Sentences with phrase «elementary social science classes»

Close reading in elementary social science classes can include examining primary source photographs in the early grades and — as students get older — progress to more sophisticated analysis of print and visual primary source documents, such as the famous political «Join or Die,» mentioned in Chapter 4.

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A study sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development found that only 4 percent of first - grade class time in American elementary schools is spent on science and only 2 percent, on social studies.

As students progress from elementary school through high school, they need to rely on reading comprehension not only for their literature classes, but also for solving mathematical word problems and understanding texts in science, social studies, and other subjects.

Excellent elementary math / science teachers can teach three or four classes of students, and language arts / social studies teachers can teach twice the usual number of students, without increasing class sizes.