Sentences with phrase «grade teacher when»

It's just like what my mom said to my 3rd grade teacher when she was told that I was failing math: Just let a dumb ho be a dumb ho!

Her mother was her first grade teacher when Nilka was 4 years old.

Who wants to be a 5th grade teacher when they might responsible for their entire school?

I was a dedicated first - grade teacher when I started teaching over nine years ago, and I appreciate the importance of inspiring writing at the earliest ages.

Not exact matches

Remember when you were in grade school and you ran into your teacher at, say, the grocery store?

«I was in 3rd grade and one of my teachers told us to decide what we wanted to do when we grew up and then interview someone who had that job.

My fourth - grade teacher didn't help when she announced I was the worst speller she'd seen in 25 years.

When Barnett asked her what had gone wrong, she replied that she had suddenly felt as if she was back in 10th grade being scrutinized by her horrifying teacher.

When Michael Fordinal was in seventh grade, his teachers would assign sentence writing for bad behavior.

He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

When she was sixteen, she went to the funeral home by herself, unwillingly, for her fifth - grade math teacher.

When I was in first grade, teachers assigned students to reading groups based on how well they could read.

When my daughter was in grade school, her teacher included a unit on table manners.

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.

Although Malcolm was an outstanding student and extremely popular among his peers, he dropped out of school when his white eighth grade English teacher discouraged him from becoming a lawyer and suggested carpentry as a more «realistic goal for a nigger.»

I didn't notice at the time but my grade one teacher was rather broadminded when she introduced us to islam and buddhism along with christianity.

In first grade, my teacher, Mrs. Nelson, busted me for throwing away my homework when my grade was below a...

We have found that when teachers allow students to take home graded tests and then turn in test corrections, the students can learn from their mistakes and eventually understand the material in depth.

And then when Laurel was in 5th grade, her teacher totally worked reverse psychology magic on me.

I won't forget my embarrassment when I had to explain to the second - grade teacher why I crashed her students» game of dodgeball.

The sacred bond that is birthed in early childhood between the teacher and student grows and transforms when the child enters the grades.

When a typical school teacher starts their day they know that they will most likely teach only one grade in the elementary years.

By: Joe Newman A third - grade teacher was teaching a lesson with the children sitting on the floor in front of her when Josh raised his hand.

When I was going through my teacher education classes we discussed this and talked about fostering intrinsic motivation and not working for a grade, but for the pursuit of knowledge.

His grade school gym teacher was standing next to me when it happened.

High school teachers are frequently left wondering about GT identifications, when they see no evidence of higher performance as kids enter 9th grade.

I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful public school system for my children, but it just makes me laugh when I see so many parents continue to get caught up in always wanting «the best»: the best 2nd grade teacher, the best soccer coach, the best swim program.

My daughters self proclaimed Wellness aware 2nd grade teacher keeps giving the whole class treats when she has to have a sub.

When my oldest was in 1st grade, her teacher would not allow her class to go to «Snack Attack».

I'm sick of a lot of my COLLEGE professors sort of awkwardly shrugging their shoulders when «difficult» topics are brought up because they really, really do not want to get into complicated talks with their students and I just remember how much more so my grade - school teachers did that.

Lastly, my father tells the story of how, back in the early 50s when he was in first and second grade, his school teacher would have the whole class, every day, put their heads down on their desks after lunch for a 10 - minute rest.

But when we realized that 3rd grade math homework could take more than an hour we met with the teacher and discussed accomodations.

when the teacher who had taken over my 9th grade English class called to ask about a student's grade.

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.

Governor Cuomo has questioned why more than 95 % of teachers last year were rated adequate or above average, when two thirds of schoolchildren in grades 3 to 8 were found in standardized tests not to be meeting the new requirements.

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.

Yet he documented multiple instances in which principals had targeted teachers for dismissal without even observing them or rated teachers ineffective when they would not change grades or would not pass students who barely attended class.

Brian Skinner, a fifth - grade teacher at Orenda Elementary School, was shot and killed when he stormed out of his Pashley Street home with a knife as officers arrived to investigate a 911 call about 11 p.m. on July 28.

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.

In 10th grade, though, he took an Advanced Placement biology class and still remembers a pivotal moment when his teacher asked about a chemical bond in DNA.

When I was in third grade, my teacher asked us to raise our hands if one or both parents worked for local chemical giant DuPont.

In math, the girls outscored the boys in the test that was scored anonymously, but when graded by teachers who were familiar with their names, the boys outscored the girls.

When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher realized that I didn't fit in the C class and encouraged me to do a science project, so naturally I did it on animals, and my best friend, Steven, did his on rocks.

He grew up in Normal, Illinois, the son of a science education professor and a grade - school teacher, both tolerant of his youthful interest in animals (though his mother screamed when a pet alligator joined her in the shower).

Richard (Dick) says, «My education in science started when my sixth - grade teacher, Mr. Diehl, crushed a seemingly empty floor - wax can with atmospheric pressure alone.

Yet, when a 4th grade teacher in his native Detroit, Michigan, instructed him and his classmates to learn and write about any species, he chose a land mammal instead — an impala — and then he dreamed about being one.

When I was in second grade, my teachers doled out salted peanuts as a reward.

I have also been near - blind since about the second grade when my teacher caught me squinting up at the chalkboard.

When you were in grade school did your teacher ever assign you an essay that could be about anything you wanted?