Sentences with phrase «for teaching literacy»

The TIME For Kids (TFK) Digital Edition is an engaging, web - based platform for teaching literacy, social studies and science with current events.

This textbook continues ot advocate for teaching literacy skills in the context of reading and writing, and doing so in ways that young children learn best, including play.

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).

Other Canadian schools have found that poetry — which is often among the first casualties of test prep — is a documented best practice not only for teaching literacy but also for helping students develop critical thinking and analytical perspectives (Hughes, 2007).

She has also coauthored several books: Accommodating Differences Among English Language Learners: 75 + Literacy Lessons (2nd and 3rd editions), Designing Responsive Curriculum: Planning Lessons That Work, and Teaching Literacy in First Grade (Tools for Teaching Literacy).

Braille codes and techniques for teaching literacy skills to students with visual disabilities

The study utilized arts integration as a tool for teaching literacy.

With the rigorous curricula demand, it is challenging when instructional delivery is dependent on technology integration, but the crux of the problem becomes who are determined most important in the building (i.e. math and ELA content) to receive the necessary technology to deliver the desired administrative expectations; although regardless of content, all teachers are held responsible for teaching literacy.

The evidence is clear that both phonics and reading comprehension are effective strategies for teaching literacy.

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The survey found that while almost all the teachers (95.3 per cent) say it is their job to teach and promote literacy, just two in five (42.4 per cent) say they have particular strategies for teaching literacy that they feel work well and almost a quarter (23.9 per cent) do not feel confident teaching the literacy set out in the new National Curriculum.

Not exact matches

The goal of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is to ensure that every child, regardless of socioeconomic status, has access to educational opportunities to teach them reading and writing.

Armed with a greater understanding of what's behind the apps that we all use on our smart phones, Buchanon went on to successfully develop and launch two of them — Vite Exclusive Events, a sort of Tinder for parties across the country, and New Money Bash, a Candy Crush-esque game that teaches financial literacy.

She taught environmental studies at Dartmouth University and is currently the lead ambassador for Bayer's science literacy program Making Science Make Sense.

The company sells software subscriptions to schools and businesses that help teach financial literacy (understanding mortgages and credit, for example), responsible college behavior (involving hazing and alcohol consumption), corporate compliance (like sexual harassment and diversity training), and other programs.

Our Digital Inclusion Program teaches foster youth basic digital literacy skills and provides them with a laptop and mobile Internet access for five years, two things that most of us take for granted but can be life changing for students who are accustomed to writing essays on their cellphones.

Clearly, there are a multitude of reasons for America's polarized politics and decreasing science literacy and innovation that go beyond just teaching science better.

Living in low - income housing, teaching free literacy classes to refugees, setting up basketball camps for bored inner - city kids: all of it had a few costs for me personally, sure, but the holy buzz of pats on the back from friends and church people, and the feeling that I was the only person really getting what Jesus was saying — this more than made up for doing without.

«Internet» teaching of literacy becomes a necessary step for the establishment of channels and bridges with the archipelago.

Stephen Prothero is a nut case who wants to force all religions to be taught at public schools:: «Prothero has argued for mandatory public school Bible literacy courses (along the lines of the Bible Literacy Project's The Bible and Its Influence), along with mandatory courses on world religionsliteracy courses (along the lines of the Bible Literacy Project's The Bible and Its Influence), along with mandatory courses on world religionsLiteracy Project's The Bible and Its Influence), along with mandatory courses on world religions.»

But provident parents also knew that Protestants live by the Word and by words, so they had to teach literacy and place the Bible, or chunks of the Bible for a time called «Uniform Lessons,» or memorizable Bible passages and singable ditties like «Jesus Loves Me, This I Know,» into the minds and on the lips of the wee ones.

Kim taught the moms about how certian word like «up», «down» and «behind» are good early math words and she even brought a take home kit with a brand new book and information for moms about literacy milestones and services available in the area that can assist in helping our young ones reach those goals.

Play provides many teaching tools for skills like literacy and math, it is essential for children to reach healthy physical, cognitive, social, and emotional developmental milestones.

Landscapes for Learning: A Natural Confluence of Science, Literacy, Mathematics and Place - based Pedagogy The Walden Woods Project is pleased to be partnering with Mass Audubon / Drumlin Farm and Concord Museum to offer a one - week institute for educators for grades 3 - 8, through the Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS).

She taught elementary school for seven years and earned a master's of education degree with a specialization in literacy.

Join us for our next guest speaker: Kim from the Ontario Early Years Center when she teaches us about early literacy.

Geena Davis, Academy Award Winning Actor, shares advice for parents why it is important to teach your kids media literacy when watching TV with them

Doreen is the creator of Gymtrix, an innovative DVD series to teach physical literacy for babies — 10 yrs.

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.

As a result of her work at the Women's Bridget was invited to speak at the National Literacy Trust conference and as a result of this, in addition to teaching parents, she runs workshops for Health Professionals, Birth Workers and Children's Centre Staff on optimising the start for babies as well as giving regular conference talks across the country.

He also called for a return to previous teaching methods such as synthetic phonics as a means to improve literacy.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

However, officials note that «the current inspection framework is antithetical to the Steiner ethos / pedagogical approach» in terms of «Literacy in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1)», where Ofsted required «more formal learning»; «KS2 tests», as «Last year, the Academy pupils did not sit the tests (the Academy provided the exam papers and rooms for pupils to sit the exams but parents chose not to allow their pupils to sit the tests)»; and «Teaching and learning», where it is noted that the schools consider that «any process which judges learning as the immediate outcome from teaching in a lesson is inapprTeaching and learning», where it is noted that the schools consider that «any process which judges learning as the immediate outcome from teaching in a lesson is inapprteaching in a lesson is inappropriate.

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

The regents now also bow to politically correct lunacy that would shock any honest educator: This month, notably, they actually scrapped the literacy - test requirement for teaching - job applicants.

Science for All Americans defines science literacy and lays out some principles for effective learning and teaching.

Project 2061 Print Tools Atlas of Science Literacy, Volumes 1 and 2 Benchmarks for Science Literacy Blueprints for Reform Designs for Science Literacy Dialogue on Early Childhood Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Science for All Americans Teaching Guides for Special Topics (Evolution,...

What do you think of calls for digital literacy, teaching children how to create code as well as how to read and write?

Memorizing the expression «atoms are not created or destroyed» and balancing chemical equations — a common approach to teaching chemical reactions — has proved to be insufficient for helping students explain how living things gain mass, said Jo Ellen Roseman, director of Project 2061, a long - term initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to improve science literacy and education.

Roseman's presentation, «Achieving Science Literacy for All: Contributions from AAAS Project 2061,» described the origins of Project 2061, its standards - based approach to improving science teaching and learning, and its current efforts to help educators achieve science literacy Literacy for All: Contributions from AAAS Project 2061,» described the origins of Project 2061, its standards - based approach to improving science teaching and learning, and its current efforts to help educators achieve science literacy literacy for all.

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students...

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of energy.

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.

Jo Ellen Roseman, director of the long - term science literacy project, said improved ways of teaching how atoms and molecules behave in chemical reactions will prepare students for more advanced classes in high school and college.

We first focused on harnessing computer technologies for education (January 2009) and then highlighted the synergies between inquiry science teaching and the acquisition of literacy skills (April 2010).

«Discussing American science literacy without mentioning evolution is intellectual malpractice» that «downplays the controversy» over teaching evolution in schools, says Joshua Rosenau of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit that has fought to keep creationism out of the science classroom.

Chinese Edition of Atlas of Science Literacy Now in 2nd Printing Popular Science Press of China has announced plans to reprint Volume 1 of Project 2061's Atlas of Science Literacy; plans are also underway to translate and publish Volume 2 of the Atlas, completing the set of nearly 100 conceptual strand maps for K - 12 science teaching and learning.

And Project 2061, the AAAS science literacy initiative, is working with teachers in Colorado, Maryland, Boston, and Washington, D.C., on a module that prepares middle - school students for high school biology — by teaching them chemistry.