Sentences with phrase «read teachers in the elementary schools»

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I read books about the female brain, met with science and math elementary school teachers and nonprofit educators who were doing programs to get kids interested in STEM.

Saeed's teachers and classmates made fun of him when he was in elementary school for his reading skills, but he didn't let those who targeted him get him down for long.

The long bookshelf in Ashley Rice Broomfield's reading corner helps address the elementary school teacher's universal need for storage.

Join noted researcher and former elementary school teacher P. David Pearson as he takes us on a personal and professional tour of his career's work: exploring changes in how we think about, teach, and assess reading comprehension, with a special emphasis on its role in the Common Core State Standards.

In fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, toIn fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, toin at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, too.

Parents and teachers report that kids read much less in middle and high school than they did in elementary school.

Illustrations by Blair Kelly Once upon a time, teachers taught students to read on grade level in elementary school.

Five elementary schools (63 teachers and 1,192 students in grades 2 - 5) were randomly assigned to differentiated or whole - group classroom instruction in reading.

The district has also aimed to create a cadre of people with reading expertise in the schools themselves; most elementary schools have lead reading teachers.

The interests ranged from kindergarten through grade 12, so some students were learning to become high school math teachers, some were working on middle school social studies, and some of us, like me, were learning about beginning reading in elementary school.

In an elementary school, the leader might bend time - use norms by having teachers provide rolling reading instruction as children arrive on buses in the morninIn an elementary school, the leader might bend time - use norms by having teachers provide rolling reading instruction as children arrive on buses in the morninin the morning.

It retains NCLB's federal framework for testing reading and math in grades 3 - 8 and again in high school, in addition to science in elementary, middle, and high school, while getting the federal government out of the business of trying to judge teacher or school quality or how to «fix» schools.

«Content - area teachers in middle and high school feel less prepared to teach reading skills, and they also view reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Readireading skills, and they also view reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Readireading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall ReadingReading Lab.

Her experience teaching elementary school students in New Orleans as a first - grade teacher and then working as a reading immersion specialist had shown Grayson the importance of literacy for young children.

To be considered highly qualified as an elementary school teacher who is new to the profession, you must also have demonstrated subject knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the basic elementary school curriculum by passing a rigorous state test.

A randomized trial involving 19 elementary schools (K — 5) was conducted to replicate and extend two previous experimental studies of the effects of a voluntary summer reading program that provided (a) books matched to students» reading levels and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding in the form of end - of - year comprehension lessons.

In this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 % eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch) were matched by prior reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations conditioIn this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 % eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch) were matched by prior reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations conditioin previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations condition.

Kindergarten and elementary school teachers instruct young students in basic subjects, such as math and reading, in order to prepare them for future schooling.

«The development of gender achievement gaps in mathematics and reading during elementary and middle school: examining direct cognitive assessments and teacher ratings»

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Fariña's favored Teachers College Reading and Writing didn't make the cut — a conspicuous omission given the program's dominance in New York City elementary and middle schools since the early days of the Bloomberg / Klein era.

New elementary school teachers who were well - prepared in preservice programs to teach reading expressed greater confidence in their knowledge and skills, fostered richer literacy environments in their classrooms, and helped their pupils achieve higher levels of reading comprehension than did other teachers, according to the National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instrreading expressed greater confidence in their knowledge and skills, fostered richer literacy environments in their classrooms, and helped their pupils achieve higher levels of reading comprehension than did other teachers, according to the National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instrreading comprehension than did other teachers, according to the National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading InstrReading Instruction.

A nominee for Maryland Teacher of the Year, Bender has taught reading, English, math, history, social studies, and science to emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, gifted, and average students in elementary, middle, and high schools.

During their second year in Relay's two - year masters - degree program, elementary - school teachers are asked to show that their own students averaged a full year's reading growth during the school year.

Two experts in teacher supervision at the elementary school level, both members of our research team, read all teacher observations.

At an elementary school in Soledad, in the Salinas Valley, a group of students that have performed moderately on state tests practice reading skills with an intervention teacher.

BTSALP helps hundreds of thousands of Utah elementary students receive the arts - enriched education they deserve by placing arts teachers specialized in one of four disciplines — dance, music, theater or visual arts — in schools to work alongside classroom teachers and create arts - based lesson plans in the core subjects of reading, math, science, and history.

For example, in elementary school, some teachers might be more effective teaching multiplication than reading.

I am very upset that children in elementary schools are being experimented on with a flawed project based methodology of pedagogy in that the group grading is going on and vast teacher subjectivity in grade... Read More

The report also said that fewer than one in nine programs for future elementary teachers, and just over one - third of high - school programs, properly prepare teachers to teach the Common Core standards, and about 75 % aren't preparing graduates to teach reading to youngsters.

To better support her teachers and the school's reading instruction program, an elementary school principal completed training in a Collaborative Literacy Intervention Project — a professional development program that trains teachers to help struggling readers become proficient readers.

A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity, free and reduced lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.

This certificate will provide the research and practical knowledge necessary for school leaders and classroom teachers to develop and implement literacy programs and practices that will help sustain the gains students make in the early years and support reading success as students proceed through elementary school.

On the instructional side of science, it has become evident that elementary teachers were not teaching science because they did not know the content nor feel secure with it as a subject area (Rutherford & Ahlgren, 1989); little instructional time in elementary schools was devoted to science (NAEP, 1988); and where science was taught, basal texts that emphasized reading and canned experiments were preferred and used over active learning (Lockwood, 1992a; 1992b).

With 30 years experience as a classroom teacher and reading specialist, she has taught elementary, middle, and high school students in rural Virginia and on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona.

«Reading interventionists in elementary schools, one - on - one weekly coaching to help teachers improve classroom instruction, and a 53 percent drop in suspensions last year all contribute to the rise we see in students» test scores.

I love working with our district's literacy coaches and reading specialists, and I have a special place in my heart for Ms. Long, the reading specialist at my son's elementary school, because she was also his Kindergarten teacher.

Burns describes one elementary school principal's concern: Although teachers in the school frequently assessed students» reading skills one - on - one, there was no formative assessment system set up to evaluate math skills.

She works closely with elementary and secondary teachers in New York City public schools — and throughout the country — to elevate student reading, writing, and thinking.

In the past he has worked as a Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Greater Boston where he taught literature to a class of seventh grade students, he has worked as an assistant special education teacher in an elementary school in Massachusetts, and he has tutored students of many different ages in the DC Reads prograIn the past he has worked as a Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Greater Boston where he taught literature to a class of seventh grade students, he has worked as an assistant special education teacher in an elementary school in Massachusetts, and he has tutored students of many different ages in the DC Reads prograin an elementary school in Massachusetts, and he has tutored students of many different ages in the DC Reads prograin Massachusetts, and he has tutored students of many different ages in the DC Reads prograin the DC Reads program.

Great article that my principal had us ESL teachers just read - thank you for your no nonsense outspokenness, and no, Mr Shanahan, ESL will not pull during teacher direct instruction in the content areas until small groups break out - only 30 minutes then - but it's a packed schedule to do it - 8 groups a day 5 days a week to pull for listening / reading and speaking / writing per WIDA some of your comments appreciated much as a former elementary homeschooler and advocate of of ED Hirsch and his cultural literacy - which I've preached since I returned my kids to public schooling in middle school 17 years ago....

In Beyond Reading and Writing, Jerry Harste proposes an expanded view of literacy; and three other teachers — Beth Berghoff, Kathryn Egawa, and Barry Hoonan — bring us into their classrooms and offer concrete evidence of what can happen when these new ideas are implemented in elementary schoolIn Beyond Reading and Writing, Jerry Harste proposes an expanded view of literacy; and three other teachers — Beth Berghoff, Kathryn Egawa, and Barry Hoonan — bring us into their classrooms and offer concrete evidence of what can happen when these new ideas are implemented in elementary schoolin elementary schools.

She has worked in elementary schools for over twenty - five years as a classroom teacher, a Reading Support Teacher, a curriculum support teacher, and a school libteacher, a Reading Support Teacher, a curriculum support teacher, and a school libTeacher, a curriculum support teacher, and a school libteacher, and a school librarian.

From 1993 - 1999 she worked as an elementary school teacher and Reading Specialist, and holds teaching certification in New York and New Jersey.

W e know a great deal about what schools and teachers can do to promote reading success in the elementary grades.

In elementary school, reading may be considered an independent subject, but in middle school, reading is involved in all subject areas, so every teacher should be considered a reading teacheIn elementary school, reading may be considered an independent subject, but in middle school, reading is involved in all subject areas, so every teacher should be considered a reading teachein middle school, reading is involved in all subject areas, so every teacher should be considered a reading teachein all subject areas, so every teacher should be considered a reading teacher.

His wife is a teacher and reading specialist and they have a child in preschool and another in a Spanish immersion elementary school in Oakland Unified.

Not one elementary school reading or language arts teacher was involved in writing the Common Core English Language Arts Standards..

Like many elementary school teachers, the teachers at Verde Elementary in WCCUSD are using balanced literacy to build students» reading comprehension skills.

It is preposterous to think that English language arts standards have been mandated for all k - 12 students without the endorsement of the professional organization representing all elementary, middle, high school, and college teachers of reading and writing in the country.