Sentences with phrase «make literacy learning»

The framework helps teachers make literacy learning more coherent for an individual student across different instructional contexts and activities and for all students, across different instructional levels in a class.

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Media literacy classes, with their emphasis on questions rather than answers, provide a terrific, important and involving forum for our kids to learn how to think, how to analyze, how to deconstruct and how to make sure they're not being sold a bill of goods.

To help older students learn to make good financial decisions, Country Bank offers a «Credit for Life» financial literacy exercise to more than 1,000 local high school seniors each spring.

Get creative like Anna from The Imagination Tree and make your own Play Dough Learning Mats for Literacy and Numeracy Development.

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This innovative way to use mobile technology provides access to knowledge, including for those with low literacy levels, about common childhood diseases, pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, the first year of life, child survival, growth, learning, development and protection, and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.

Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals — from organizing their thoughts Note: In April of 2009, the Modern Language Association released a seventh edition of the MLA Handbook, in which they made a few important changes to MLA

Computational literacy is a core requirement of an increasing number of jobs in the United States (and the compensation for those jobs remains high), making it more important than ever that every child gains access to computing and to the learning experiences it offers.

It is a small intervention addressing a big, important question: How can schools successfully engage dads to support their children's learning and literacy and make the learning fun?»

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

Her research of digital literacies and videogaming provides insight into agentive learning, layered meaning making, and pedagogical discovery located at the intersection of online and offline experiences.

She is the author of Integrating Virtual and Traditional Learning in 6 - 12 Classrooms: A Layered Literacies Approach to Multimodal Meaning Making (Routledge).

The authors argue visual literacy is especially important for primary school aged children, as they are making the transition from «viewing and speaking to formal language acquisition and incorporate the rules of speaking and writing, and from making marks and drawing to letters, language and text - based learning».

In partnership with Vanderbilt University, the Center is researching and developing a technology - rich learning environment that makes it possible for schools to provide personalized literacy support across content areas to students throughout the school day — The Universal Literacy Networliteracy support across content areas to students throughout the school day — The Universal Literacy NetworLiteracy Network (ULN).

A new curriculum for Welsh schools is expected to be delivered on time, and will see a number of changes including making computer skills a speciality which is as central to learning as literacy and numeracy.

Setting up a context for learning apps and other tools through all subject areas makes tech literacy relevant.

Based upon the research of HGSE Professor Catherine Snow, one of the world's leading experts on language and literacy, Learning Through Discussion and Disagreement begins by revealing what classroom discussion is and isn't and defining what makes a classroom discussion successful.

Maine International Center for Digital Learning: Contains a series of videos for teachers on one - to - one, beginning with the basics: how to find and evaluate information on the Internet, teach students digital literacy, connect with parents through computers, and change curriculum to make the most out of computers.

This First Grade Literacy Centers for the Year includes: Unit 1: - phonics: short a - words to know - comprehension: character chart - comprehension: character - ending: s, short a - fluency - text features: photographs - phonics: short a - double final consonants - study skills: parts of a book - phonics: short I - phonics: final blends: nd, st, nt, nk - comprehension: author's purpose chart - cvcc words - literacy element: rhyme and more... Unit 2: - phonics: short o - words to know - comprehension: main idea and details web - comprehension: main idea and details - ending: ed - fluency - phonics: digraphs: sh, th - ending: - ing - fluency - study skill: dictionary - phonics: digraphs: sh, th, short e, o - phonics: short u - contractions:'s - fluency - text features: directions and more... Unit 3: - phonics: long a - words to know - comprehension: predictions chart - comprehension: make predictions - endings: - ed, - ing - words to know - comprehension: compare and contrast - chart - one - and two - syllable words - fluency - literary element: word choice - phonics: digraphs: ch, tch, wh - phonics: long I - phonics: blends, scr, spl, spr, str and more... Unit 4: - phonics: long o - words to know - endings: - er, - est - literary element: repetition - phonics: long o, i, a - phonics: long u - words to know - comprehension: conclusions chart - comprehension: draw conclusions - fluency - vocabulary strategy: context clues - CVCe words - text feature: floor plan - phonics: long u, o and more... Unit 5: - phonics: long o - words to know - comprehension: fantasy and reality chart - comprehension: fantasy and reality - fluency - vocabulary strategy: dictionary - ending: - y - comprehension: problem and solution chart - comprehension: problem and solution - fluency - vocabulary strategy: word parts - endings: - er, - est - text feature: diagram - phonics: r - controlled vowel: ar - abbreviations: Mr., Sat., Dr. @Little Tots LearninLiteracy Centers for the Year includes: Unit 1: - phonics: short a - words to know - comprehension: character chart - comprehension: character - ending: s, short a - fluency - text features: photographs - phonics: short a - double final consonants - study skills: parts of a book - phonics: short I - phonics: final blends: nd, st, nt, nk - comprehension: author's purpose chart - cvcc words - literacy element: rhyme and more... Unit 2: - phonics: short o - words to know - comprehension: main idea and details web - comprehension: main idea and details - ending: ed - fluency - phonics: digraphs: sh, th - ending: - ing - fluency - study skill: dictionary - phonics: digraphs: sh, th, short e, o - phonics: short u - contractions:'s - fluency - text features: directions and more... Unit 3: - phonics: long a - words to know - comprehension: predictions chart - comprehension: make predictions - endings: - ed, - ing - words to know - comprehension: compare and contrast - chart - one - and two - syllable words - fluency - literary element: word choice - phonics: digraphs: ch, tch, wh - phonics: long I - phonics: blends, scr, spl, spr, str and more... Unit 4: - phonics: long o - words to know - endings: - er, - est - literary element: repetition - phonics: long o, i, a - phonics: long u - words to know - comprehension: conclusions chart - comprehension: draw conclusions - fluency - vocabulary strategy: context clues - CVCe words - text feature: floor plan - phonics: long u, o and more... Unit 5: - phonics: long o - words to know - comprehension: fantasy and reality chart - comprehension: fantasy and reality - fluency - vocabulary strategy: dictionary - ending: - y - comprehension: problem and solution chart - comprehension: problem and solution - fluency - vocabulary strategy: word parts - endings: - er, - est - text feature: diagram - phonics: r - controlled vowel: ar - abbreviations: Mr., Sat., Dr. @Little Tots Learninliteracy element: rhyme and more... Unit 2: - phonics: short o - words to know - comprehension: main idea and details web - comprehension: main idea and details - ending: ed - fluency - phonics: digraphs: sh, th - ending: - ing - fluency - study skill: dictionary - phonics: digraphs: sh, th, short e, o - phonics: short u - contractions:'s - fluency - text features: directions and more... Unit 3: - phonics: long a - words to know - comprehension: predictions chart - comprehension: make predictions - endings: - ed, - ing - words to know - comprehension: compare and contrast - chart - one - and two - syllable words - fluency - literary element: word choice - phonics: digraphs: ch, tch, wh - phonics: long I - phonics: blends, scr, spl, spr, str and more... Unit 4: - phonics: long o - words to know - endings: - er, - est - literary element: repetition - phonics: long o, i, a - phonics: long u - words to know - comprehension: conclusions chart - comprehension: draw conclusions - fluency - vocabulary strategy: context clues - CVCe words - text feature: floor plan - phonics: long u, o and more... Unit 5: - phonics: long o - words to know - comprehension: fantasy and reality chart - comprehension: fantasy and reality - fluency - vocabulary strategy: dictionary - ending: - y - comprehension: problem and solution chart - comprehension: problem and solution - fluency - vocabulary strategy: word parts - endings: - er, - est - text feature: diagram - phonics: r - controlled vowel: ar - abbreviations: Mr., Sat., Dr. @Little Tots Learning Enjoy!

Display pictures - Large A4 coloured pictures of things to do with bonfire night and the story of Guy Fawkes Colouring pictures - Large black and white pictures Display border - Each piece is decorated with pictures and can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size Songs and rhymes - Six decorated songs and rhyme cards related to Bonfire Night for the children to learn - 2 of these rhymes are number rhymes so would be great for your maths lessons A4 border - Individual A4 sized page with a border - great for adding work to ready for the display or for the children to use in the writing area Questions - Question cards each decorated with colour pictures Topic words - Words about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night each decorated with fireworks Fireworks - Colour photos of fireworks - great for discussion and displays Houses of Parliament - Colour photos of The Houses of Parliament Counting card - Rocket counting cards Dice game - Two different sheets with a black and white firework picture - roll the die and colour the correct part of the firework Literacy Worksheets - Various worksheets such as completing the sentences about fireworks, true and false worksheet about Guy Fawkes, describing fireworks, writing safety instructions Maths Worksheets - Make the rocket symmetrical, complete the addition and subtraction sums on the fireworks plus blank calculation sheets so you can differentiate the sums Ideas - An ideas sheet with lots of ideas to cover different areas of the curriculum when teaching about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot Cutting skills - Cut out the parts of the firework and assemble - there are two different sheets Safety Posters - Eight posters about firework safety for the children to colour Picture dominoes - A colour dominoes game Guy Fawkes pictures - Pictures from old documents about Guy Fawkes and the plot Draw the fireworks - A colour and a black and white worksheet Size worksheet - Cut out and order the rockets in size order - in colour and black and white Matching pairs game - Match the coloured Bonfire Night pictures Rhyme - «Remember, Remember the Fifth of November» - A decorated rhyme card

The main objective of the report, launched today on the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day, is to take stock of countries» progress in implementing commitments to adult learning and education (ALE) made at the 2009 International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI).

«Schooling and learning is not a race, but if it were, for those students who have no or low literacy skills when they start school, it would be like starting 50 metres behind those with literacy skills and trying to make up that gap.

Particular emphasis has been placed on making the complex topic of space science easy for any teacher to confidently deliver, giving them the tools to inspire children to read, write, draw, research, experiment and problem solve while strengthening STEM, literacy and visual literacy learning.

Learn as you teach KS2 Level 1 Primary French series empowering primary teachers and TAs teaching the 8 - 11 age range to both learn and teach alongside their pupils whilst making strong links with literacy - this unit focuses building a writing template for a simple thank you letter in FrLearn as you teach KS2 Level 1 Primary French series empowering primary teachers and TAs teaching the 8 - 11 age range to both learn and teach alongside their pupils whilst making strong links with literacy - this unit focuses building a writing template for a simple thank you letter in Frlearn and teach alongside their pupils whilst making strong links with literacy - this unit focuses building a writing template for a simple thank you letter in French.

, a few hip videos, some game - based learning, and a couple hands - on projects, you can not only inform your students about civic issues, teach critical thinking, and squeeze in media literacy, you can get them excited about their own potential for making change in the world.

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'' [Digital literacy] is not only about skills, but also about cognition, etiquette, motivation, socialization, and culture — the context within which one uses the tools... Because rich kids have better access to digital tools, they are learning to think, behave, and make meaning in ways that will likely correlate with elite status and success in the future.

«When I became Director of Teaching and Learning here, we spent a great deal of time analysing our long - term results for our system and noted that there were a group of schools who, for various reasons — it could be that they are regional schools, had a lot of new staff and transient populations, they could be a school that are in low socio - economic areas or they could be schools with new principals — but consistently over five or six years, the Year 9 - 12 results in literacy were not showing that students were making enough progress with the amount of time they spent in a school,» Doyle shares.

Hear how Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook made teaching and learning an unforgettable experience and: • Saved teachers time in planning lessons • Helped teachers differentiate instruction • Strengthened students» literacy and critical thinking skills The Rock Hill School District will share its vision, plan, and lessons learned as it successfully increased student engagement and achievement in the digital Social Studies classroom.

Setting high expectations, putting faces on the data and making student growth visible to the whole community has helped accelerate literacy learning at this school.

The Center is researching and developing a technology - rich learning environment called «Udio» that will make it possible for schools to provide all students with appropriate literacy experiences as they read independently across the curriculum.

The success of the financial - literacy program at the Ariel Community Academy depends on three major elements: a financial - literacy curriculum that begins early on and is developmentally appropriate, community partnerships that provide connections to reality and parent involvement in financial - literacy learning, and a cultural sensitivity in the methods of instruction that encourage student choice and the development of decision - making skills.

Welcome to a new teaching and learning media hub for students and educators alike, where amplifying youth voice and making media support civic engagement and real - world media literacy.

Join this webinar to learn how a Louisiana district achieved incredible K — 3 literacy results and continues to make great strides in improving reading and literacy, intervening before students fall too far behind.

• Pearson Foundation The Pearson Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to make a difference by promoting literacy, learning and great teaching.

«The Council is focusing its resources on supporting teachers and teams as they make their own professional decisions — informed by reflection and research — about how best to foster literacy learning.»

As evidenced by students» responses during one - on - one assessments before and following the interactive read - alouds, students made statistically significant learning gains in both social studies and content literacy.

In a series of studies, literacy researchers at the National Reading Research Center (NRRC)(Afflerbach, Almasi, Guthrie, & Schafer, 1996; Almasi, Afflerbach, Guthrie, & Schafer, 1995; Guthrie, Schafer, Afflerbach, & Almasi, 1994) investigated the effects of the Maryland State Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), a multipronged reform effort that includes learning outcomes, a performance assessment, guidelines for school decision - making, and suggestions for staff development.

The Ontario Ministry of Education and many school districts have recently made some significant strides in leveraging the role of the school library learning commons and teacher - librarians in implementing inquiry - based learning, character education and digital literacy, yet the funding and staffing disconnect continues.

It is designed for students with word - level deficits not making sufficient progress through their current intervention, have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies and require multisensory language instruction, or who require more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language - based learning disability, such as dyslexia.

They must learn to engage in the types of literacy practices designed to support and enhance a student's ability to participate — make meaningful and positive life choices and decisions — and advocate for themselves across their life trajectories.

She added: «The Scottish government has made great play in recent months about exam marking becoming ever more rigorous, yet, in English, at a time when there are concerns about literacy skills amongst school leavers, we learn that the English Higher pass rate has increased hugely.»

n this downloadable white paper by Fountas and Pinnell they examine several factors that, according to research, make a difference in students» literacy learning.

Concurrent Session: Making Content Explicit: Approaches for Supporting Elementary Teachers of Literacy and Mathematics Learn to design and implement instructional activities to support beginning teachers in learning how to make content explicit.

I think this has made me more aware of my students» many modes of literacy and learning and has driven me towards differentiating my instructional practice.

Across the country, states are adopting a number of different strategies to improve outcomes for students: third grade reading requirements, literacy initiatives, new assessment and accountability systems, plus an increased focus on data - driven decision - making are changing how districts approach teaching and learning for all students.

Reading well by grade three ensures that a student has a solid foundation of literacy skills to continue to expand their understandings of what they read, make meaning, and transfer that learning across all subject areas.

It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make data actionable and competency - based • Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of data - literacy and student - focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis on how to support teachers» use of data.

Educators can develop a culture of literacy in schools and classrooms that engage students in authentic learning that will make them better readers, writers, thinkers, and problem solvers.

References for this blog series: — Assessment Literacy Making Sense of k - 12 Assessment for Learning.