Veronica Briggs, another sixth
grade reading and language arts teacher, comments, «The program has been so helpful.
Not exact matches
The 4th -
grade math test asked 34 questions; the 3rd -
grade language -
arts test included three
readings — a folk tale, a poem,
and a nonfiction passage —
and 20 questions.
At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English /
language arts, many also face new state
reading policies for the early
grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them,
and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate
reading skills.
Two teachers, Kristie Burke, a 7th -
grade reading teacher at STRIVE,
and Kerrie McCormick, a
language arts teacher at a struggling DPS middle school, sat side by side while the STRIVE teachers went through a professional development day.
A regular classroom elementary teacher of
reading and language arts in
grades K - 6 receives a cash award of $ 1,000 through the Regie Routman Teacher Recognition Award.
In their sixth -
grade social studies
and language arts class, while doing a simulation on the Maya, students take breaks for research, close
reading of articles (from secondary sources to primary documents written in the 1500s),
and analyzing their own artistic replicas of primary documents.
During English /
language arts, she masters research,
reads grade levels above her peers,
and exhibits creativity, innovation,
and initiative.
Brendan Dotson learned about Urban Scholars Program while teach eighth -
grade language arts and reading in SeaTac, Wash. «I was interested in the opportunity to spend time with educators who had been doing amazing work in urban schools all over the country,» he says.
Great for common core
language arts lessons ~ daily 5, rhyming, concepts of print,
reading strategies, independent
reading, retelling,
and sequencing, Great for PreK, kindergarten,
and 1st
grade.
The proposed regulations (§ 200.14) add a definition for «proficient» that requires that the academic achievement indicator «equally measure
grade - level proficiency on the
reading /
language arts and mathematics assessments.»
The proposed rulemaking (§ 200.14) would clarify this statutory provision to say that the academic achievement indicator must «equally measure
grade - level proficiency on the
reading /
language arts and mathematics assessments.»
Include assessments, in each of
grades 3 through 8
and high school, in both
reading /
language arts and mathematics that have been operational for more than one year
and have received approval through the NCLB standards
and assessment review process.
Recommendation: We recommend revising the proposed regulations to track closely to the statutory
language around the academic indicator based on assessment
and delete the extraneous words that require the academic achievement indicator to «equally measure
grade - level proficiency on the
reading /
language arts and mathematics assessments.»
The study focused on
reading /
language arts and math instruction in
grades 3 to 8.
Though the increased emphasis on the mechanics of taking tests should be considered a factor in the increase of mathematics
and reading scores throughout this period, survey results also found signs of significant changes in teachers» emphasis on content in
language arts and in the time devoted to content appropriate to
grade level in mathematics.
Instead, the state will give the tests only in
grades 4, 6,
and 8 in
reading, mathematics,
and English /
language arts.
State officials» efforts to improve students»
reading and language arts achievement with their newly designed end - of -
grade assessments.
They observed the
language arts activities
and overall dynamic in each classroom to identify the specific instructional practices that appeared most successful for children entering the first
grade with minimal
reading skill.
She also commented on the mediocre quality of Common Core's English
language arts /
reading standards in
grades 6 - 12
and their lack of international benchmarking:
English
language arts, also known as the combination of
reading and writing skills, is usually taught in the late elementary
and middle
grades.
Milwaukee Public Schools»
grade - level standards for high school students are based upon the Common Core State Standards for math,
reading and English /
language arts.
The Master Schedule Collection (MSC) of data is required to satisfy federal assurances — including the reporting of student growth data to teachers of
reading /
language arts and mathematics in
grades 3 - 8
and Algebra I through
grade 9.
In English
language arts (ELA) / literacy, the PLDs at each
grade level are written for the two assessment claims of
reading and writing.
Cooperative Integrated
Reading and Composition (CIRC) is a school - based program that targets reading, writing, and language arts in grades 2 thr
Reading and Composition (CIRC) is a school - based program that targets
reading, writing, and language arts in grades 2 thr
reading, writing,
and language arts in
grades 2 through 6.
The project Achievement Trajectory Tool applies a data - driven statistical model to predict the longitudinal achievement growth in
reading comprehension
and science across
grades 3 - 8 of students receiving Science IDEAS in
grades 3 - 5 in comparision with students not receiving Science IDEAS (i.e., receiving traditional
reading /
language arts instead of Science IDEAS).
The teachers» questions indicated that, on the standardized
reading assessment, they wanted 9th
grade vocabulary
and comprehension subskill results disaggregated for each of the 10th
grade English
language arts course sections so teachers would have a profile of students»
reading ability in their current classes.
Connecticut law mandates that students take a «statewide mastery test,» defined as «an examination which measures whether or not a student has mastered essential
grade - level skills in
reading,
language arts and mathematics.»
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.
He then got a
Reading First Grant
and changed the way literacy was taught in K - 5
grades,
and refocused the school on
language arts and math to bring up test scores.
When NCLB first required all schools to test all students in
grades 3 — 8
and high school in
reading /
language arts and math, no one intended that other subjects should be diminished or cut — but that's what happened.
WCKE • Math
and reading for all test takers,
and science,
language arts, writing
and social studies in
grades 4, 8
and 10.
These include
reading, writing, listening
and research / inquiry skills in the 5th -
grade English
language arts test
and problem solving, concepts
and procedures
and communicating reasoning for 5th -
grade math.
In the 2014 - 15 school year, the department plans to replace the Wisconsin Knowledge
and Concepts Examination in
grades 3 - 8 for
reading, math
and language arts with the Smarter Balanced Assessment being developed by a consortium of states.
«For purposes of this section, a state - wide mastery examination is defined as an examination which measures whether or not a student has mastered essential
grade - level skills in
reading,
language arts and mathematics.
According to the ELA Common Core Standards in
reading language arts, students should be able to distinguish between formal
and informal
language as early as second
grade.
• In Dane County, the biggest jump in test score averages was in the Marshall (in eighth -
grade science, eighth -
grade math,
and fifth -
grade reading), Wisconsin Heights (10th -
grade science, 10th -
grade social studies),
and Verona (eighth -
grade language arts) districts.
Georgia law requires that all students in
grades one through eight take the CRCT in the content areas of
reading, English /
language arts,
and mathematics.
Lessons are customized for a state's
grade - level standards for English
language arts, social studies
and science so that students can build
reading and writing skills
and content - area knowledge
and vocabulary simultaneously.
Students in
grades three through eight will begin taking computer - based exams next spring that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards in
reading,
language arts and math.
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.
The English
language arts standards for
grades 6 to 12 feature separate sections for using history / social studies
and science topics
and materials to develop
reading comprehension
and writing skills.
Students in 3rd through 8th
grade must be tested once per year in
reading or
language arts as well as mathematics,
and once more in high school.
These two - book sets with included Hot Dots provide children with 100 lessons on a variety of
reading and language arts skills appropriate for each
grade, from
reading comprehension
and vocabulary to spelling
and punctuation.
These recommendations are provided for English
language arts,
reading,
and mathematics in
grades 6, 7,
and 8.
English
language arts /
reading teachers for
grades 5
and 9 may also be invited to the Professional Development to Support Academic Writing Academy.
Fourth, if we accept these premises, we are obliged to revise the early
grades curriculum so that we can impart to all students, in
language arts classes
and throughout the day, the knowledge that will enable them to
read with strong comprehension.
«Edgenuity is the leader in courseware for
grades 6 - 12
and Compass Learning has enjoyed a long history in the market for intervention
and skills instruction in K - 8 math,
reading and language arts.
[Starred review] Miller, a sixth -
grade language arts and social studies teacher
and blogger, has enabled students of many different backgrounds to enjoy
reading and to be good at it; her students regularly score high on the Texas standardized tests.
I didn't realize it at the time, but I had witnessed a first class demonstration of the integrated curriculum —
art, literature, writing,
reading,
and oral
language shared with fascinated first
grade listeners.
SRA FLEX Literacy ™ is a comprehensive
reading and language arts intervention system built on the Common Core State Standards for struggling readers in
grades 3
and up in tiers 2, 3, or 4.