The 4Rs curriculum (Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution) engages the imagination and creativity of
children in grades PreK - 5 to help develop critical skills including empathy, community building, and conflict resolution.
Completed a 600 - hour practicum experience providing a limited range of services to
children in grades preK - 8.
Put expertise into action with Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™: a first - of - its - kind, cohesive system for high - quality classroom - based literacy instruction for
all children in grades PreK — 6.
The 4Rs curriculum (Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution) engages the imagination and creativity of
children in grades PreK - 5 to help develop critical skills including empathy, community building, and conflict resolution.
Not exact matches
Understand the physical, social - emotional and cognitive developmental issues specific to students
in grades preK through 5, gain experience
in creating age - appropriate yoga exercises that meet
children's diverse needs, and design and develop lesson plans appropriate for this age group.
The research team is extending an existing evidence - based, teacher - and
child - focused curricular intervention that targets self - regulation and executive function skills
in PreK - 3rd
grade classrooms, called «SECURe: Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Understanding and Regulation
in education.»
Taking Steps Toward PK - 3 Success offers National Education Association (NEA) affiliates specific advice on state and district policies addressing class size, supporting full - day Prekindergarten and Kindergarten programs, promoting high quality teachers, targeting professional development to improve
PreK - 3rd practice, clarifying the role of para-educators (especially
in support of bilingual and bicultural
children), and providing for adequate planning time for teachers within
grades and between
grades to develop integrated and coherent programs and practices throughout the age span (alignment).
Smarty Ants is a cutting - edge foundational literacy program for
grades PreK - 2 that teaches
children how to read
in an engaging, online environment.
CLASS can be an important part of professional development efforts to create high quality learning experiences for
children in PreK - 3rd programs by providing a common metric for documenting what goes on
in classrooms from
grade to
grade.
Effective
PreK - 3rd provides: High - quality and unified learning
in well - staffed classrooms; well - prepared teachers and aides to educate
children in the 3 - 8 age range; supportive school district policies; strong principal leadership that includes supporting professional development time for teachers to plan for effective coordination across and between
grades; and includes families and communities that share accountability with
PreK - 3rd schools for
children's educational success.
The quality of the instruction that
children receive
in pre-kindergarten through the third
grade (
PreK - 3rd) can make a lasting impact on how well they perform throughout their years
in school.
Policy recommendations include strategies to fund universal PreKindergarten and full - day Kindergarten, alignment of state and national early learning standards
in grades PreK - 3rd, support for the expansion of a highly qualified
PreK - 3rd teaching workforce, and extension of learning time options for young
children.