Sentences with phrase «during the elementary school grades»

Even if the teacher was from the distant past, for instance, during the elementary school grades, they remember the teacher's passion, energy, caring, love, and commitment and that became a driving force for choosing to go into teaching.

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You probably did so naturally during elementary school when grades were less prominent and important; keep up a similar attitude after the transition.

In 24 elementary and middle schools in three eastern Massachusetts communities during the 2015 - 16 school year, the parents of all students in grades K - 8 were invited to enroll their children in the BOKS program and the study.

All LUSD students are evaluated for placement in middle - school G&T programs during 5th grade, including those who participated in the district's G&T program in elementary school.

I first analyze changes over time in the FCAT test scores of students in their initial 3rd - grade year in order to discern the extent to which Florida's elementary - school students made true achievement gains during the period in question.

Many elementary classes start each morning with a meeting that sets the stage for the learning that will occur during the day, but more and more middle schools are finding that this social experience is just, if not more, important in upper grades.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

Let's say we want to evaluate preschools on whether their students make progress on cognitive assessments, or judge elementary schools based on student - level gains during grades K — 3.

And, it is true, compared with peers who have progressed normally through early grades, students who repeat a grade during elementary school tend to have notably worse outcomes.

BELLE CHASSE, La. — In the early elementary school grades, Zachary Davis and his classmates at Belle Chasse Primary School in suburban New Orleans wrote almost entirely from personal experience: describing their ideal vacation, trying to convince readers that a longer school year would be a good (or bad) idea, penning a letter about their adventures during summer school grades, Zachary Davis and his classmates at Belle Chasse Primary School in suburban New Orleans wrote almost entirely from personal experience: describing their ideal vacation, trying to convince readers that a longer school year would be a good (or bad) idea, penning a letter about their adventures during summer School in suburban New Orleans wrote almost entirely from personal experience: describing their ideal vacation, trying to convince readers that a longer school year would be a good (or bad) idea, penning a letter about their adventures during summer school year would be a good (or bad) idea, penning a letter about their adventures during summer break.

Starting to develop a student's growth mindset early in a student's academic career, during pre-school, kindergarten, and the elementary school grades can have long - lasting effects.

The buildings and grounds of any public prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school, or secondary school, or any combination of grades prekindergarten through grade 12, or contiguous school district land, during any time period in which students are not permitted access; or

A study of how elementary school teachers used social networks during reform efforts (Daly, Moolenaar, Bolivar, & Burke, 2010) found that they interacted primarily with fellow teachers in the same school and grade level; they rarely reached out beyond those groups, not even to their own principals and instructional coaches.

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

During her career, Diane has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools, and she has recently had the opportunity to return to the classroom to teach 6th grade English and Earth Science at Health Sciences Middle School in San Diego, where she is also an instructional coach at both the middle school and Health Sciences High and Middle CoSchool in San Diego, where she is also an instructional coach at both the middle school and Health Sciences High and Middle Coschool and Health Sciences High and Middle College.

In fact, according to a study by Johns Hopkins University, summer learning loss during elementary school accounts for two - thirds of the achievement gap in reading between low - income children and their middle - income peers by ninth grade.

The results for elementary and middle schools are based on students» performance on the Measures of Academic Progress tests that are given to students in third through eighth grade, and administered in the fall and spring of each school year to measure a student's growth during the year.

Robert (all names are pseudonyms) was in the MMC group during teacher preparation and was a fifth - grade teacher at a public elementary school when he completed the survey at end of his first year of teaching.

As an isolated subject taught during the school day, reading typically disappears in upper elementary grades.

A 2007 study conducted by Johns Hopkins University found that all children learn at about the same rate during the school year, but two - thirds of the ninth - grade achievement gap can be explained by what happens over the summers in the elementary years.

How many times during Grades 1 - 5 do elementary school students have to complete a writing asssignment about their favorite books that they have read?

How many times during Grades 1 - 5 do elementary school students have to complete a writing assignment about their favorite books that they have read?

Since it is known that receiving low grades in elementary school is a predictive factor for dropping out during middle school and that receiving more than one failing grade in a core academic course during ninth grade is a predictive factor for dropping out during high school, tutoring can make a difference.29 Providing access to tutoring to improve students» grades before they are at risk for dropping out could help them to complete further schooling, which, in turn, increases their likelihood of finding employment and earning a family - sustaining salary in adulthood.

According to the report, in the elementary grades these gains were tied to participation in family engagement programs, but continued gains during middle school were associated with frequent participation in extended learning programs.

When I was in sixth grade attending elementary school, I remember carrying around my Pac - Man spiral copybook in the schoolyard one afternoon during lunch.

During school sessions we offer educational programs to elementary grade students.

He is about 10 years older than me and was my grade 7 teacher during my elementary school years in Kitchener, Ontario.

Overall, we found that social behaviors in second grade made a greater difference in how much youth were bullied among boys during elementary school and among girls through middle school.

In contrast, girls who were more shy (red solid line) and girls who were less shy (red dotted line) were bullied about the same amount during elementary school, but the difference became larger after sixth grade.

In sum, participation in the full intervention during the elementary grades was predictive of enduring significant positive effects through age 18 years on students» bonds to school, achievement, and school behavior.

An association between achievement deficits and disruptive behavior has been found as early as first grade and is an important predictor of outcome during elementary and middle school.

During Phase II (54 months - second grade) the study continued to examine the role of early care and it's relationship to the child's development, as well as the child's transition to formal (elementary) school.

During her years serving as an administrator she worked in elementary schools and an alternative school for behaviorally challenged children in grades K - 12.