Sentences with phrase «of middle grade»

There are tons of middle grade series.

So our group is open to all 2017 debut authors, except writers of middle grade or young adult fiction and self - published authors.

STEFANIE»S WISH LIST Please note Stefanie is closed to submissions, with the exception of MIDDLE GRADE FICTION and ILLUSTRATORS, as well as requested conference submissions.

I haven't had an endorsement for an unpublished work yet, but I did sell more copies of one of my middle grade novels after Piers Anthony endorsed it.

It's very unlikely you will be on the bookshelves of the B&N, and that is where a lot of middle grade books are discovered.

Age 25: CRESS by Marissa Meyer (read by Rebecca Soler) As a school librarian, I read a lot of middle grade novels to keep up with my students.

I'll be giving away 2 paperbacks and 5 ebooks of my middle grade fantasy, Faery Swap!

She is also the author of middle grade novels and teaches nationally a Novel Revision Retreat.

I sell far more POD copies than digital of my middle grade novel, The Eyes of Pharaoh, even though the print is higher - priced.

One of the reviewers commented that he thought much of the humor was pitched over the heads of the middle grade (11 - 14 year old) target audience.

For Todd Bush, author of the middle grade / young adult adventure series Rick Frost, he recently celebrated his debut novel's birthday with a glass of scotch, a cigar, and some play time with his family by the pool.

My Summer Girl explains why teen fiction is NOT inferior; Novel Novice shares the magic of middle grade; Jay Kristoff defines steampunk; and Jami Gold asks, when does fan fiction cross an ethical line?

Jacci is an Amazon bestselling author of middle grade and young adult fiction.

Peggy Eddleman, author of the middle grade novel SKY JUMPERS, explains how to pitch a literary agent at a writers conference.

My biggest conflict is my love of middle grade.

Some of the middle grade authors of today that are hugely successful write in all lengths.

Toddlers and preschoolers at the emerging literacy stage have unique needs that are so far removed from the needs of middle grade and young adult reluctant readers, yet most publishers and even booksellers consider those age groups to both fall under children's publishing.

The impact of an instructional intervention on the science and language learning of middle grade English language learners.

Those looking to expand their knowledge of middle grade math and science would do well with this versatile program.

Meeting the needs of middle grade science learners through pedagogical and technological intervention.

Explore tips and strategies on how to incorporate the academic, developmental, and social needs of middle grade students into your program practices and culture.

Middle School Matters provides educators with proven, research - based strategies to increase the number of middle grade students who are prepared for high school and postsecondary success.

Seeking to increase the number of middle grade students who are prepared for high school and postsecondary success

Here's a breakdown of middle grade versus Young Adult novels.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»

If not, the very concept of middle grades education may be in jeopardy.

We did that because it's this core aspect of middle grades education that most needs changing.

First, people have learned so much about what to do and what not to do to implement the kind of middle grades school reforms talked about in the original Turning Points that we felt compelled to bring those lessons to broad public attention.

«Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» is, says Trish Williams, «the largest study of middle grades education ever conducted.»

Each year, thousands of middle grades preservice teachers assume their places in classrooms across the country, through practica, internships, and student teaching experiences.

In a few short years, middle schoolers would go from Growing Up Forgotten, the title of a 1977 report by the Ford Foundation, to being what David Hough, then director of the Institute for School Improvement at Missouri State University and managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, described as «studied, researched, and analyzed with a greater degree of exuberance and sophistication than ever before.»

The MLER SIG Research Agenda provides direction to the field of middle grades education research.

In 2015, the MLER SIG revisited the need for a revised research agenda, one that could reflect the issues and concerns of the ever - changing world of middle grades education.

Gayle Andrews Gayle Andrews is professor of middle grades education at University of Georgia, professor - in - residence at Hilsman Middle School in Athens, and author of more than 70 publications and creative contributions focused on improving schooling for young adolescents, including Turning Points 2000.

The primary purpose of the MLER SIG Research Agenda was to develop a set of questions that provide direction to the field of middle grades education research.

The most comprehensive resource of middle grades education ever published.

The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (2nd ed.)

Madsen et al. (1991) and Madsen and Lanier (1992) found that, through their involvement in a preparation program, teacher leaders moved into the role of facilitating grade - level teams of middle grades teachers of mathematics and science.

2008 Graduate Student Award Recipient Molly Lawrence, University of Georgia Preservice Teachers» Negotiation of Middle Grades Science Teaching Identity Abstract

Summary findings from the Fall 2011 issue of the Middle Grades Research Journal dedicated to examining the effectiveness of the Developmental Designs approach.

There is not an indication of how representative the group of study participants is of middle grades teachers in Queensland, Australia, as there was not a purposive sampling approach.

Geography can provide students with tools for exploring the sometimes scary world of the middle grades.

It identified characteristics of middle grades environments associated with the most encouraging student trajectories or those associated with declines in achievement levels, attendance, or educational progress.

Growth in math and reading, as well as family and school factors that encourage success during the middle grades years, will be the focus of MGLS: 2017, which will provide evidence about the effectiveness of middle grades programs and practices.

Join representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics and RTI International for a webinar to learn more about the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017 - 18 (MGLS: 2017), the first nationally representative longitudinal study of middle grades students.

Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical...

Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical friends groups.

In their book, Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers (New Press, 2008), WKCD authors Kathleen Cushman and Laura Rogers call on students» own words to offer ideas on that subject to teachers of the middle grades.

Principals and assistant principals of middle schools (middle level, junior high, and any combination of middle grades) are eligible to join AAMSP as active members.

The guide and tool support the establishment and implementation of an EWS for identifying and monitoring students who are at risk of dropping out of the middle grades.