Sentences with phrase «first grade learners»

In her article on Early STEM Education, Erin MacPherson describes first grade learners gathered around a sand table:

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First grade is a time of tremendous growth in learners, particularly in the realms of reading and mathematics.

Misdiagnosis commonly happens when students start learning to read in the first and second grades, and as English - language learners continue through the grade levels, the demand for the application of such executive control processes such as working memory and language increases as reading comprehension requirements become more complex.

The result has been that there has been a push in kindergarten and first grade — and now increasingly for ever - younger learners — to make it more and more like traditional schooling.

My journey for understanding the transactional relationship between the learner and the learning environment began when I walked into a first and second grade public school as a teacher's assistant in East Harlem, New York City.

The increase in immigrant population throughout the 1980s dramatically changed the first grade cohort as more English Language Learners entered the classroom.

First, it would all but eliminate school - level information about the learning of student subgroups, as testing only a single grade in each school often results in sample sizes for groups such as English learners or blacks that are too small to yield reliable information for the school as a whole.

The January 2004 issue of Perspectives includes this report on strategies used to scaffold writing instruction for first - grade English language learners.

For the first time, the law required schools to test all children annually in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in high school and report results by subgroups — including race, English learners and students with disabilities — so it was clear how every student was faring.

She also has coauthored several books: Accommodating Differences Among English Language Learners: 75 + Literacy Lessons (The Guilford Press), Designing Responsive Curriculum: Planning Lessons that Work and Teaching Literacy in First Grade (Tools for Teaching Literacy), and Mining Complex Text, Grades 6 — 12: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings (Corwin).

SEG Study Executive Summary SEG Measurement, an independent research firm, announced the completion of the first phase of a study of nearly 1,000 English language learners in grades two — five in a large California school district.

But since 1998, research has shown that while English - learners in bilingual programs might make slow academic progress in the first few years, starting around fifth grade they tend to surpass their peers in English - only programs.

SEG Measurement, an independent research firm, announced the completion of the first phase of a study of nearly 1,000 English language learners in grades two — five in a large California school district.

From their first day of school towards pre-adolescence, students in elementary grade levels begin to grow their self - concept and establish their feelings of competence, self - worth, and confidence as learners.

«For the first time, we are gathering stakeholders from the early learning community through high school to discuss better aligning efforts to support our young learners from birth to third grade, helping them succeed in school and in life,» she said.