Sentences with phrase «instruction across grade»

Effective grammar instruction across grade levels and...

· Observe math instruction across grade levels and support and coach teachers to deliver high quality, aligned, and rigorous math instruction.

Effective grammar instruction across grade levels and content areas is key to increasing student achievement and learning.

Over the summer of 2011, the English department created a series of PowerPoint presentations to coordinate grammar instruction across the grades, hoping to provide their students a better, more uniform understanding of the rules.

Effective writing instruction across the grades: What every educational consultant should know.

· Lead and implement the vision and systems for high quality, rigorous mathematics instruction across grades 3 - 5.

In contrast, in our earlier study of primary grade reading instruction in schools that were beating the odds (Taylor et al., 2000), we found that small - group, rather than whole - group, instruction across grades 1 - 3 was characteristic of the most effective schools.

To ensure this process, the program defines and makes use of three curriculum strands, or «Threads,» that bind instruction across grades and provide coherence: (1) Operations Thread, (2) Number Thread, and (3) Equivalence Thread.

Not exact matches

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 classrooms.

In this workshop, grades 1 - 8 class and subject teachers will receive instruction in the basics of how to create beautiful chalkboard drawings and how to approach Main Lesson book drawings across the Waldorf lower and middle school curricula.

Board Members also heard updates on several major CCSD projects: the proposed adoption of new instructional materials for math classes across Grades K - 12, which will provide teachers with a system of integrated text and online resources that eliminates the need to seek out additional resources in order to cover all standards and individualize instruction; and the implementation now underway of a new business management system that increases the efficiency of timekeeping, payroll and personnel operations, which will save CCSD time and money.

MDRC is conducting the ExCEL P - 3: Promoting Sustained Growth from Preschool to Third Grade Study which will study how instruction across K1, K2, and early elementary school grades can strength children's cognitive and social emotional skills.

Larson, who presents a session called Classroom Walk - Through Training, says teachers benefit by learning to use reflection to increase their knowledge, skills, and performance; strategically aligning classroom instruction to district curriculum; and increasing student learning across grade levels.

This activity works well across grades as a means of assessment, review, and / or instruction.

As a fourth - grade teacher, I can truly appreciate how a well - constructed project - based learning experience offers opportunities for stronger, more consistent reinforcement and support of important foundational learning skills and concepts across multiple disciplines and provides me more time for individualized and differentiated instruction for my learners.

The Sequence is organized to support coherent instruction that allows students to build and deepen their knowledge grade by grade, and to make cross-curricular connections across subjects.

To facilitate the establishment of weekly routines in spelling (which is usually a focus of instruction across elementary grades), review the following activities and student handouts.

First and foremost, under the leadership of curriculum and instruction specialist Aaron Grossman, implementation has focused on the right things — including building a coherent body of knowledge across and within grades (one of the broad «instructional shifts,» along with reading for evidence and a greater focus on complex and nonfiction text)-- that are easy to rally around and hard to dismiss as unimportant.

Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests across all proficiency levels, grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement of student outcomes «as part of the evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking for help when needed.»

Word recognition work and reading practice were much more the focus of reading instruction in grades 1 - 2 across all schools in this study than was comprehension.

Here are three plans to complement important skills instruction by focusing on patiently investing in building knowledge and vocabulary across the curriculum and grade levels.

While not universal across all teachers, there is a definite trend, in the most effective schools, for grade 1 and 2 teachers to combine (a) explicit phonics instruction in isolation with (b) coaching students to use a range of strategies to figure out unknown words when they encounter them in everyday reading.

Explicit instruction in comprehension strategies was seldom witnessed across grades 1 - 3.

Across all schools, comprehension instruction was minimal in grades 1 - 3.

Each model provides an underlying framework for instruction that provides consistency and coherence within and across grade levels, structuring learning experiences in ways that enable teachers to plan effective lessons and allow students to purposefully explore content.

All ELA, SLA, and ELL instruction occurs in the context of 10 content - focused knowledge strands that increase in complexity and build knowledge over time, within a grade level and also across grades K - 6.

The Comprehensive Mathematics and Science Plan (CMSP) is a blueprint designed to guide the development of consistent quality math and science instruction, assessment, and professional development across the district at all grade levels, pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Aimed at teachers at all grade levels, across the curriculum, Guided Instruction will help you provide timely and meaningful scaffolds that boost students to higher levels of understanding and accomplishment.

In a broader instructional intervention working with ELL students across grades K - 6 for whom science instruction replaced traditional reading / language arts, Klentschy (2003) showed that grade 6 students who participated in the initiative for 4 or more years averaged a percentile rank of 64 on a state - administered nationally - normed reading test.

Content is organized by grade not skill level, spread across multiple applications, and rarely flexible enough that teachers can creatively use it to personalize instruction.

The specific instruction included during the elementary writing block will vary across the grades.

There is strong evidence of a common program of instruction that is properly scoped, sequenced and articulated across grade levels and has been aligned with developmentally appropriate practices and student language proficiency levels in English and the students» first language.

With VocabularySpellingCity, meet fifth grade English Language Arts standards all while integrating vocabulary instruction across content areas.

Impact reporting: A new set of tools were added to the FastBridge reporting engine to help educators evaluate the impact of instruction and curricula used within and across classrooms, grades, schools, and the district.

In addition to learning to evaluate student writing across all seven traits of effective writing, participants receive support in creating detailed, grade - specific, trait - writing instruction that aligns with the rigorous college and career readiness standards.

The single - school [PLC structure] mattered because all teachers developed a shared understanding of differentiated instruction based on practice, began to see how students and instruction aligned (or did not) across grade levels, and developed some joint problem - solving approaches.

With VocabularySpellingCity, meet third grade English Language Arts standards all while integrating vocabulary instruction across content areas.

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

Recently, this process was utilized in a school district to enhance the quality of instruction across the entire division, grades PreK - 12.

«I think in terms of some of the highlights, we're glad that there's growth across ELA and math for most grade levels,» said Derrick Chau, the district's senior executive director of P - 12 Education in the Division of Instruction, pointing to improvements for African - American and Latino students.

This title conveys the importance of literacy instruction across the curriculum and at all grade levels.

Despite research establishing the effectiveness of instruction designed to enhance comprehension, typical classrooms across the primary and upper elementary grades do not devote adequate time and attention to comprehension instruction.

Students who received 2 years of intervention will outperform those who received 1 year of intervention and those who received typical reading instruction across reading - related elements — including word reading, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, writing, comprehension, self - regulation, attribution, and motivation to read — at the end of year 2 (fifth grade).

First year CCR were fully implemented across the state (by subject and grade): This is the first year in which the state expected all teachers in all districts to be integrating CCR standards into classroom instruction.

It is easy to differentiate my instruction based on a huge base of quizzes that I can access across grade levels.

Together, teachers and leaders can look at the student work and make decisions that impact instruction within and across grade levels.

First year CCR standards were fully implemented across the state (by subject and grade): This is the first year in which the state expected all teachers in all districts to be integrating CCR standards into classroom instruction.

Teachers used student work to inform decisions about instruction and to design a coordinated approach to writing across grades.

Her work in the Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) involved helping school leaders and teacher teams to implement school wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and teach strategic reading lessons for students reading below grade level.

We will continue to examine states» standards in other grades, but for now, our findings provoke several questions: For the states that have modified the CCSS, 1) Do teachers actually perceive these differences and do the differences matter for instruction (and do these answers vary across subjects or grade levels)?