Sentences with phrase «in first grade classrooms»

However, when children whom kindergarten teachers described as having behavioral or adjustment problems were placed in first grade classrooms with high emotional and instructional support, the expected gaps in achievement did not materialize.

Teacher study group impact of the professional development model on reading instruction and student outcomes in first grade classrooms.

Performance assessment in first grade classrooms: The PALM model.

The recent ham and cheese sandwich assembly line recently unfolding in a first grade classroom at this District 36 elementary school reflects the school's four Peace Power principles — recognize, stop put - downs, work together and make peace, said Principal Julie Pfeffer.

In a first grade classroom, you might ask students to draw a rectangle and cut it into halves or fourths, using different colored rubber bands to show the dividing line.

A blog about all the fun, silly, and sometimes crazy things that happen in a first grade classroom.

This is her first time in a first grade classroom and she is so excited to learn from Brooke's amazing teachers!

When I begin to focus on the strategy of «chunking» in my first grade classroom, I use colored transparency film to highlight common word families -LRB-» — ike» in like).

Create a differentiated learning environment in your first grade classroom with these easy - to - implement research - based lessons.

Together For Jackson County Kids — One teacher's approach to preventing gender bullying in a classroom — Melissa Bollow Tempel — Dealing with the tricky and socially fundamental issue of gender in a first grade classroom.

Not exact matches

Mark Barden, whose seven - year - old son Daniel was shot to death in his first - grade classroom, said he and other Sandy Hook parents had been advocating for the bill for more than three years.

While research shows that children who participate in a full - day kindergarten program transition better into the first grade and have better social skills, the downside of noisy, crowded classrooms and stressed - out children make me question if the program was rolled out too hastily.

In 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomIn 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classrooms.

Before Columbus Day, special needs students in kindergarten and first grade shared a classroom with students from second and third grades.

The annex was built in the 1950's adding kindergarten and first grade classrooms to the original 1938 North School building.

A typical example in my first - grade classroom was at recess.

(Tuesday, September 22, Altadena CA)-- On Friday August 29th at approximately 5:30 pm, an accidental electrical fire destroyed the building housing Pasadena Waldorf School's first and second grade classrooms at their historic campus on Mariposa Street in the foothills of Altadena.

Accidental Electrical Fire Destroys Buildings at Pasadena Waldorf Altadena Country Club offers space for childcare, thanks in part to Five Acres CEO Chanel Boutakidis (Tuesday, September 22, Altadena CA)-- On Friday August 29th at approximately 5:30 pm, an accidental electrical fire destroyed the building housing Pasadena Waldorf School's first and second grade classrooms at their historic campus -LSB-...]

Students in first grade teacher Veronica Petrillo's classroom carefully embellished brown bags with crayon illustrations, before assembling the ham and cheese sandwiches, bags of carrots, chips, Rice Krispie treats and juice boxes.

This past week I started volunteering in Number 5's first grade classroom twice a week.

P.S. 19Q has five smaller trailers that were placed on the school campus in 1994, accommodating 250 students into seven kindergarten and three first - grade «classrooms».

A total of 120 kindergarten and first - grade classrooms across 22 urban, low - income elementary schools were included in the study.

A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals» temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional support to kindergarten and first grade students, and better classroom organization and less off - task behavior in first - grade classes, according to research by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Hine developed Keep Busy and Carry On for two classrooms, one first and one second grade, in a local elementary school.

Shortly after Goodrow became a runner in the 1990s (inspired by her grown son, who regularly competed in triathlons), she began incorporating running into her first - and second - grade classroom curriculum.

Earl gets his first bad grade ever, he withdraws from family, friends and classroom to his secret hideaway in the school boiler room, taking on the persona for the «Phantom of the Auditorium.»

Frank (Chris Evans), her uncle and guardian, wants the six - year - old to have an ordinary childhood, so he enrolls her in a regular first grade classroom.

The following quote is one of the first things my eighth - grade students see when they walk into their classroom in September:

My first year of Genius Hour in my fifth - grade classroom was a huge success.

«I am in my 13th year of teaching, but this is my first year to incorporate flexible seating into my classroom,» said first - grade teacher Ashley Rice Broomfield, before expressing a common sentiment: «I will never go back to traditional seating.»

For example, I was visiting in a first - grade classroom where the teacher had cut flash cards in half.

On a first - ever report card of its kind, 13 out of 20 states earned a grade of C or lower for the quality of the standards they have set to assess whether teachers now in the classroom have adequate knowledge of subjects they teach.

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.

So there was this jump with the children themselves, both in terms of rating themselves and rating the other kids in their classroom, everything was going along fine in First and Second Grade, and then the jump from Second to Third grade produced some staggering results that changed direction fairly precipitously.

In How Schools Work, readers discover that first grade reading groups operate within a grand organizational scheme: groups nested in classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban districIn How Schools Work, readers discover that first grade reading groups operate within a grand organizational scheme: groups nested in classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban districin classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban district.

Join two middle school teachers in their first post of a year - long series about implementing a PBL pilot program in their fifth grade classroom.

Once I started teaching high school, however, even though my first job was in special education and my students» reading levels were not much higher than those in my third - grade classroom, I switched to Arial.

«The research for our paper focused on first - grade classrooms in the Boston Public Schools, and we were very pleased to be part of a successful collaboration with the students, teachers, and administrators in Boston,» Tivnan says.

As Hiebert pointed out, in 1960, America's first - grade classroom was quite homogenous, only to become more diverse in the decades that followed.

In mid-June, Golden Dragon opened its doors in Brandi Forte and Lorrie Balton's first - grade classrooIn mid-June, Golden Dragon opened its doors in Brandi Forte and Lorrie Balton's first - grade classrooin Brandi Forte and Lorrie Balton's first - grade classroom.

Kindergarten and first - grade students learn in regular elementary classrooms, with one teacher for all subjects.

Many things have changed, especially the demographics of the first grade classroom, since the late Jeanne Chall produced her landmark study, Learning to Read: The Great Debate in 1967.

The increase in immigrant population throughout the 1980s dramatically changed the first grade cohort as more English Language Learners entered the classroom.

A case in point is Carol Gruber's first - grade classroom at Seminole Trails Elementary School, one of the original three Efficacy pilot schools in Palm Beach.

He also pointed out that University of Virginia researchers studying first - grade classrooms found low - income and nonwhite students were more likely to be in «lower overall quality classrooms» (which isn't quite the same thing as having lousier teachers).

He was thinking, I'm sure, that until a principal is absolutely confident of a teacher's ability, that teacher should not be placed in a first - grade classroom.

If a teacher can not be trusted to know and to utilize the best instructional programs and strategies for teaching each child to read, that teacher does not belong in a first - grade classroom.

First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based, grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.

First segment of a six - episode series about a workshop where eighth - grade students in New York City are asked to dream up the basic elements of the classroom of the future using design thinking.

For example, in a first - grade classroom, conflict resolution might just mean sharing and taking turns.