Sentences with phrase «kids in the classroom did»

If the kids in your classroom didn't thrive, what would you change for next year?»

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Gadgets in classrooms might make kids happy, but sadly it doesn't seem to help them learn (a truth top technologists, if not teachers, seem to understand — they tend to send their kids to low - tech schools).

Notley quickly pointed out that some school boards had some reserves but others did not so children would continue to be packed into classes that are well in excess of the recommended 27 kids per classroom standard.

«We've done things like creating a fund that supports innovative teachers who are doing exciting things in the classroom that can really improve kids» ability to learn.

«The most important thing that we are trying to do is to have the kids take accountability — on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

It might seem aggressive, but in all reality the kids who show up in my classroom as freshmen who are having those conversations at home don't need to be convinced that school matters.

If they don't and the teacher is differentiating in the classroom and observe a classroom where she's truly differentiating for different levels of kids, fine.

In the testimonials the students expressed how they felt about breakfast in the classroom and it was amazing how detailed some of them were; it confirmed what I knew — that kids want to have breakfast, and that they are appreciative of what we do to bring it to theIn the testimonials the students expressed how they felt about breakfast in the classroom and it was amazing how detailed some of them were; it confirmed what I knew — that kids want to have breakfast, and that they are appreciative of what we do to bring it to thein the classroom and it was amazing how detailed some of them were; it confirmed what I knew — that kids want to have breakfast, and that they are appreciative of what we do to bring it to them.

Initially we tried to do breakfast - in - the - classroom, but we have had more success with kiosks and having the kids go to the auditorium, the gym, or the playground to eat.

But the main important thing is that the kids in these classrooms have a full tummy, with foods that are healthy and nutritious for them, and we know they are going to be able to learn, and pay attention, and when they go home at night they don't have to worry about whether they will have breakfast the next morning because they will have it in their classroom.

So I think this would be a great one to do in the preschool classroom or at home with your own kids.

I think kids have been doing it for decades upon decades in classrooms worldwide without being in a donkey carrot dangling type atmosphere.

I drug myself to work yesterday and it suddenly became very apparent to me just how much I do in the morning: get up, shower, dressed, put on makeup, make breakfast, make my decaf pumpkin spice latte, eat breakfast, pack lunches, get kids teeth brushed (hubby got them up, dressed and fed), get kids shoes and coats on, get everyone in the car, drive 45 minutes in traffic, get kids and their stuff out of the car, walk to each kids» classroom, take out lunches and put in the fridges, get kids to put their stuff in their cubbies and wash their hands, go back to the car, drive to my office, get out, walk across the lot, down stairs and through two heavy doors to my office, and finally sit down.

I have always believed that helping, and maybe even insisting, that kids excel in the classroom is the right thing to do.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

I worry that if what my son says is true, the teacher is scapegoating another kid in the class (call me crazy but I don't think a 5 - year - old should be sent out of the classroom three times in the first three weeks of school unless the behavior is violent or seriously disruptive).

This is my third time hatching eggs with kids, though my first time doing it at home instead of in the classroom.

With many children getting 50 percent or more of their daily calories in school, making sure these foods are nutritious is critical, and studies show that kids who eat healthy do better in the classroom.

If authoritarian parents are demanding, doesn't that at least suggest they'd produce kids who are better - behaved and more successful in the classroom?

Chakra Kids specializes in bringing yoga into the classroom, and it does so by partnering with various schools in the area and incorporating yoga into regular curricula.

What does this mean for us, our kids, and their learning at schools and in their classrooms?

Breakfast - in - the - classroom options are awesome, because it allows us to surely do what we are here to do, which is to make sure the kids are ready to learn and grow in the classroom,» said Pettit.

Buffalo schools are expanding the programs for kids who don't succeed in traditional classrooms.

«I think the most important evaluation is how you do in a classroom when an administrator comes into the classroom and see how the kids are learning,» Rumore said.

Nevertheless, De Blasio's spokesman Eric Phillips, said: «There's time left to get this deal done for the 1.1 million New York City kids relying on our state government to protect the progress we've made in our classrooms.

«I wish it was all over the United States,» said Malcom, noting the value of «getting people in classrooms to help kids understand what science is and what scientists and engineers do.»

The decision was controversial, and the question remains: How do you discipline rowdy students and keep them in the classroom while still being fair to other kids who want to learn?

If my kids do not follow the classroom rules, they get a reminder of which rule they are breaking, and if the behavior doesn't stop, they can sit in a chair until they are ready to resume their work with courtesy.

Kids learning at home doesn't look like it does in the classroom, and that's ok.

Frick Frack Fidgets ($ 9; amazon.com) are great at relieving stress and anxiety in kids are good because they don't make noise and can fit in their pocket making it a good option for the classroom.

Dark Seed Light might be hard to do in the classroom but having the kids do a quieting, centering breathing pose with the chime is what I teach educators to use as great substitute and a positive way to facilitate kids managing their own behavior.

Do you think focusing on rote learning to remember the knowledge gained in the classroom is going to help your kids in any way in this practical world?

About Blog This site will make it easier for you to prepare hands - on learning activities and fun things to do with your kids at home and in the classroom.

But I do love being back in the classroom, if only because now I can actually focus on kids and their concerns.

In the classroom, many kids feel the same volcanic emotions when asked to stop doing an activity that absorbs them.

My first years teaching were in elementary classrooms (I didn't survey my kids because I feared they couldn't write the kinds of lengthy responses I wanted).

«When they put it in our classroom and I saw everything that it could do just playing with it, and my kids were so excited, I could see what a difference it made in a matter of weeks,» says Armstrong.

So, I have a question for you: What do you do in your classroom or your school to support the development of capable and creative kids to help guide our future?

In one primary mathematics classroom, I did see several kids get the chance to explain their understanding of a newly introduced concept to the class via a document camera in the teacher's workstatioIn one primary mathematics classroom, I did see several kids get the chance to explain their understanding of a newly introduced concept to the class via a document camera in the teacher's workstatioin the teacher's workstation.

You notice the more that kids do together with their teachers in project work (the more we have to present, do some research work) the better the classroom atmosphere is and the better the learning is.

He addressed K - 12 education, too, but only on the «compulsory attendance» and «teacher quality» fronts — and while the latter hinted at merit pay and nodded at schools having the flexibility to «replace» instructors «who just aren't helping kids learn» — mostly what he did was urge more money for schools - as - we - know - them and those who teach in their classrooms.

It's simply a matter of applying these skills and knowledge and... this doesn't work for kids who don't fit in or have disabilities or whatever, whose behaviour we decide is unmanageable, they are moved out of the classroom so there's exclusion built into the manage - and - discipline model of behaviour.

In the classroom, teachers simply do the best they can for as long as they can, and then, when they are at their «wits» end,» they bounce the kid to the office.

«You make a kid sit in a classroom for 45 minutes and if he understands that material (right away), what's he doing for the other 35 minutes?

As I recently told American Youth Policy Forum, «If you have a good teacher in charge of a classroom to do what is necessary to educate the kids, the kids learn.

There's One in Every Class «Anyone who's been teaching for more than 45 minutes has been warned about exhibiting favoritism in the classroom And yet I believe the focus on favoritism eclipses another equally crucial pedagogical issueThe question is this: What can be done when you have The Kid you can't stand?»

Thornton uses Twitter to highlight what his kids are doing in the classroom.

1995 «Easy to follow advice about how talking to kids make a difference in what they will do for you, whether at home as a parent, or in the classroom as a teacher.

What we were [recommended] to do was put the kids back in the classroom and have, in the case of where there's an Education Assistant, the Education Assistant supported the student with their learning while the teacher was running the classroom instruction.

Enabling kids to instruct one another — as 6th - grader Ahmajh Johnson does in his science class — is one of many assessment techniques teachers everywhere can employ in their classrooms.