Sentences with phrase «more kids in classrooms»

«There are more kids in classrooms now, and they need so much individual help.»

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A recent BMO study found that in 2013, Canadian moms and dads were willing to fork out more than $ 425 to get their kid ready for the classroom, up 18 % over the previous year's figure.

I had always been fascinated in the idea that kids could learn MORE than what they learned in conventional classrooms.

We know that kids learn better and retain more information when they are genuinely engaged in classroom lessons.

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

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.

To the extent that candy consumption can affect any child's behavior (either due to food dyes, as some believe, and certainly due to blood sugar «highs» and crashes), it seems even more out of place in a classroom for kids with behavioral problems.

And since kids tend to spend more time indoors in the fall and winter months, and younger children in particular tend to play closer together and share toys and other classroom items, infections are easily passed from one person to another.

Engage kids in thinking about ways in which they can become more responsible or trustworthy in the classroom.

This effort, one of many in her anti-obesity campaign, presents nutrition in much more straightforward way than the food pyramid I remember in every classroom when I was a kid.

When they have the academic atmosphere in the classroom that more well - off kids are getting, they get more excited and connected.

Mass Audubon inspires a love of nature through an incredible variety of family and kid - friendly programs at our wildlife sanctuaries, summer camps, preschools, in classrooms, and more.

For instance, in a study of American children (aged 9 - 11 years), researchers found that kids with secure attachment relationships — and greater levels of maternal support — showed «higher levels of positive mood, more constructive coping, and better regulation of emotion in the classroom.»

And, Levin adds, more kids eating lunch means more kids who are better able to concentrate in the classroom.

I tried to imagine my over-active, inattentive son without PE, with more kids in his crowded classroom.

I hope it gives school time more of a classroom comeraderie rather than each kid being in a different phase of life.

They will get specific recommendations for food served in the classroom and learn the ins and outs of healthy celebrations, non-food rewards (SEE Why Food Rewards are Bad for Our Kids — and Ideas for Healthy Classroom Alternatives), the importance of physical activity and recess, and more.

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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?

Mr. Haria talked about the measurable benefits of universal, in - classroom breakfast like higher attendance and fewer tardies, and said that kids are more excited to come to school when breakfast is waiting for them.

This is «the learning connection» on which the report is focused: healthy kids are ready to learn, and more likely to find success in the classroom.

Most include links to longer more in depth kids Bible study lesson plans to use for classroom such as Sunday School or group lessons.

Teachers need to be able to pay more attention to children by having less kids in the classroom.»

Kids tend to get more colds during the school year because they are in an enclosed classroom surrounded by other children who are sharing these very common viruses.

In fact, of those teachers who use video games in the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in JunIn fact, of those teachers who use video games in the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in Junin the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in Junin June.

More generally, Pianta has been encouraging the instructors to communicate higher expectations by turning over some of the control in the classroom to the kids: letting them work in teams on independent projects, for instance, instead of simply lecturing.

«I went down the hall one morning and saw that in one classroom, a few kids who needed more practice were reading their scripts to their tablemates,» said Bell.

They're sitting at individual desks and there's teachers and curricula, and more interestingly for us, very strict behaviour expectations and expectancies for the kids, not just in the academics but more in terms of how to behave in the classroom.

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.

With your students thinking of the responsibilities and writing them in kid speak, they will take more ownership of the classroom culture than if you just display a list of «classroom rules» on the wall.

Growing interest in «blended learning» and other classroom uses of technology, which help teachers customize and individualize learning by letting some students move at their own pace online while teaching other kids in smaller, perhaps more homogeneous groups.

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?»

These qualities are more the product of the environment in which kids grow up — the climate in the home and in the classroom — than the result of specific lessons.

Technology in the classroom is here to stay; it has become such a big part of our lives it makes sense to make the most of it, especially as kids find gadgets so much more engaging than textbooks.

We're even more uncomfortable with the idea of grouping youngsters by ability, especially because research suggests that the bright kids in a classroom help pull up the slower learners.

Insofar as students benefit from peer effects in classrooms, corridors, and clubs, and insofar as being surrounded by other smart kids challenges these students (and wards off allegations of «nerdiness»), schools with overall cultures of high academic attainment are apt to yield more such benefits.

In addition, kids have more space in a classroom that has fewer studentIn addition, kids have more space in a classroom that has fewer studentin a classroom that has fewer students.

And so, they're having more than one teacher in their classroom, more than 20 kids, and sharing it, so team teaching has become quite popular.

You might also, in the same classroom, but at a different time, be seeing kids working on much more individualised, or personal investigations into something that they need to work on, or something that they have a strong interest in.

So, an art initiative and a science initiative between the Elementary School, the Middle School and the High School where there are kids P / K -12 working together and learning together in probably more of an authentic way than happens sometimes traditionally in the classroom.

No longer a fledging technology, interactive whiteboards are appearing in more and more classrooms, as teachers seek to engage kids and teach them using this vibrant and active technology.

More than information about the school, parents want to know what their kids are doing in the classroom.

Seniority, tenure, bumping rights, LIFO — all of these policies make it easier for teachers to choose (and remain in) the schools they want and harder for administrators to assign them — especially the most senior and likely most effective among them — to schools where they might do more good in classrooms with more challenging (but needier) kids.

The effective teacher chooses to give the effort and discipline to noticing what is special about each student, and to ensure that even the most challenging kids hear far more positives than negatives in her classroom.

More important than the amount of money we spend and more important than the number of kids in a classrMore important than the amount of money we spend and more important than the number of kids in a classrmore important than the number of kids in a classroom.

If we believe that schools are shaping students for their eventual full - fledged roles as American citizens, then school discipline policies and classroom management practices should be about far more than shushing kids and keeping them in straight lines as they walk through the halls.

This is a great addition to your weekly activities in your classroom to help kids become more fit.

Milwaukee Public Schools is finding that preparing kids for their next steps involves more than just classroom instruction — in some cases, students need hands - on experience in the work world.