Sentences with phrase «in reading classrooms»

Educators in content - area classrooms need to implement the same key practices that work in reading classrooms.

So differentiating instruction so that all students have the opportunity to use multiple brain pathways in the reading classroom throughout their school years is key to motivating them to read and improve.

Not exact matches

You can read management books or spend hours in the classroom... or you can just follow some simple shortcuts:

In the classroom, they encourage the careful, fair, and patient reading of authors, before imposing categories and criticisms too quickly.

I read it in Grade 10 English class, stole my copy from Mr. Hoff's classroom, and then wore it out with re-reading.

It was an RCC sanctioned book, complete with imprimatur, that had been placed in my classroom by the curriculum development experts in the diocese with the expectation that I would read it to the children.

I read about a professor who gave his class an exercise in which he wanted them to prove that there was no such thing as an invisible leprechaun (or some such) in the classroom.

I still remember running out of the classroom in seventh grade to use the bathroom to avoid reading aloud.

Read loses sight of Buber's concept of dialogue, however, when he suggests that Buber's teaching shows how to replace the inter-individual tensions of the classroom by «an organic mode of adaptation to the social organism as a whole» and when he reinterprets the teacher's concentration of an effective world as a selective screen in which what is kept in and what is left out is determined by the organic social pattern through the medium of the teacher's «sense of a total organism's feeling - behaviour.»

The judge issued a detailed injunction that prohibits the governor, the attorney general, the state board of education, and everyone else from permitting religious activity in classrooms, including vocal prayer, readings of the Bible, devotional discussions, and distribution of religious materials.

Morrison's modernist approach to religion in 1912, tinged by both cultural and religious anti-Catholicism, still had room for a spirited defense of Bible reading in public schools when the Supreme Court of Illinois banned the Bible from the classroom.

I picture Christians around the country and around the world sitting in my classroom reading my lessons and setting out to share the truths about God's revealed Word with others.

Before Martin and Malcolm, black ministers and religious thinkers repeated the doctrines and mimicked the theologies they read and heard in white churches and seminaries, grateful to be allowed to worship God in an integrated sanctuary and to study theology with whites in a seminary classroom.

Battleground: One Mother's Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen bates poseidon press, 365 pages, $ 24 The 1983 protest by a group of parents in Hawkins County, Tennessee, against certain stories and themes in the public school reading....

Anyone who reads John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University, published in 1852, and then ventures into the typical college classroom of today will suffer a similar case of mental whiplash.

Fine art adorns the walls of our schoolhouse, great literature is read in the classrooms, and Gregorian chant is taught in music class.

There are reasons, for example, and reasons based on principles, that explain not only why classroom furniture should not be bolted to the floor, but why maps should not have political frontiers drawn in darker ink than other lines, and why epic poetry should be introduced by reading selections in their original language.

Central to this drama are two Supreme Court cases: Engle v. Vitale (1962), in which the Court decided that government - directed prayer in public schools was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's establishment clause; and Abington v. Schempp (1963), which declared unconstitutional a Pennsylvania statute that provided for compulsory Bible reading in public classrooms.

Hippy, yeah I get what you're saying about not learning anything new in school, and not much from the teachers you had, I also read constantly and learned more through my books and travel than in classrooms.

Like most of Noonan's books, Bribes is still in print and assigned classroom reading.

Set up a Feelings Center in your home or classroom, and create a safe, creative space where your child can read about and express their emotions.

It's an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom,... Continue reading →

Enjoy using it in the classroom or at home after reading the storybook with your children.

On this blog (and elsewhere) I've come out strongly against sugary birthday treats in the classroom, but my fifth - grade daughter really wanted to bring cupcakes or donuts to... [Continue reading]

If you step into a classroom, you're likely to spot the visual learner sitting in the reading nook le...

As I entered the classroom Tuesday, they were reading Sylvia's Spinach before tasting Spinach Lasagna, enjoying the Spinach Brownies they had made themselves, and going out to check on their newly planted spinach seeds in the school garden.

Whether they are highlighting expanded universal breakfast - in - the - classroom, farm - to - schools, or chefs - to - schools, we... Continue reading →

In her preschool classroom, she is the one... [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Parenting a Strong - Willed, Sensitive Child

Early reading in schools is necessary so that the teacher can give children classroom assignments rather than working individually with each of them, but at home it doesn't matter.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to introduce themselves, talk about breakfast - in - the - classroom, and to mark your location on our... Continue reading →

Read Part 2 of our interview with Lori, where we discuss the new meal patterns, breakfast - in - the - classroom resources, and what's next for her BIC program.

At the first meeting, the topic of treats in the classroom came up and my friend... [Continue reading]

Most days, my six - year - old son, Mateo, takes the bus to his suburban California kindergarten, but sometimes we drive, so we can read together in the classroom before school begins.

I responded to the reader in a series three posts: Part One offered advice for bringing about change at the classroom level (e.g.,... [Continue reading]

I've written a lot on this blog (and, really, I mean, a LOT — see the «Related Posts» below) about classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered junk food by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue reading]

Well, good for you for sticking to your guns, but prepare to be furious when your child comes home on the last day before the winter break vibrating like a tuning fork from all of the «holiday» (read «Christmas») treats that well meaning parents send for the traditional pre-break party that happens in virtually every public school classroom on the last school day of the calendar year.

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Spending just an hour in the classroom once a month can give you a read on your child's feelings about school.

One thing that really struck us when reading these case studies is how very important collaboration and stakeholder engagement are to the success of a breakfast - in - the - classroom program.

Teachers have observed that the process of writing and composing helps develop reading and writing skills, while the creative element contributes to positive dynamics in the classroom.

And it has become clear, at the same time, that the educators who are best able to engender noncognitive abilities in their students often do so without really «teaching» these capacities the way one might teach math or reading — indeed, they often do so without ever saying a word about them in the classroom.

Volunteer in class Spending just one hour in the classroom once a month will give you a read on your child's feelings about school.

Even if you work full time, there may be opportunities to prepare project materials at home or visit the classroom once in a while to read a story or celebrate a special occasion.

Additionally, in a blended program, our speech / language pathologists, reading specialists, occupational therapists, and other support staff work with children in the classroom who require supports.

«And when parents read books with their kids, two things happen: The kids see that what they're learning has interest and value beyond the classroom and kids and parents have shared material to talk about — what they each liked and disliked in the story, what they found boring or engaging, etc..

This can not be done in a classroom where twenty - five children congregate with one teacher... The learning disabled child should not have to share his teacher with more than six to eight other children, at least not during those portions of the day when the key subjects — reading and arithmetic — are being taught.»

As with the previous posts in this series, I'll briefly discuss what is done in the Montessori classroom before touching on some ways parents can support children in their reading preparation at home.

Please read this letter from the Vermont Secretary of Education stating that meals served in the classroom count as instructional time.

If he can walk into a classroom, lunchroom, playground or a dance, read what's going on there, and then decide how he's going to interact in that environment in an appropriate way, he's already halfway there.