing allocations of money (when a kid shifts schools, for example, or moves to the next grade, or her needs change), sophisticated building - level budgeting, and the integration of dollars from multiple sources that carry different requirements.

Below is a collection of catchy sayings that work as cues to be quiet, the first ones appropriate for early and middle grade students, and the later ones field tested to work with high school kids.

* This lack of synchrony leads to bizarre situations, such as an arts - keen kid finding a program that's right for him at one level but only in science, or maybe nothing, at the next level and youngsters welcomed into «gifted» program as late as ninth grade who find no openings in suitable high schools starting in tenth.

On a practical level, schools can also stagger the open house, with one grade per night, allowing parents with multiple kids not to feel rushed as they race from class to class.

«I think as we're going through these years of Common Core standards, we're going to see a lot more success for kids as they're exiting public school in the 12th grade.»

Even as the low quality research kept showing that holding kids back was bad, a growing chorus of critics urged schools to end «social promotion,» the practice of passing failing students onto the next grade.

As Eva Moskowitz puts it: «If (we) backfilled older grades... the incoming students» lower relative academic preparation would adversely affect the schools» other students... We have an obligation to the parents in middle and high school, and the kids in middle and high school, that until the district schools are able to do a better job, it's not really fair for the seventh - grader or high school student to have to be educated with a child who's reading at a second - or third - grade level.»

If you have schools mixing and matching the plan of integrating the middle school sequence, it seems to me that there's going to be a group of kids who transfer schools or who are in a grade midway through the sequence and who will miss hunks of science curriculum as this transition is made.

Even though, as NPR reports, in some classes as many as over 50 % of children are performing above grade level, unofficially, school principals and superintendents tell parents that if their kids are bored, that's what Gifted and Talented programs are for.

In my 30 + years as a school SLP and 3 kids go through the public school system (to 8th grade), the first thing to note is that truly «gifted» students are few and far between.

Michael Petrilli: — as we have now in early reading — there was evidence 20 years ago on phonics — on phonemic awareness, that was finally incorporated into our schools — now we have good evidence that these level texts, just having kids who are fifth graders reading first grade texts over and over again, has not been working.

As much as I want to see education spending increased, with the consequent potential to reduce class sizes, add counselors, librarians, and nurses, etc., I also recognize that kids spend — between kindergarten and 12th grade — about 17 % of their waking lives in schooAs much as I want to see education spending increased, with the consequent potential to reduce class sizes, add counselors, librarians, and nurses, etc., I also recognize that kids spend — between kindergarten and 12th grade — about 17 % of their waking lives in schooas I want to see education spending increased, with the consequent potential to reduce class sizes, add counselors, librarians, and nurses, etc., I also recognize that kids spend — between kindergarten and 12th grade — about 17 % of their waking lives in school.

As a first - grade and high - school teacher, and through observation of my sons» testing experience, I've mostly seen kids not mind missing their regular classes for grade - level tests.

The data is not collected at the high school level, but the decline in English minutes in grade schools could affect kids as they head into high school, educators say.

The irony is that if we want our kids to be truly successful (happy, healthy, fulfilled, and prepared for life outside of school), we need to challenge the narrow conception of success as solely related to grades, test scores, and educational credentials, and we must focus on these other critical components.

The girl who was her best friend in grade school was put into a high level religious school in our area and at one time she had as bright a mind as my kid but now she is far behind.

He began his work in the middle grades as a young adolescent at Lynnhaven Junior High School in Virginia Beach, trying to fit in with other kids while also playing tuba in the marching and concert bands.

Since School B has fewer challenges, they don't need to spend quite as much time focusing on testing because their kids have more resources, and therefore, are likely to have more kids at or above grade level.

The new online homepage will be a place where parents can search for all kinds of information about their schools, such as how often kids and teachers come to school, how fast schools are getting their English learners ready to learn at grade level, how test scores are improving, how long students with special needs are receiving extra help, how much money is sent to underperforming schools, and where early education is available.

More - closely monitoring the academic progress of students, essentially subjecting schools to the same Value - Added analysis that is now being applied to teachers and schools in traditional public school settings also makes sense, as does monitoring their graduation rates; a private school that doesn't make the grade shouldn't be a school that families should send their kids.

As kids across the country return to school, the results of a new poll suggest it's adults who need a lesson on the Common Core State Standards, a set of end - of - grade expectations in math and English adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia.

parenting, school, books reading kids, people... the best gift is the knowledge, when my daughter was in 3 grade she was an avid reader, and want to know everything before talk about, so my husband had an stroke she become more obsessed with the subject, she wanted to be a doctor since she was 3 years old, anyways me as a nurse had my books and she saw me one night refreshing myself about strokes me half ways sleep, lack of caffeine then we start talking the doctor and me and she was raising her hand and the doctor ask her, you want to know when daddy is coming home, sweetie?

That night I found myself as an instant chaperone to two grade school kids at 10:00 PM.

It began as a contest to reduce trash among sixth - grade classrooms in Boston's Mill Pond School, but now kids, parents, and teachers alike are rethinking the role of waste in their lives.

From building with Lego's as a kid, helping build our family's cabin while in grade school, to working alongside other contractors throughout high school and college building numerous homes.

Your kids may be toddlers or in grade school now, but will their financial needs surge as they age?