Sentences with phrase «grade classmates at»

«It was a difficult decision, but I feel compelled to do something,» said Andrea Mata, whose son Oscar, 8, won't be filling out bubble sheets with his third - grade classmates at Public School 210 in Manhattan.

Not exact matches

Avery and his first - grade classmates in at TriCity Elementary in Buffalo, Illinois watched the box of supplies being delivered via the Facetime app.

Williamsport Penn. — 8th grade girl shoots classmate at Bishop Neumann Catholic school.

He has one of the three highest academic averages in the history of Mansfield High — he received a B for one marking period in seventh - grade English but nothing lower than an A since — and will certainly become the fourth member of his family named most likely to succeed by his classmates at graduation.

Gianna Serro, a 12th grade student at North Bergen High School in New Jersey, had traveled to the protest with two classmates.

The results were clear: Students who strategically reflected on how to use their resources to learn effectively ended up with higher grades at the end of the semester, outperforming their classmates by an average of one third of a letter grade.

When I was 6th grade, my classmates and I were traveling to another village to perform at a cultural event.

Second, they look at the grades of their classmates.

My wife remembers classmates having to put a nickel in the «mission box» if they mispronounced a word — «libary» instead of library or «pitcher» instead of picture — at her Jersey City parochial grade school.

In theory, retained students were supposed to participate in an enriched, accelerated academic program that would, through additional help and tailor - made interventions, result in a better outcome at the end of the repeated grade or even help the student catch up to his or her classmates.

Communication Comparisons 06/20/2001 [World History, Language Arts Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Submitted by VaReane Heese] VaReane Heese, a teacher at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School submitted this week's lesson in which students use online and print resources to research different methods of communication, use graphic organizers to compare the methods, and share their findings with classmates.

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So the 10th grade honors student at Ocean City High School in New Jersey did what she normally does when she needs help with an assignment and doesn't have time to consult with teachers or classmates: She logged on to the Internet and linked to an online tutor.

Because of the way tracking was done (splitting the grade into two classes at the median baseline test score), the two students closest to the median within each school were assigned to classes where the average prior achievement of their classmates was very different.

At the end of the grading period, they share their successes with their classmates.

These inconsistencies often result in wide discrepancies in letter grade meaning, as classmates at different skill levels receive similar letter grades, while students in different classrooms, at the same skill level, receive different letter grades.

Adaptive programs let a 3rd grader work at the 5th - grade level while a classmate is learning 1st - grade math skills.

In terms of turnaround in behavior, grades, and participation in school activities, particularly in the past year, Pearl explained for herself how the program helped: «At the end of last year, I saw some of my classmates losing their privileges, consistently getting in trouble, and I got tired of that.

BELLE CHASSE, La. — In the early elementary school grades, Zachary Davis and his classmates at Belle Chasse Primary School in suburban New Orleans wrote almost entirely from personal experience: describing their ideal vacation, trying to convince readers that a longer school year would be a good (or bad) idea, penning a letter about their adventures during summer break.

The Matthew Effect For a student like Molly to catch up and meet grade - level reading expectations, she will need to improve her skills at a faster pace than her current classmates.

Casey feels secure knowing exactly how grades will be determined, and she is becoming good at assessing her own and her classmates» work using rubrics.

She said her sixth - grader, Spencer, a student at Tomlinson Middle School was told that he had to sit with his classmates while they took the test, while her fourth grade daughter, who attends an elementary school in the district, has been allowed to sit out the test in the library.

Meanwhile, 29 percent of young female fourth - grade classmates read Below Basic in 2011, a four point decline from nine years ago; 36 percent of young female fourth - graders read at Proficient and Advanced levels, a two percent uptick over that time period.

While the overall waste of taxpayer money and student instructional time associated with the Common Core SBAC Testing disaster undermines the educational opportunities of every public school student, the testing scheme is particularly discriminatory against children who face English Language barriers, children who have special education needs and children who aren't «excelling» at one to two grade levels ahead of their classmates.

And when at least 1.2 million fourth - grade students, or one - third of the nation's students in that grade are likely to drop out — and nearly 1 million more of their classmates who are barely reading at Basic proficiency unlikely to succeed in college and career — we have a moral, intellectual, and systems - change obligation to focus on stemming achievement gaps.

After 20 minutes none of her classmates believed in the global warming catastrophe any more and the teacher was so impressed that he moved her grade from a 3 to a 2 at the end of the semester.

Grades don't do that, though: all they can do is measure how well you did relative to your classmates on a few 3 - hour exams taken at a particular place at a particular time.

In terms of turnaround in behavior, grades, and participation in school activities, particularly in the past year, Pearl explained for herself how the program helped: «At the end of last year, I saw some of my classmates losing their privileges, consistently getting in trouble, and I got tired of that.