Sentences with phrase «fifth grade school teacher»

I am a fifth grade school teacher.

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Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Steve Simonak is currently fifth grade class teacher at Brooklyn Waldorf School.

He and his wife chose to opt out their fifth grade son from taking the Common Core - aligned exams this year because they believe the tests were used for other purposes than what they were meant for, such as teacher evaluations and school funding.

Jennifer Ronayne, a fifth - grade teacher at the Connetquot schools with 13 years of experience, said Cuomo has little understanding of how classrooms work — and of how harmful his policies have been for teachers and students, particularly those children who have special needs or who are English language learners.

Also at 10 a.m., Regent Roger Tilles will visit the classroom of fifth grade teacher Kate Hunter, National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School Diteacher Kate Hunter, National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School DiTeacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School District.

Brian Skinner, a fifth - grade teacher at Orenda Elementary School, was shot and killed when he stormed out of his Pashley Street home with a knife as officers arrived to investigate a 911 call about 11 p.m. on July 28.

Life Cycle Stacking Blocks $ 19.95 at forsmallhands.com; ages 2 to 6 Paperboard boxes that stack nearly three feet high and feature beautiful illustrations of the life cycles of the butterfly and frog are accompanied by an informative poem, says Julie Frey, a fifth grade teacher at Stuard Elementary School in Aledo, Tex..

To conduct the study — the second in a series — the researchers observed and interviewed 30 fifth - through eighth - grade teachers in public and private schools in New York.

But all fifth grade teachers at Christi's school also now have classroom Scientific Method Posters in their rooms, thanks to support from Elmer's ® Products, Inc., which made a limited number of posters available to teachers last year.

All of the fifth grade teachers from both schools planned together during common time on Wednesdays most of the school year.

One of the consequences of the high - stakes state assessments that were mandated in NCLB and the requirement for a fifth indicator of school success in the present - day successor of NCLB (The Every Student Succeeds Act) is a preeminent concern among school and district leaders with how to measure student soft skills in a way that lends itself to grading teachers and schools.

«I've always felt that parental involvement was the answer to many of the problems facing teachers and students,» says McReynolds, a fifth - grade teacher at Westwind Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona.

«The one concern I hear most is the time it takes to plan and gather things to make PL work,» says Susan Moon, a fifth - grade teacher at West Pelzer Elementary School, in West Pelzer, South Carolina.

Joan Wilson, a sixth grade teacher whose class was filmed for the movie, said that as a former fifth grade teacher she realized some students» anxieties about the middle - school transition ran deep.

The fifth grade students had just taken their seats to begin the school day when their teacher made the following announcement:

Michael Thornton, a fifth grade teacher at Agnor Hurt Elementary School, documented his students» paper tower challenge on Twitter.

Fifth - grade teacher Gretchen Hoefer agrees, saying that schools can also lean on their art teachers or other resources.

Join two middle school teachers in their first post of a year - long series about implementing a PBL pilot program in their fifth grade classroom.

My fifth - grade son shared these words of wisdom regarding school vs. home activities: «Why do they (teachers) keep talking about the real world out there?

Teacher Shari Medley has used word walls in fifth grade and in her current assignment as a third grade teacher at Wilson Elementary School in Neenah, WisTeacher Shari Medley has used word walls in fifth grade and in her current assignment as a third grade teacher at Wilson Elementary School in Neenah, Wisteacher at Wilson Elementary School in Neenah, Wisconsin.

Fourth -, fifth -, and sixth - grade students and teachers in the school's Program for Gifted Learners have built a Web page showcasing student artwork and poetry centered on the themes of peace and a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King, «I have a dream.»

After twenty years in journalism, including senior positions at TIME and BusinessWeek, Robert became a fifth - grade teacher at a struggling South Bronx public school in 2002.

At Hoover Elementary School, also in Mankato, first - grade teacher Andrea Hansen teams up with fifth - grade teacher Katie Botten to foster an ongoing Book Buddy program.

For example, in Macomb, Mich., a fifth grade teacher and principal organized a back to school barbecue the Saturday before school began to encourage parents and other adults to get involved in the new school year.

Jan Powell, a fifth - grade teacher at Our Lady of the Assumption School in Enoggera, Brisbane, Australia, also appreciates the possibilities the CIESE Internet projects provide.

In each of these elementary schools, we sampled two fifth - grade math teachers, two fourth - grade ELA teachers, one teacher of students with disabilities (SWDs) and one teacher of English Language Learners (ELLs).

Trevor Baisden is a founding fifth grade ELA and history teacher at a public charter school.

Joel started his career in education as a fifth - grade teacher in Houston, and went on to serve as the New York City Department of Education's chief executive for human capital and as the creator of New York City's heralded School of One.

Just ask Scott Dewar, a fifth grade teacher at East Side Elementary School in Harrisburg, Illinois.

A teacher at an elementary school that I recently visited told me about Ken, a fifth grade student who had developed a bad reputation but was making an effort to turn things around.

If we use the traditional definition of a C grade as «satisfactory,» then the public, on average, thinks about one - fifth of teachers in the local schools are unsatisfactory (13 % D and 9 % F)(see Figure 3).

Christine Boyer, a fifth - grade teacher at Heathcote School in New York, used design thinking to transform her rocketry unit:

1) While Americans asked to evaluate the quality of teachers» work think, on average, that about half of the teachers in their local schools deserve a grade of A or B, they think that more than one - fifth deserve a D or F; even teachers give these low marks to more than 1 in 10 of their peers, on average.

Fifth - Grade Teacher Introduces Students to Travel and Shakespeare Rafe Esquith, a fifth - grade teacher in Los Angeles, puts in 12 - hour days so he can teach students advanced math, music, and Shakespeare before and after scFifth - Grade Teacher Introduces Students to Travel and Shakespeare Rafe Esquith, a fifth - grade teacher in Los Angeles, puts in 12 - hour days so he can teach students advanced math, music, and Shakespeare before and after Teacher Introduces Students to Travel and Shakespeare Rafe Esquith, a fifth - grade teacher in Los Angeles, puts in 12 - hour days so he can teach students advanced math, music, and Shakespeare before and after scfifth - grade teacher in Los Angeles, puts in 12 - hour days so he can teach students advanced math, music, and Shakespeare before and after teacher in Los Angeles, puts in 12 - hour days so he can teach students advanced math, music, and Shakespeare before and after school.

Bergey, who teaches fifth grade at Twentynine Palms Elementary School, in Twentynine Palms, California, told Education World that teachers and administrators at her school decided to focus on student writing during the comingSchool, in Twentynine Palms, California, told Education World that teachers and administrators at her school decided to focus on student writing during the comingschool decided to focus on student writing during the coming year.

At first, Robinson was her fifth - grade math teacher, but then their paths continued to cross as he became her junior high school assistant principal, then high school principal, then principal for whom she worked, then colleague and, finally, hired hand!

When she took leave from her position as a fifth - grade teacher at Joseph P. Manning Elementary School in Boston, Audrey Jackson never had a doubt that she would return after her year at the Ed School.

The downside of the small school and community, though, is that students often have limited contact with youngsters from other areas, fifth - grade teacher David Thibodeau said.

'' Teacher Response If you have taught third through fifth grades in the Los Angeles Unified School District, you may be in our database, and we invite you to comment on your value - added score.

In the same year, 89 percent, each, of students in kindergarten through second grade, and students in third through fifth grade, had a parent who attended a scheduled meeting with a teacher, compared with 71 percent of students in middle school and 57 percent of students in high school.

The Times analysis used a «value added» statistical analysis of math and English scores from the school district — the nation's second largest — to estimate the effectiveness of third - through fifth - grade teachers.

Paul is a fifth - grade teacher at Westgate Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, completing his 14th year of teaching.

In 2012, more than 90 percent of students in kindergarten through fifth grade had a parent who attended a meeting with their teachers, compared with 87 percent of middle - school students, and 79 percent of ninth - through twelfth - grade students.

One year the fifth - grade teachers in one of my schools had students prepare life - sized paper cutouts of themselves.

In two of the school districts he visited, white parents tended to be the ones most involved in the parent — teacher associations.They know, for example, about mathematics placement tests in fifth grade that dictated which classes students will take.

Ryan Grant, a fifth - grade teacher at Michael Anderson Elementary on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, said he has been attracted to the idea of charter schools thanks to teaching kids who have been in charter schools in other states, plus the experience of having a 6 - year - old who is deaf and getting the help she needs at a special school.

At the E.L. Haynes charter school in Northwest, fifth - grade teacher Brigham Kiplinger uses a stopwatch to keep his lessons on track.

Ryan Grant, a fifth grade teacher at Michael Anderson Elementary on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, said he has been attracted to the idea of charter schools thanks to teaching kids who have been in charter schools in other states plus the experience of parenting a 6 - year - old who is deaf and getting the help she needs at a special school.

The researchers studied approximately 100,000 black students who enrolled in third grade in North Carolina's public schools between 2001 and 2005 and found that the risk of dropping out for black students decreased by 29 percent if they had at least one black teacher in third through fifth grades.