Sentences with phrase «kids reading by the third grade»

A: ReadBoston is a citywide initiative to get all kids reading by the third grade by 2005.

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The day after he won reelection in November, Mayor de Blasio said, «We have to achieve 3 - K in the next four years... We have to get our kids reading on grade level by third grade.
That is, as Anderson recognizes, «a very lofty aspirational goal, considering that we have about a third of our kids reading at grade level by the 3rd grade, and that we graduate about 55 percent of our kids, and only 23 percent of those do so by passing high - stakes tests.
It's partly trying to say, «Let's do one thing well., If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing,» third grade reading,» make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents,» everybody,» focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.
That said, it's hard to have faith that the mayor or Chancellor Carmen Farina know what it takes to get kids reading successfully by third grade.
Early reading success or failure is highly predictive of a child's academic trajectory: one out of six kids who are not reading proficiently by third grade will not graduate from high school on time.
If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing — third grade reading — make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents — everybody — focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.
By November of third grade, 10 boys met every Thursday night to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid together aloud, paragraph by paragrapBy November of third grade, 10 boys met every Thursday night to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid together aloud, paragraph by paragrapby paragraph.
«If you have this line in third grade, then it might be the case that schools respond to that... by giving a lot more effort to students and maybe moving the best teachers in or maybe a more motivated focus on reading before the kids get to the third grade in the first place and face the probability of being retained.»
San Antonio Kids Attend to Win is an initiative focused on improving daily school attendance to ensure students are kindergarten ready, reading on grade level by third grade, graduate on time and are prepared to succeed in college and career.
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