Sentences with phrase «in fourth and fifth grades»

New London's version of a Renzulli Academy will begin its focus in the fourth and fifth grades next fall, eventually expanding to sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

Band and strings programs are also offered during the school day for interested students in the fourth and fifth grades.

Starting in 2016 there will be class size limits of 24 in transitional kindergarten and kindergarten; a class size limit of 27 in first through third grades and a limit of 30 in fourth and fifth grades.

In fourth and fifth grades, students are grouped into either an accelerated classroom or grade - level classrooms.

«For several years now, IDRA staff have mentored and coached teachers in fourth and fifth grades and has been instrumental in empowering teachers with strategies and tools to positively impact student learning.

Our results from our analysis of math scores in the fourth and fifth grades, available in the paper, show generally similar patterns, with some differences across grades.

Now it has found that the effects, while somewhat smaller, are still visible in language, math, and science scores in fourth and fifth grades.

In fourth and fifth grades, most Enota teachers design learning contracts, weekly activity charts that offer a menu of activities based on varying intelligences, for their students.

When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, Gates checked «scientist» in both fourth and fifth grade.

It is especially important in fourth and fifth grade, where the hunt - and - peck method still seems easier to the students because they are not as fast as they'd like to be.

«We still only do this with three classes out the ten in fourth and fifth grade.»

The WCPSS school board will have to make several unpopular choices including putting more than 30 students in fourth and fifth grade, converting non-instructional spaces such as closets and offices into small - group classroom spaces, and adjusting student assignment plans.

This hydroponics project has now evolved into a transdisciplinary STEM approach to learning in that fourth and fifth grade students have taken an active role in improving the world in which they live.

The takeaway, according to Coch, is that teachers should have realistic expectations of their students» abilities and not expect them to be reading with full word automaticity in fourth and fifth grade.

Not exact matches

James McCollum said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that he tolerated the religion classes in the fourth grade but decided in the fifth that he did not want to continue, and his parents supported him.

Conley, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump and a former high school point guard in Chicago, had taken a job with USA Track and Field in Indianapolis, moving there from Fayetteville, Ark., where he had coached Mike Jr.'s AAU teams to fourth - and fifth - grade national titles.

Our dual - language program of both Mandarin and Spanish from first through fourth grades, followed by intensive study of Spanish from fifth through eighth grades, provides both an intellectual boost as well as a window into the cultural practices of the wider world — in Nashville and beyond.

KidsQuest KidsQuest is a CDC website designed for students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, to get them to think about people with disabilities and some of the issues related to daily activities, health, and accessibility.

The district has a policy that recommends an hour of homework or less for younger children: 30 minutes in kindergarten and first grade, 45 minutes in second and third grade, and 60 minutes for fourth - and fifth - graders.

They study Russian in kindergarten; Mandarin Chinese in first grade; Spanish, French and Italian in second, third and fourth grades; and Latin in fifth.

About 38,000 teachers, or 20 percent, had one - fifth of their evaluations based on their students» scores in the fourth - through eighth - grade English and math tests.

II: Saving the Kingdom of Fivealot, researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture / Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital evaluated how creating implementation intentions (i.e., specific plans) within the goal - setting component in the game helped fourth and fifth grade students improve fruit and vegetable intake at specific meals.

In 2012, they examined vision in nearly 20,000 fourth - and fifth - grade students: 9,489 students in Shaanxi, a middle - income province, and 10,137 students in Gansu, the second poorest province in ChinIn 2012, they examined vision in nearly 20,000 fourth - and fifth - grade students: 9,489 students in Shaanxi, a middle - income province, and 10,137 students in Gansu, the second poorest province in Chinin nearly 20,000 fourth - and fifth - grade students: 9,489 students in Shaanxi, a middle - income province, and 10,137 students in Gansu, the second poorest province in Chinin Shaanxi, a middle - income province, and 10,137 students in Gansu, the second poorest province in Chinin Gansu, the second poorest province in Chinin China.

Fourth graders who showed signs of depression were more likely than their classmates to be victimized as fifth graders, and kids who were picked on in fifth grade tended to be less accepted by their peers in sixth grade.

As fourth and fifth grade students, they were used to adults telling them what to do rather than asking them to pursue their own ideas and interests — especially in an educational setting.

In a study of fourth - and fifth - grade students, we found that those randomly assigned to learn the WWWDOT framework became, as compared to their pre-test and to a control group, more aware of the need to evaluate information on the internet for credibility and better able to evaluate the trustworthiness of websites on multiple dimensions (Zhang & Duke, 2011).

In 1996, Jim Dieckmann's fourth - and fifth - grade students in Chula Vista, California, studied insects by collecting specimens, obtaining information from Web sites on entomology, and creating multimedia reportIn 1996, Jim Dieckmann's fourth - and fifth - grade students in Chula Vista, California, studied insects by collecting specimens, obtaining information from Web sites on entomology, and creating multimedia reportin Chula Vista, California, studied insects by collecting specimens, obtaining information from Web sites on entomology, and creating multimedia reports.

«This was a logical way for our students to practice their Spanish in a real way while making connections with Nicaraguan students,» says fourth - and fifth - grade science teacher Sarah Fonte.

In this randomized controlled study on the impact of the arts on performance in traditional academic subjects, theater arts were integrated into language arts and social studies curricula for fourth - and fifth - grade students (14 experimental classrooms, 14 control classroomsIn this randomized controlled study on the impact of the arts on performance in traditional academic subjects, theater arts were integrated into language arts and social studies curricula for fourth - and fifth - grade students (14 experimental classrooms, 14 control classroomsin traditional academic subjects, theater arts were integrated into language arts and social studies curricula for fourth - and fifth - grade students (14 experimental classrooms, 14 control classrooms).

According to India Kaufman, Charles R. Drew's math support teacher for third, fourth, and fifth grade, the screening «allows us to have data on every student in the building.

Is it more valuable to know about third grade performance, across multiple years, or third, fourth, and fifth grade performance in a single school year?

Since third and fifth grades in my school were the two «promotion» grades (the grades when students are tested and when most promotion and retention decisions are made), the standards on the fourth - grade report card were the standards associated with fifth grade, not fourth grade.

Fourth -, fifth -, and sixth - grade students and teachers in the school's Program for Gifted Learners have built a Web page showcasing student artwork and poetry centered on the themes of peace and a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King, «I have a dream.»

In each of these elementary schools, we sampled two fifth - grade math teachers, two fourth - grade ELA teachers, one teacher of students with disabilities (SWDs) and one teacher of English Language Learners (ELLs).

The KAPOW curriculum, therefore, designed to be completed in a single year (typically third, fourth, or fifth grade), introduces students to the workplace both conceptually and physically through a combination of classroom work and on - site experiences.

«We bring in presenters to talk about going to college and arrange college campus visits for classes as early as fourth and fifth grade,» reports Gail Woolf, a partnership manager.

Other studies have found that younger students (e.g., in kindergarten) often have better scores in the fall than in the spring, while older elementary students (e.g., fourth and fifth grade) reverse that trend.

Since 2015, students in third, fourth and fifth grades have shown steady improvement on statewide English language arts and math tests, and more than 5,000 students are on the waiting list for String Theory Schools» enrollment lottery.

Next year, the school will house Pre-K to fourth grade and in fall 2003 be at full capacity with Pre-K to fifth grade.

Kids on the Cusp focuses on teaching in the early middle grades — fourth and fifth.

In the Lower East Side's P.S. 20, which includes a Mandarin dual - language program, it's been so hard to find qualified teachers that its fifth - grade Mandarin teacher and fourth - grade English teacher had to flip flop between classrooms from one day to the next for months, parents said.

Trimmed mean of scale scores from WIDA ACCESS for ELLs, for fourth and fifth grade English language learners who have been in the United States for at least three years.

Likewise, different classes could have students in common because, for example, there is overlap between a fourth grade class in one year and a fifth grade class in the following year.

· In fourth - grade reading, DCPS's non-poor students again had the largest gains compared to their peers in all cities, and white students had the fifth - biggest gainIn fourth - grade reading, DCPS's non-poor students again had the largest gains compared to their peers in all cities, and white students had the fifth - biggest gainin all cities, and white students had the fifth - biggest gains.

«When we start in fifth grade, we're starting in the fourth quarter, down by a touchdown, and the two - minute warning has been given,» KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg was fond of saying about running middle schools.

Third through fifth grades were chosen for greater laptop access to help those students prepare for the Connecticut State Mastery Tests, which are given in fourth and sixth grades, Grignano said.

By 1999 Feinberg, with fifth - through eighth - graders in trailers on a school parking lot, and Levin, with the same grade levels on the fourth floor of a public school surrounded by housing projects, had the best performing middle schools in Houston and the Bronx, respectively.

For example, in one study the researchers worked with 16 fourth - and fifth - grade teachers in a series of 56 - hour professional development sessions on using interactive technology (O'Hara, Pritchard, Huang, & Pella, 2013).

I know without a shadow of a doubt, now that the shoe is on the other foot and I am the teacher, that without the gentle love of Ms. Woods and Mrs. Furlong, both of my kids» third - grade teacher; the patient understanding of Mrs. Keane, their fourth - grade teacher; and the stern nurturing of Ms. Bergeron, both my kids» fifth - grade teacher (just to name a few), we would have struggled a lot more than we did to overcome the obstacles that are inherent in single - parent households.

To be eligible, applicants must be residents of the city of Boston and currently in their fourth - or fifth - grade year.