Antoinette Smith is a fourth
grade reading teacher at Excel Academy, D.C.'s first all - girls public charter school.
She has served as a Program Manager with the Research and Evaluation Department at MPS and as a 4th
grade reading teacher at Hiawatha Academies.
They include: Mimma - Marie Cammarata, an Italian teacher at Sterling High School, Sterling; Kristy DeFazio, a fourth grade elementary school teacher at James J. Flynn Elementary School, Perth Amboy; Nicole Petrosillo, an English Language Arts teacher at West Milford Township High School, West Milford Township; Diane Phares, an art teacher at Mount Olive High School, Mount Olive Township; Kristina Phelan, a kindergarten through second
grade reading teacher at Mahala F. Atchison Elementary School, Tinton Falls; and Domenick Renzi, a basic skills mathematics teacher at Wedgwood Elementary School, Washington Township.
While one measure of progress may be student achievement data, for 6th
grade reading teacher Ashley Croft, another telling measure is that «for the first time ever, every time slot for parent - teacher conferences was filled this year.
«I don't think there is very much research out there to say that when you can take a student who is impoverished and dramatically behind, that you can fix it in three years,» said Mr. Javsicas, the seventh -
grade reading teacher, who also coordinates special education at Troy Prep.
TROY, N.Y. — David Javsicas, a popular seventh -
grade reading teacher known for urging students to act out dialogue in the books they read in class, sometimes feels wistful for the days when he taught math.
Ms. Sparkes worked at Roxbury Prep Charter School in Boston for four years, her first year as an apprentice, then as the founding fifth
grade reading teacher for three years.
Thoughtful Education professional development didn't make sense at first to Leigh Ann Stewart, 5th -
grade reading teacher at Belmont Elementary (Christian County).
Luis became an official KIPPster after moving to New York to be the founding 6th
grade reading teacher for KIPP Washington Heights Middle School.
In a routine day, a terrific 4th -
grade reading teacher might give lessons in reading for just one hour, while spending another five hours teaching other subjects in which she is less effective, filling out paperwork, and so on.
With his support, our 6th -
grade reading teacher has developed her signature hamburger lesson.
Dressing for the role - playing is a burden for some students, says Irene Wheeler, now a third - and fourth -
grade reading teacher.
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.
Four third -
grade reading teachers are sitting around a table in Principal Mairead Nolan's office at the Trotter School in Boston.
Questioning tech - niques of fifth and sixth
grade reading teachers.
Bonus available to third
grade reading teachers whose students show the greatest growth in reading proficiency.
Not exact matches
In third
grade, her Catholic school
teacher Sister Stella Marie (or «the nun from hell») told her she wouldn't amount to anything if she couldn't
read.
In that context, the charitable
reading of the tweet is that Father Spadaro was reminding us of the obvious — that pastoral care is an art, and that the priest dealing with complicated and messy human situations is not like a first -
grade teacher drilling six - year olds in addition.
That reminds me of something my third
grade teacher once said after
reading my book report: «Did you even
read the book?!?!»
When I was in first
grade,
teachers assigned students to
reading groups based on how well they could
read.
When the members of the school board of Dover, Pennsylvania, a small community near Harrisburg, required students to
read a short statement concerning intelligent design before studying ninth -
grade biology, they met stiff resistance from some parents and
teachers.
For those of you who are interested in
reading the arch of a sad, sad bitter life, crusie through the remarks by «the son a Piper man» aka Tom Tom, Stands for nothing, hates everything, curses when left with nothing to say, then hysterically claims victory for hurting someone's feelings, and stands for nothing, but will gladly point out your poor syntax, grammar and spelling errors like a weary retired 3rd
grade teacher.
In the second -
grade room, the
teacher was sitting in slacks on the front table, a scarf wrapped around her head,
reading a story to the class — everyone paying eager attention except the two who were cleaning the hamster cage.
Working as an Early Childhood Assistant for a
reading specialist and later in
grades 1 - 3, Pam became more aware of the pressure on
teachers to push children to learn subjects faster and earlier than perhaps their development warranted.
He was so disinterested, in fact, that I went into his 1st
grade teacher conference convinced he needed outside help with
reading.
But for my youngest, it was a first
grade teacher read - aloud and that hooked her!
During my tenure, I worked as a Early Intervention Program
teacher, a Curriculum Support
teacher, a Special Instructional Assistance
teacher, a
Reading Recovery
teacher, and a Kindergarten through Fifth
grade classroom
teacher.
I'm a fifth
grade teacher that works outside of Buffalo, NY (the chicken... [Continue
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«Let it go,» says
reading specialist and first -
grade teacher Cindy Pfost.
«Let them see themselves as readers,» says
reading specialist and first -
grade teacher Cindy Pfost.
A Sunbridge article in the Fall 2016 issue of Lilipoh magazine is a place to
read about Waldorf teaching and
teacher education (focusing on
grades teaching).
Don't worry, says this seasoned
teacher / blogger, it's only a phase, and fourth
grade is right about when
reading tastes start to change, evolve, and expand.
The sports programs could remain - the music and arts programs could go on, no classes would need to be eliminated, kids could still learn how to
read by second
grade and the
teachers could maintain a living wage and benefit package.
Unfortunately, most districts and unions across the state set the bar so low that nearly 60 % of
teachers got the highest rating when only a third of students
read and do math at
grade level.
He says he finds it «incredible» that more than 95 % of
teachers were rated as performing properly, while two thirds of New York's school children in
grades 3 through 8 have been deemed inadequate in math and
reading standards.
Seizing on a sharp drop in
reading and math scores after students took their first Common Core tests, the
teachers fed fears that kids would somehow suffer because their
grades had fallen, when the opposite was true.
He says he finds it incredible that more than 95 percent of
teachers were rated as performing properly, while two thirds of New York's school children in
grades 3 through 8 have been deemed inadequate in math and
reading standards.
In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of
teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were
reading or doing math at
grade level, as measured by state tests.
Nevertheless, as you'll
read below, Lauren and I agree that there's a universal approach that everyone can take regardless of whether you're a
grade school
teacher in Albuquerque, an an accountant in Chicago or an attorney in NYC.
I have taught for 16 years in 4th
grade, self - contained 5th
grade, 6th - 8th
Reading Intervention at the middle school level, and 12 years as a 6th
grade ELA
teacher.
After
reading this book, there are easily a handful of changes that I would make to my assessing and
grading procedures if I were to return to the classroom as a
teacher.
«She wanted to
read, to write, to be in the routine the school day offered that I didn't feel day care did,» explained North Macie, a seventh -
grade teacher and District of Columbia resident.
An English
teacher that I
read about, after weeks of essays and test prep, surprised his 12th
grade class with a game of kickball out on the blacktop.
Teachers College
Reading and Writing Project has a list of suggested
read - aloud books for
grades K — 8 and tips for planning great
read - alouds.
«You gain a sense of student confusions about key ideas,» reports Buehl, a
reading teacher for
grades 9 - 12.
Teachers also plan to use a tool designed to assess the
reading fluency of primary students with below - level readers in
grades 4 - 6 to see how their needs can be addressed, said Poplar.
For those
teachers — who led
reading or math classrooms in
grades 4 8 and accounted for less than one in five DCPS
teachers — observations were worth 35 percent and value - added was worth 50 percent.
They are especially important for young men when one considers that the percentage of 6th -
grade teachers who were female ranged from 58 to 91 percent across four core subjects (math, science,
reading, and history).
In
grade - level teaching,
teachers share all of the students, which allows for small - group instruction in
reading, writing, and math in Tier One.
Schools need to have a well - stocked library or
reading resource room with many levels of texts so that
teachers of all
grades have access to books that are appropriate for the age and
reading level of their students.