What's more, this fund cuts down on the financial lingo so that your child easily understands what's happening with their fund and why - the prospectus, the statements, the shareholder proxies, and the annual report are all written in
elementary school language.
Not exact matches
They learn Bible stories, biblical
language, and religious ritual most naturally during the early
elementary -
school years, for these are the golden years for memorization.
One of the appealing aspects of the Waldorf Education curriculum is the emphasis on teaching a foreign
language at
elementary school, and continuing through all the
school years.
A parent survey about students learning a second
language at the
elementary schools is available on the Arlington Heights
School District 25 website through Feb. 20.
Emily Doll is a licensed speech -
language pathologist who currently works in an
elementary school in Eastern PA..
Deanna has experience working as a pediatric speech -
language pathologist in private practice, Early Intervention, and in preschool and
elementary school settings.
and continuing on to become an
elementary school teacher and Literacy Specialist, coaching parents and educators on how to best teach children to develop a love for reading, writing and
language.
Peneston says there's a cost for demanding
schools focus so much energy on having
elementary school students do well on standardized math and
language arts tests.
In order to obtain the buy in of all members of Ibo nation in formulation of the Ibo agenda for the national conference Governors should perform the following: Embark on East Nigeria - wide outreach program that will encompass making presentation in all institutions of learning using a
language the audience can understand, and answering questions relating to the proposed Ibo agenda (
elementary schools, secondary
The three - year graduate degree program that Gross has developed for
elementary school teachers begins with the concept of mathematics as a second
language.
The impact of bilingualism on the microstructure of the white matter pathways related to
language processing is assessed in
elementary school children by magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging
They are extremely useful in helping
elementary and middle
school students develop the
language to deal with bully's who use their words to hurt or embarrass others.
It's primarily aimed at English
language learners from CLB 2 - 4, but it could also be used in
elementary school classes.
She has extensive experience as a reading /
language arts curriculum coordinator for several local
school districts and as an
elementary school principal.
Categories include early education,
elementary school, high
school, higher education, science, medicine, trades and occupations, information technology, more than thirty
languages, and miscellaneous.
The PLCs also don't accept English -
language learners, kids with discipline problems or most disabilities, or those with
elementary - level reading and math abilities, as other public
schools must, which muddies the comparison.
Chavez is Latina and a first - generation college student who took ESL (English as a second
language) classes at an
elementary school in MCPS.
A 2006 national survey by the Center on Education Policy, an independent advocacy organization in Washington, DC, found that in the five years after enactment of NCLB, 44 percent of districts had increased instruction time in
elementary school English
language arts and math while decreasing time spent on other subjects.
Mason has worked in many Massachusetts public
schools as a
language - arts coordinator, an
elementary program coordinator for reading and
language arts, and an
elementary school principal.
Visit an
elementary school where some teachers specialize in teaching math and science together, and others
language arts and social studies.
In addition, a survey of English
language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most
elementary -
school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.
The work is broad ranging from a
school beginning this work through a campaign aimed at sharing stories of self to another
school designing curriculum that fosters
language around race to
elementary - aged students to another
school struggling with how to engage parents of color.
Results were positive for English
language arts in
elementary school, but not math.
For teachers of
elementary school - aged children, the Flag Day pages of the Holiday Zone Web site have some different activities in the areas of
language arts and arts and crafts.
A bill to provide for grants to strengthen foreign -
language programs in
elementary and secondary
schools and in institutions of higher education, for the purpose of furthering the national security of the U.S. and the nation's economy.
New York may become the first state to require every
elementary -
school student to study a foreign
language and pass a statewide test in it before leaving sixth grade.
Used mostly to fill vacancies in subjects including math, sciences, and foreign
languages, teachers trained in these programs are found at both the
elementary and secondary
school levels.
At its quarterly meeting last month, the board also elected Josephine Bennett, a teacher of secondary -
school biology in Memphis; Lois Jean Turner, a teacher at Stix Investigative Learning Center in St. Louis; Alma Garcia Vining, an elementary - school teacher at the P.A. Diskin School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school s
school biology in Memphis; Lois Jean Turner, a teacher at Stix Investigative Learning Center in St. Louis; Alma Garcia Vining, an
elementary -
school teacher at the P.A. Diskin School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school s
school teacher at the P.A. Diskin
School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school s
School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a
language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y.,
school s
school system.
The article is written for native German
elementary school kids, yet the
language level is best suited toward more advanced
language students.
Along with
elementary and middle
school students, these readings have been used to great success with high
school English
language learners and students with learning difficulties.
While subject - area knowledge is privileged in the standards — INTASC has developed specific standards for science, mathematics, English
language arts, and special education, and will soon release those for the
elementary -
school level, social studies, and foreign
language — the standards also make clear that knowledge of child development, learning theory, and teaching approaches is essential.
In my own
school district, for example, we recently completed a group inquiry into the ways we could offer more opportunities for students to begin
language study in early
elementary years.
Should second
language instruction begin earlier in
elementary school?
With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper
elementary, middle
school kids, and teens), this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL / ELL and
language barriers, autism spectrum / nonverbal populations, and beyond.
A new study from the RAND Corporation finds that nearly every teacher in America — 99 percent of
elementary teachers, 96 percent of secondary
school teachers — draws upon «materials I developed and / or selected myself» in teaching English
language arts.
Although this enthusiasm has been a boon for world -
language education, these offerings, already relatively slim in the U.S. when compared with other countries, actually slipped in recent years, particularly in the most critical
elementary school and middle
school years.
«Within three blocks of my house, kids are attending at least six different public
elementary schools,» said Hewson, who found that many parents she knew were opting for
schools with stronger performance or special features like dual -
language immersion.
Soon after, and as part of a broader
school - board decision to expand
school - choice options, the district launched a science and technology middle
school, a dual -
language immersion
elementary, an all - digital high
school, an arts - centered grade
school, a virtual
school starting at grade 3, and more.
«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 Reading Lab.
In a study I undertook in 1989, I found that 12 percent of the
elementary and middle
school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign
language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessori.
Despite the fact that few high
schools in the United States offer courses in computer programming (and even fewer middle
schools and
elementary schools), many resources are available for teachers and parents to help their children learn this digital foreign
language.
Guest blogger Douglas Kiang, computer science teacher and edtech advocate, shows how the Inform7
language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high
school, middle
school and
elementary school classrooms.
The webquest is primarily aimed at English
language learners from CLB 1 - 3, but it could also be used in
elementary school classes.
Kiang, computer science teacher and edtech advocate, shows how the Inform7
language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high
school, middle
school and
elementary school classrooms.
Kevin worked as an English
language teacher for a public
elementary school in Hong Kong for six years.
This one volume brings together in readable, concise
language the authoritative research on effective classroom practices in all major disciplines currently taught in
elementary and secondary
schools: the arts, foreign
language, health,
language arts, physical education, mathematics, social studies, and science, as well as generic practices that apply across all disciplines.
The knowledge - sharing website SlideShare is a great resource for presentations; this slide deck gives teachers ideas for how to use iPads with their
elementary school students in the
language arts classroom.
A New York
elementary school found that First Day Holiday programs could help break down
language barriers.
A teacher at an international
school led his upper
elementary English -
language learners through a triumphant, self - created reimagining of Shakespeare's «Romeo and Juliet.»
Our focus is on
elementary schools and the reading / English
language arts instruction occurring within them.