Sentences with phrase «give a classroom of»

Give a classroom of kids a full science experience by showing them where science is done and who does it.

Give a classroom of students a prompt to write, and observe how many stare at their blank page or write disjointed ideas.

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The method, which he has tried in classrooms in the U.K., Italy and the U.S., begins by dividing kids into groups of four, and giving each group a computer with Internet access.

These employees are given a maximum of 15 months of on - the - job education in a classroom setting, typically for three two - hour sessions each week, Kreiter said.

That's the motto of a new charity - Classes 4 Classes was started this year - that encourages students to give back by sponsoring kids in other classrooms all over the United States by raising money and resources.

A few years ago he went beyond critique and created the Thiel Fellowship, which gives a US$ 100,000 grant to entrepreneurial young people who «want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.»

And given his boundless curiosity — it's a small wonder that his vision for the future of work is, «A classroom where we're always growing to be better.»

«Going to the actual classroom gave me so much inspiration and ideas of where the product should go.»

Our Bachelor of Commerce degree offers you more than just classroom learning; you'll have the unique privilege of connecting to the business community through our Mentorship program, a Career Centre that helps you to polish your resume, practice for interviews and find jobs suited to your specialization, and a Co-Op program that gives you the opportunity to «earn while you learn», gain business experience, develop a network of contacts and have a better understanding of careers in your field.

Given the dramatic rise of distance learning and new trends such as the flipped classroom model, dispersed student bodies must be able to access online applications and videos as easily as if they were sitting in a classroom.

Soon after, parents filled the same classroom, where they were given a look at the kids designs but now - they gave their input on what they wanted their kids to get out of a playground, and what safety / age appropriate features did they feel a playground needed.

Such an alternative view of students in classroom space would call for more, not less interaction, cooperation in tasks rather than competition, a dynamic give and take instead of a unilateral telling and listening.

You can use your classroom program, your curriculum, yourself and your relationships to give empty youngsters massive doses — big servings, tremendous helpings — of whatever they are seeking: love... achievement... belonging... praise... acceptance independence.

The researchers concluded that the emotional atmosphere of a given classroom affected the pupil's endocrine systems — a hostile, threatening, or highly competitive atmosphere tending to cause the release of sugar in the blood.

The carpeted floor of the classrooms is two steps below the hallway so that entering the room gives the effect of being gathered into a place of safety.

An example Harris gives is of a kindergarten classroom occupied by primarily Latino / a students.

Consider adopting a classroom with your church home group or Sunday school class or for your family Christmas (instead of gifts for each other, give the gift of education).

My friends and family weren't given a mere two hours to clear out a classroom full of personal items with instructions to have all assignments graded and recorded and next week's lesson plans ready to go for the «approved» replacement.

The State can not finance secular instruction if it permits religion to be taught in the same classroom; but if it exacts a promise that religion not be so taught — a promise the school and its teachers are quite willing and on this record able to give — and enforces it, it is then entangled in the «no entanglement» aspect of the Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence [Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 666, 668].

Rather, the court had struck down the Rhode Island statute primarily because of its own model of church - state separation and its own unsupported views of what was likely to happen in Rhode Island parochial school classrooms — although the record gave no indication that entanglement difficulties would accompany the salary - supplement program.

In the give and take of a classroom, controversial issues are discussed.

But last week the teacher gave lollipops to the kids in the classroom as part of their learning activities.

«This organization has given me an opportunity to not only get involved volunteering in my community, but also learn more about how to be a better leader, in my community, classroom and on the soccer field, which I am hoping to bring to the University of Colorado.»

While visiting four - star DT Jay Tufele's high school on Friday, Jim Harbaugh stopped in a classroom to give some words of...

The girls are given a more focused education — the classrooms are much smaller than in the coed schools that pack upwards of a 100 students in one room — and they perform, on average, much better than the rest of Kakuma on Kenya's standardized testing for secondary schools.

While visiting four - star DT Jay Tufele's high school on Friday, Jim Harbaugh stopped in a classroom to give some words of wisdom:

The focus of the training, delivered via professional - development workshops and phone - coaching sessions, was the personal interactions in the classroom between teachers and students; the coaches gave teachers strategies designed to help them build a «positive emotional climate» and show «sensitivity to student needs for autonomy.»

Giving students more autonomy in their learning meant giving up control — handing over the reins of the clasGiving students more autonomy in their learning meant giving up control — handing over the reins of the clasgiving up control — handing over the reins of the classroom.

The building - blocks model is, at present, mostly a theoretical framework, but it gives educators and anyone else concerned with child development a different and valuable lens through which to consider the problems of disadvantaged kids in the classroom.

Teachers are trained in behavior - management techniques that dial confrontations down rather than up, and they are given strategies to help them create a climate of belonging and engagement in the classroom.

I know the temptation to catch up on housework or waste the day away sitting on the computer will be great, but I hope to use some of that time every Wednesday to nurture myself (as well as volunteer in Ava's classroom for two hours every other week — see, I can't give up focusing on my kids that easily).

It's the adult version of giving everyone in the classroom a card; we must be «nice» to ourselves.

For example, just six Jolly Rancher candies handed out as a classroom reward have almost 6 teaspoons of added sugar, while one Capri Sun juice pouch and five hard peppermint candies given to «boost energy» on standardized testing days contain almost 8 teaspoons.

The intention of this course is to give the teacher a living connection to science so that this same enthusiasm, understanding, and interest can be shared when the teacher is working with the students in the classroom.

While the tray technology certainly won't help with things like classroom treats, it will give parents a much - need look at their kids» dietary days, without the convenient filter of kid «omissions» and «revisions.»

Illinois» grant is one of 19 given to states as part of the USDA's Team Nutrition program to bring the message of healthy food not only into the lunchroom but into the classroom and the home too.

Early reading in schools is necessary so that the teacher can give children classroom assignments rather than working individually with each of them, but at home it doesn't matter.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

After a year of attempting to give classroom parties at my son's elementary school a healthy makeover, I've concluded that it can be difficult to make real change without one.

The first year everyone had to eat in the classroom but this year we gave the kindergarten classes the option — one stayed in the classroom, three opted to go to the lunch room and eat out of their coolers in there.

Most classrooms offer a max classroom size of 10 - 12, which gives your child a more one on one experience.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

It's a gift that they will appreciate and one you can feel good about giving because it's something your child (and others after them) can enjoy using in the classroom for the rest of the year.

Giving the best teacher gift isn't impossible if you know your child's teacher but if you're feeling stuck, here's a list of favorite gifts from the teachers at my kids» elementary school, my former colleagues, and from my experience in the classroom.

I know many of us parents say, «If I could be a fly on the wall of their classroom...» While it would be kind of silly to see one of us sitting in an elementary school desk or hiding under our college student's dorm room bed, there are plenty of ways that our kids can «take us with them» to school, or at least the most important advice we can give them.

Some children, by the age of four or five, may be eager to get into a classroom, to find new resources and new adults to give them fresh ideas.

In this book, John Holt gives his observations of learning and not - learning that was happening in classrooms, where he was an observer (generally where there was another teacher doing the teaching).

«Whenever I'm meeting with folks about breakfast - in - the - classroom, I give them all the same piece of advice,» said Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom consultant Elizabeth Campbell.

I hope it gives school time more of a classroom comeraderie rather than each kid being in a different phase of life.

This model gives students a portion of professional full day classroom instruction and a portion of home study days with curriculum provided by the classroom teacher.