Sentences with phrase «in third grade classrooms»

For example, in third grade classrooms with more collaborative learning activities, children had more positive interactions with their classmates.

As part of the study, independent («blind») observers assessed the quality of classroom climate in all third grade classrooms in the 18 schools using a research - based observational instrument called the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).

As part of the study, independent («blind») observers assessed the quality of classroom climate in all third grade classrooms in the 18 schools using a research - based observational instrument called the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).

Fangbone ends up in a third grade classroom on Earth (ouch).

What on earth is being taught in a third grade classroom where the smartest girl in the class is crying with frustration and the student who can not read is excelling and delightedly helping others?

Many educators dispute that struggling students will do any better getting back up to speed in a third grade classroom than in a fourth grade classroom.

The individual students» initial concept webs for effective reading instruction and their explanations of the three key concepts for teaching reading in a third grade classroom were coded to illuminate the categorical patterns using the students» own terms.

Supported instruction in the third grade classroom.

Not exact matches

Stepping into the political turmoil of Israel after being steeped in the United States presidential campaign is akin to moving into an advanced seminar on theological ethics from a third - grade church school classroom.

Along with her pet lizard «Liz,» the excellently dressed Miss Frizzle was her classroom's intrepid leader, who used moxie and a bit of magic to guide her third - grade students in learning science.

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.

In one third - grade classroom, for example, students were asked to find ways to make 36 cents.

She has been a classroom teacher for over 25 years and currently teaches third grade at a private independent school in Atlanta.

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.

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.

A three - year study of teaching and learning in more than 400 third -, sixth -, and eighth - grade classrooms in Chicago found that when students were given writing and mathematics assignments calling for more authentic work, they performed better on tests used to judge basic skills.

When Wheeler began researching grammar issues in urban classrooms, she noticed similar problems with subject - verb agreement, possessives, plurality, and double negatives among African American students from third grade to community college.

The KAPOW curriculum, therefore, designed to be completed in a single year (typically third, fourth, or fifth grade), introduces students to the workplace both conceptually and physically through a combination of classroom work and on - site experiences.

In another classroom at the East Palo Alto Charter School, Ken Clarkson led Meg Barrager's third - grade class in a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the traiIn another classroom at the East Palo Alto Charter School, Ken Clarkson led Meg Barrager's third - grade class in a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the traiin a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the trail.

Suzy Brooks (@SimplySuzy), a third grade teacher in Falmouth, Massachusetts, wanted to use the flipped tenets in her classroom while being mindful of these assumptions, so she came up with the concept of spinning her instruction.

When students do not learn to read by third grade or develop reading difficulties after third grade, as is disproportionately the case for students living in poverty (Kieffer, 2010), it is critically important that an emphasis on learning to read remain an instructional priority in upper - elementary classrooms as well as in middle and high schools.

Grossman and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial involving 790 [NOTE: 1100 were eligible] students in six pairs of matched schools from King County, Washington, including 49 second - and third - grade classrooms.

Kayla Delzer, a third - grade teacher, suggested placing the storage units throughout the classroom so students don't congregate in one area trying to get at the supplies.

A spot had opened up in a third - grade classroom, and her 8 - year - old son, Lucas, was first on the waiting list.

Third grade classes and up receive science twice a week from a part - time science teacher shared with PS 51, but teachers of the younger grades do a good job of helping kids make science connections in the classroom.

The example that reporter Natasha Singer focused on --» one of the tech - savviest teachers in the United States» — is an ace third grade teacher named Kayla Delzer, whose classroom is in the hamlet of Mapleton, North Dakota.

As a result, the special education / inclusion teacher assigned to grades 3 and 4 spends roughly one - third of her time in each of three classrooms.

For one of the fastest - growing school districts in the state, space is at a premium which leads to challenges finding room for additional classrooms at the kindergarten through third grade level, where growth is highest.

With a focus on early literacy skills, this resource supports third grade teachers in their use of centers in the classroom.

In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third gradIn Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third gradin Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third grade.

We have regularly observed the children in their classrooms and will continue to do so until they exit third grade.

However, surveys of U.S. teachers reveal that after third grade, very little time is spent writing in classrooms.

During the program, which ran from October 2013 to January 2014, Teaching Artists from the Performing Arts Center, visited 8 third and fourth grade classrooms, one day a week for 10 weeks, in two schools in Mt. Vernon City School District, and one school in Yonkers City School District.

Phone call # 4: The mother of a highly gifted girl who does algebra in her head «for fun» and consistently scores four years above grade level on tests of mathematics achievement called to ask me how she could convince the classroom teacher and the gifted coordinator that her young daughter did not need to keep adding and subtracting one - and two - digit numbers with the rest of the third grade class.

In a recent study, elementary school teacher Mackenzie Eikenberry employed the regular use of poetry in her third and fourth grade dual language classroomIn a recent study, elementary school teacher Mackenzie Eikenberry employed the regular use of poetry in her third and fourth grade dual language classroomin her third and fourth grade dual language classrooms.

I spent the next three years in the same classroom, looping with the kids from third all the way to fifth grade.

By the time the class sizes are reduced to their lowest levels of 18 in kindergarten, 16 in first grade, and 17 each in second and third grades, WCPSS will need an additional 587 classrooms.

Pointing to an incident at P.S. 194, a traditional district school in the Harlem section of the Big Apple, where three children forced a third - grade schoolmate to perform a sexual offense — as well as the fact that one of her schools, Success Academy Harlem 5, had only one incident of reported violence compared to 92 at the traditional district school with which it shares space — Moskowitz also declares that suspensions are critical to helping teachers gain the support they need to manage their classrooms.

Cary returned to the classroom as a third - grade teacher, working at Match Community Day School in Boston, Achievement First Endeavor Elementary School in Brooklyn, and Democracy Prep Harlem Prep Elementary School, a high - performing BES school in New York City.

In our six Lower Elementary classrooms, we serve children in first, second, and third gradeIn our six Lower Elementary classrooms, we serve children in first, second, and third gradein first, second, and third grades.

In Franklin County, TAs are nowhere to be found in second and third grade classrooms thanks to funding cuts that have taken place over many yearIn Franklin County, TAs are nowhere to be found in second and third grade classrooms thanks to funding cuts that have taken place over many yearin second and third grade classrooms thanks to funding cuts that have taken place over many years.

While obtaining her professional degrees, Burton taught second grade in a bilingual classroom in the inner city of Los Angeles, first grade on the west side of Chicago in a restructured school, third grade at Holmes Elementary in Oak Park, IL, and later served as an Assistant Principal at River Grove Elementary School.

Florida classrooms are also dealing with a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2002 limiting class sizes in certain subjects, such as math, science and language arts (18 students in prekindergarten through third grade; 22 students fourth through eighth grades; and 25 students in high school).

His first student observation in a third - grade classroom sealed the deal for Mercadel.

Prior to that, she was in the classroom instructing third grade students in reading, writing, math and social studies at Explore Charter School.

It's true that public education in Louisiana needs reform, said Karin Jenkins, a third grade teacher at Live Oak Elementary in Waggaman who participated in the pilot, but the evaluation system seems to come from policymakers who lack a classroom view.

«And we're doing it in a way that isn't necessarily at the expense of other educational cuts,» Tillis said, emphasizing that the House doesn't include severe cuts included in the Senate's plan, which would offer teachers an eleven percent raise but would also eliminate second and third grade teacher assistants from the classroom, cut the Department of Public Instruction by 30 percent, and reduce the number of badly needed school nurses around the state, among other cuts.

The grant - funded DREAM initiative trains California third - and fourth - grade teachers in arts / literacy practices, and after its first two years of implementation, language arts test scores of students in these teachers» classrooms increased by 87 points.

As Kaela Zielinski, a third - grade teacher at Lincoln Avenue Elementary on Milwaukee's south side, said, «What makes teachers most upset about the issue is that no one wants to talk to teachers, and especially no one wants to come sit in our classrooms.»