Sentences with phrase «of kids in a classroom»

If NatureMapping is a boon for America's natural sciences, it has been equally helpful to thousands of kids in the classroom.

As long as schools were required to provide a certain number of years of a subject matter, a certain number of days of teacher training, a certain number of kids in the classroom, the bureaucracy was content.

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

Through survey forms that are being completed by teachers, students and parents over the course of the school year, we should be able to show a measurable difference in the socialization and academic performance of kids in the classrooms with a pet versus classrooms without a pet.

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The method, which he has tried in classrooms in the U.K., Italy and the U.S., begins by dividing kids into groups of four, and giving each group a computer with Internet access.

That's the motto of a new charity - Classes 4 Classes was started this year - that encourages students to give back by sponsoring kids in other classrooms all over the United States by raising money and resources.

This ignores how differently each of us learns and pretends that a single instructor standing in front of a classroom full of kids can effectively teach anything to all of them at the same time.

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.

It turns out the kids are almost as afraid as parents about the chance of a gunman opening fire in their classrooms.

During the 1950s and 1960s, when Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds coaxed classrooms full of kids to join them in the singing of folk songs, no one paid much attention, not even those who, in the middle of the Cold War, saw America's «singing left» as a threat to the republic....

Our young conservative politicians, ambitious and studious «organization kids,» were raised in classrooms and Chamber of Commerce luncheons.

I would absolutely support the creationism to be taught as long as every version according to every religion (of at least all the kids in the school) is taught in the classroom.

And when I was at school I once came across a group of kids playing strip poker in a classroom.

But last week the teacher gave lollipops to the kids in the classroom as part of their learning activities.

After a long day of freezing in school (I am telling you the classrooms are like 40 degrees and then some kid comes strolling in, declares they are so hot, opens all the windows and turns the fans on.

With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

The good news for kids is that learning the valuable skills of coding is a ton of fun in Codeverse's hackable classroom.

And they are suspect if they volunteer in classrooms, hang around parks while their kids play, or try to join in a playgroup, typically made up of moms.

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.

The building - blocks model is, at present, mostly a theoretical framework, but it gives educators and anyone else concerned with child development a different and valuable lens through which to consider the problems of disadvantaged kids in the classroom.

I know the temptation to catch up on housework or waste the day away sitting on the computer will be great, but I hope to use some of that time every Wednesday to nurture myself (as well as volunteer in Ava's classroom for two hours every other week — see, I can't give up focusing on my kids that easily).

I wrestle with this question in my own classrooms and with my kids, especially these days, living in what Chris Gallagher has called the age of quantification in education: teacher - proof and child - proof classrooms, a widespread sense that if it isn't measurable, it must not be valuable.

Plus, I volunteered in a lot in classrooms and was a teacher's aide for a while and worked closely with some of those kids — I know that having a «perfect life» when it comes to raising kids is relative.

I also positioned myself in the back of a classroom of elementary kids barricaded by the stroller and with a cover on.

Is there really any harm in using a piece of candy, a chocolate - chip cookie or the promise of a special ice cream party to help motivate kids in the classroom?

Salt dough is a fabulous, quick and easy clay - type material to make at home or in the classroom with kids, but one of the big drawbacks is the time that it takes to dry.

Our passion for the breakfast - in - the - classroom model for school breakfast is rooted in many things, including one point Ellen made in «Kids Need Breakfast to Succeed», excerpted above — when breakfast is moved out of the cafeteria and into the classroom, participation goes up without fail (emphasis ours).

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.

Those sentiments are echoed in a similar piece about breakfast - in - the - classroom in Daranelle, Arkansas, which quotes Board of Education President Jerry Don Woods on his support of the program: «If we can't feed our kids, you can't expect them to learn.

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.

i think the data from this study could be evidence to convince all the stakeholders that only a combination of nutrition education in the classroom and offering ONLY healthy options (no hot sandwiches and pizza w / chocolate milk every day) will help put a dent in kids horrible eating habits and their resulting bad health.

There are kids in my children's classrooms that come to school with lunch boxes full of candy and no sandwich, no fruit.

Because the goal of IDEA is to ensure that each child is educated in the least restrictive environment possible, effort is made to help kids stay in a regular classroom.

In Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each montIn Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each montin cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each month.

If you help the kids take ownership of their own space in the classroom, you won't have as many spills.

I had a former Superintendent who commented, «Some of those kids will mess around in the gym, run around, and at the last minute they'll grab their breakfast and go to the classroom.»

or That kid should eat at home — all of those arguments people make against breakfast - in - the - classroom.

In the classroom, there is a much greater chance of kids moving around and spreading those allergens around.

I should also add, as a parent of a child who is severely allergic to milk, I would not be happy with a policy that allows kids to eat breakfast in the classroom.

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.

Enjoy making one of these apple snacks for kids at home or in the classroom!

At best, the harvest of salad greens (for example) can make a nice big salad that every student in one classroom can enjoy as part of a class lesson (and here the teacher's creativity comes into play — the lesson can be math, with the kids figuring what percentage of the salad is romaine and what percent arugula, or it can be science, or even spelling.)

Milking a goat is not the usual classroom activity for the kids in Title XX Day Care, but a new program takes the students to the goats as part of an after - school nutrition education program at Lincoln Park «s Farm in the Zoo.

That's why I'm thrilled to share with you a new «white paper» on food rewards in classrooms, co-authored by my blogging colleague Casey Hinds of KY Healthy Kids, along with Dr. Alicia Fedewa of University of Kentucky, College of Education and Anita Courtney, M.S., R.D., of Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition.

I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

Kids who play sports are better at following instructions and staying focused in the classroom, University of Montreal researchers find.

Let's be realistic: if your kids are in elementary school, they're probably going to eat a lot of sugar this Friday, when many classrooms will hold their annual Valentine's Day parties.

Many of us know first hand that school classrooms can be an unexpected source of sugar in our kids» daily lives, whether due to parents bringing in birthday cupcakes, junk - food - heavy classroom celebrations or teachers handing out candy rewards.

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.

Giving the best teacher gift isn't impossible if you know your child's teacher but if you're feeling stuck, here's a list of favorite gifts from the teachers at my kids» elementary school, my former colleagues, and from my experience in the classroom.