The difference was significant, said Wehrheim, who is also a fourth
grade literacy teacher.
By using the cards, fifth -
grade literacy teacher Hillary Maly had a moment of realization: She was dealing with issues of her own.
Not exact matches
Students in kindergarten through third
grade at nine low - income New York City schools will receive more than 24,000 books they can take home, as part of a pilot
literacy project launched Tuesday by the United Federation of
Teachers, the New York City Department of Education, First Book, The American Federation of
Teachers and The New York Community Trust.
And the announced enhancements, which included kindergarten
literacy assessments, full - day kindergarten, smaller class sizes, keeping
teachers and students together during the early
grades, and individualized learning plans for students at risk of being held back, gave no indication of how dramatic the changes were.
And after learning that this year marked Hood River County School District's 150 - year anniversary, Sarah Segal, a HRMS sixth -
grade literacy, social studies, science, and language arts
teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local history.
Whether it's integrating educational technology, standards - based
grading, or
literacy, my razor - sharp focus is to help
teachers find solutions to their conundrums in teaching.
More specifically, the researchers 1) examine possible differences by classroom, school, and
literacy models; 2) explore the relationship between observable features of the classroom
literacy environment and children's
literacy growth during the first
grade year; 3) characterize the variability in the levels of
teacher understanding of the chosen
literacy model and of early
literacy development; and 4) assess whether there are qualitative differences in children's oral discourse skills and writing skills with the school's chosen model of
literacy instruction.
In 2003 schools chancellor Joel Klein appointed her and the project, through a no - bid three - year $ 5.4 million contract, to the task of revamping the way
literacy skills are taught in more than 100 district schools, including most of those in Brooklyn and Queens, the project's mission is to retrain — through onsite workshops, leadership seminars, curricular materials, and an intensive summer institute — primary and upper -
grade teachers, administrators from principals up through district superintendents, and central department policymakers.
Although this may seem basic, the easiest step toward implementing the Common Core
literacy standards is to talk with an ELA
teacher in your
grade level.
We thought to put him in with his age group, but the district saw that he'd do better in first
grade (he actually tested past second), and his new
teacher ran her
literacy program using flexible grouping so that all the kids could continually excel as was appropriate.
Currently, Dillon is a post-doctoral fellow at Haskins Laboratories, a research institute in New Haven, Conn., that focuses on speech, language, and reading and biological basis, where she investigates the effects of a three - year study in which first -
grade teachers were provided professional development seminars and in - class coaching in
literacy instruction.
Her experience teaching elementary school students in New Orleans as a first -
grade teacher and then working as a reading immersion specialist had shown Grayson the importance of
literacy for young children.
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teachers build their instruction around eight Learning Outcomes — content standards, collaboration, critical thinking, oral communication, written communication, career preparation, citizenship and ethics, and technology
literacy — which they embed in all projects, assessments, and
grade reports.
«Not all students are going to connect with me, and I'm not going to connect with all students, but there are always community members with different personalities that my students can connect with,» says Sarah Segal, a Hood River seventh -
grade English language arts,
literacy, and social studies
teacher.
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All our workshops can be delivered across
grade levels and customized for classroom, special education, and English language
teachers;
literacy coaches and trainers; curriculum specialists; and school and district administrators.
With a focus on early
literacy skills, this resource supports second
grade teachers in their use of centers in the classroom.
Since 2015, Kim has worked on researcher — practitioner partnership in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina in order to improve third -
grade literacy and
teacher capacity to implement the Common Core Standards in
literacy across the district.
In London School the current principal and her predecessor both worked with a School - Based Management Team,
grade - level teams, cross-
grade subject teams, special program committees (gifted education, bilingual education, etc.), and specialist roles (counselor,
literacy teacher, parent involvement coordinator, etc.).
Rochester school district officials say they are increasing the emphasis on
literacy at all
grade levels, including hiring 31 additional reading support and intervention
teachers in schools across the district for the upcoming school year.
A curriculum for third -
grade classrooms entitled Healthy Cooking, Eating and
Literacy was developed by Jo Wilson, a consultant and retired RCSD
teacher.
Enrollment has increased by over 200 students, scholars consistently perform well above
grade level in math and
literacy and gain admission to college - preparatory secondary schools, and the school serves as an effective training ground and research site for developing
teachers.
With a focus on early
literacy skills, this resource supports third
grade teachers in their use of centers in the classroom.
The in - service training programs will provide the opportunity for collaboration among
teachers and school library media specialists to advance information
literacy in the kindergarten through
grade 12 curriculum.
The individuals or groups identified as providing leadership included a mix of principals, assistant principals,
teachers in formal leadership roles (e.g.,
grade or subject team leaders) and
teachers with specialist positions (e.g.,
literacy specialists, technology specialists, counselors).
Literacy instruction in nine first -
grade classrooms:
Teacher characteristics and student achievement.
When Spillane and Jennings (1997) looked more closely at nine second - and fifth -
grade teachers in the suburban district, they found that the extent to which
teachers» practices reflected the district's
literacy initiative depended on how well the reforms were elaborated by the district.
From 1997 to 2001, Island was the 4th
grade team leader for Martin L. King Experimental Laboratory School in Evanston, IL, where she took on the roles of Language Arts district representative, School
Literacy Committee member,
Teachers as Readers Committee member, a Sisterhood Project mentor and coordinator of Battle of the Books inter-school competition.
For example, in implementing the
literacy rotation, first -
grade teachers proposed that one paraprofessional be allocated to each first -
grade classroom, which required that the upper -
grade teachers have fewer than one per classroom.
During her twenty years as an educator, she has been a first
grade teacher, ELL
teacher,
literacy coach, and reading specialist.
For second graders who were not in classrooms with the
literacy rotation (such as the traditional
grade 2, the multiage
grade 2 - 3, and the split -
grade 2 - 3 class), reading instruction was left to individual
teachers and their paraprofessionals with support from one of the school's Title I
teachers and the special education
teacher.
In the September faculty meeting, leaders facilitated
grade - level team learning sessions in which
teachers practiced reading and interpreting the
literacy assessments their students would take.
From 1997 to 2001, Island Childress was also the 4th
grade team leader for Martin L. King Experimental Laboratory School in Evanston, IL, where she took on the roles of Language Arts District Representative, School
Literacy Committee member,
Teachers as Readers Committee member, and Sisterhood Project mentor.
Stocks in the Future is a financial
literacy and incentive program for students in
grades 6 through 8, delivered weekly by students» regular classroom
teachers, allowing students to earn dollars with good attendance -LSB-...]
As a first
grade teacher, I'm asked to provide a balanced
literacy approach with both whole class teaching, time for independent practice, and guided practice for the students each day.
Maddie Fennell, NBCT, has been an elementary
teacher in the Omaha Public Schools for 27 years, teaching in first, fourth and sixth
grades and mentoring her peers as a
literacy coach.
Educational coaches — whether math,
literacy, instructional, or curriculum coaches — vary in the content of the work they do and in the
grade range of the
teachers with whom they work.
As part of a high school reform initiative, 10th
grade English language arts
teachers and
literacy coaches worked with a data coach to define essential questions about students» reading performance.
To better meet these students» needs, schools should promote bilingualism and biliteracy development in
grades K - 12, offer professional development to
teachers on how to integrate explicit language and
literacy instruction aimed at the long - term English language learners in their classrooms, develop specialized programs that differ from those targeting newly arrived students, and offer native language arts programs that focus on developing native language
literacy.
Not only do principals need to be aware of
grade level
literacy scope and sequences, but they should also be sure that
teachers understand the curriculum expectations at their
grade level.
Gather colleagues from the data team, interventionists,
grade level
teachers, or other personnel who provide
literacy instruction in your school.
Available for universal screening (
Grades 1 - 6) and frequent Progress Monitoring (
Grades 1 - 12), the Spanish assessments were developed by bilingual researchers in collaboration with native Spanish - speaking
teachers and
literacy leaders.
Stocks in the Future is a financial
literacy and incentive program for students in
grades 6 through 8, delivered weekly by students» regular classroom
teachers, allowing students to earn dollars with good attendance and
grades that they can invest in their own stock portfolio.
At KIPP Vision Academy, she has served as a fifth and sixth
grade teacher,
grade level chair,
Literacy Coordinator, and Assistant Principal.
«And since Achieve3000's solutions are customized to meet each state's academic standards and build
literacy in the content areas, our
teachers can use them in all fifty - two of our regions, across many
grade and ability levels, as they work to meet the individual needs of each learner.»
Partnering with the National Forum to Accelerate Middle -
Grades Reform, the grant focuses on pairing
literacy and numeracy professional learning for middle -
grade teachers in four states (Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and California).
Not too many English
teachers can say that magical moments occur while
grading essays; yet, one of my most magical teaching moments occurred while I sat reading through students» unit reflections this past weekend, and assessment
literacy is to thank for this moment of sheer educator bliss.
A 9th
grade language arts
teacher explains how her school helped struggling readers by placing them in an Academic
Literacy class that gave them time to read books for pleasure and helped them develop strategies for choosing books, eliminating distractions, and monitoring their thinking as they read.
«I grew up hoping to become an elementary
teacher, and through AmeriCorps, I was in a first -
grade classroom for two years,» says Jennifer Esswein who served with AmeriCorps for
Literacy and Math through the Ohio State University in the late 1990s and now works in school improvement and accountability.
The grant - funded DREAM initiative trains California third - and fourth -
grade teachers in arts /
literacy practices, and after its first two years of implementation, language arts test scores of students in these
teachers» classrooms increased by 87 points.