Sentences with phrase «fifth grade work»

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Parsons is a straight talker, whether it's about his handicap (now 9.1 with PXG clubs from a «12 to 14») or flunking fifth grade in his working - class Baltimore neighborhood.

During my tenure, I worked as a Early Intervention Program teacher, a Curriculum Support teacher, a Special Instructional Assistance teacher, a Reading Recovery teacher, and a Kindergarten through Fifth grade classroom teacher.

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The program known as Children at Play, or C.A.P., was designed to assist the working parent, providing recreational activities before and after school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

I suggest you start with the basics: «The Federalist Papers» then work your way up to some readings that aren't so easily comprehended by someone with a fifth grade reading level.

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.

The program will now include every fifth grade class and will work to add more treatment centers for addiction in the borough and the city, he said.

Increasing intake of fruits and vegetables among fourth and fifth grade students via serious video game play showed promising results, but more work must be done to ensure children are meeting their recommended intake.

In teacher Amy Lyon's Perseverance Walk lesson, fifth grade students have an opportunity to interview someone who has worked hard toward a long - term goal, then create and share a presentation to illustrate a life lived with grit.

More recently ~ I worked with a fifth - grade student that would go in the corner and shake whenever he had to write an essay ~ which he felt was below his intellectual level.

In a fifth grade classroom, students work in teams on a problem - solving relay race.

In teacher Amy Lyon's Perseverance Walk lesson, fifth grade students have an opportunity to interview someone who has worked hard towards a long - term goal, then create and share a presentation to illustrate a life lived with grit.

He also works parttime as a fifth through eighth grade reading specialist for a local Boston - area school.

This year, I am working with the Indianapolis Public Schools and co-teaching in a fifth - and sixth - grade classroom.

By the end of the last school year, I could write a personal letter to all the parents highlighting just where their children were based on the promotion standards and what areas they would have to work on in the pivotal fifth grade.

The fifth - grade students worked on a creative writing piece, developing a first - person narrative from the perspective of a sailor or Native American.

«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.

An example of a non-abstract soft skill is a particular student working hard on challenging math problems during the first quarter reporting period in Mrs. Thomas» fifth grade class.

The KAPOW curriculum, therefore, designed to be completed in a single year (typically third, fourth, or fifth grade), introduces students to the workplace both conceptually and physically through a combination of classroom work and on - site experiences.

Ask Dr. ShoreAbout a Latchkey Child My fifth - grade daughter is usually home alone after school because of my work schedule.

Through music and speeches, the life of Dr. King is told... The art teacher, music teacher, and all of the fifth - grade classes work together.»

Fifth - grade teacher Stephanie Horne realized during the library session that one of the students she didn't know anything about was actually one of her best students — a girl who always finished her work and never asked for help.

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.

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!

I loved teaching fifth grade, but three years ago I jumped at the chance to shift gears and work with other outstanding teachers and math experts in New York and around the country to help write a world - class math curriculum.

Perritt, a former fifth grade teacher with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, is currently working on a master's degree in educational technology.

To remediate achievement gaps and prepare for the demands of the most selective schools in New England, each Scholar puts in hundreds of hours of extra school work and prepares to take the Independent School Entrance Exam for admission to a selective school in the fall of his or her fifth - or sixth - grade year.

Before working for the state, Sarah taught third and fifth grades in a dual language school in Denver Public Schools.

For example, in one study the researchers worked with 16 fourth - and fifth - grade teachers in a series of 56 - hour professional development sessions on using interactive technology (O'Hara, Pritchard, Huang, & Pella, 2013).

«We have to step up to the plate and make things work or it's going to keep disintegrating,» said Sujata Bhatt, a fifth - grade teacher at Grand View Elementary School in Los Angeles who helped craft one of the proposals.

Acasia went on to work as a fifth - grade teacher and cross-country coach, serving as a Teach For America corps member in Phoenix.

Ms. Sparkes worked at Roxbury Prep Charter School in Boston for four years, her first year as an apprentice, then as the founding fifth grade reading teacher for three years.

Ms. Cardoso is returning for her twelfth year at Brooke, and after five years as a second grade teacher, Ms. Cardoso will teach third grade — having worked for the five years as a fifth grade teacher and reading specialist.

The Prichard Committee Student Voice Team is comprised of over 100 self - selected students, fifth grade through college, working to integrate young people as education research, advocacy, and policy partners in efforts to improve Kentucky schools.

For example Wehrheim worked with a fifth grade teacher on improving the rigorous text discussions called for by the Common Core standards.

The results also can come back in edu - speak, with reports like «your child is proficient in quantitative reasoning, but borderline on X, Y, and Z.» When I worked at the agency, I even had to call the state's assessment director and ask her whether the questions my daughter missed on her fifth grade math test would hinder her as she went along.

Today, math specialists work with teachers in first through fifth grade, collaborating to create different ST Math classrooms based on student needs and weaknesses.

Before becoming principal, Jose worked at McKinley Elementary School as a fourth and fifth grade teacher, grade level chairperson, and as the chairman of the school leadership council.

At Burns Elementary School, which doesn't have traditional grades as part of its competency - based model, I asked a grade - equivalent fifth - grader who was quietly working independently to tell me what she was doing.

A fifth grade class with a vocabulary list of challenging multisyllabic words might use Word - O-Rama, a game that works well on an interactive whiteboard, to broaden understanding of word meanings through contextual reading.

The fifth grade students at Ed Smith School worked with felt and the eighth grade students knit squares and when the pieces were sewn together the fabric covered «yarn splashed» animals.

This fifth grade boy did zero work in class for weeks, so I walked to his apartment to visit his home.

She knew she could rely on her fifth grade colleagues to work together to find these examples.

Consequently, the participants in this study consisted of the 18 fifth - grade students who were working with the identified classroom teacher on a unit focusing on the American Revolutionary period.

Michael Petrilli: — as we have now in early reading — there was evidence 20 years ago on phonics — on phonemic awareness, that was finally incorporated into our schools — now we have good evidence that these level texts, just having kids who are fifth graders reading first grade texts over and over again, has not been working.

The principal, with input from his principal supervisor, decided to work with the K - 2 ELL students and teacher to prepare them better for what they would experience in fifth grade.

On day five, Jason Cornett's fifth - grade math class at Flat Lick Elementary School in Knox County was working on problems in pairs.

Donnie Piercey works in a hybrid role as a fifth grade teacher and district technology integration specialist for Eminence Independent Schools in Kentucky.

In an area high school, I worked with ninth graders reading on a third to fifth grade level.

This is a place that is stacked with highly - qualified professionals that are working to overcome society's inequities in a six - year time span from kindergarten through fifth grade.»