Sentences with phrase «provide teachers of reading»

SFSF indicator (b)(3) requires Virginia to provide teachers of reading / language arts and mathematics in which the State administers assessments with reports of individual reports of individual teacher impact on student achievement on those assessments.

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Although teachers provide lots of help, parents continue to play a very important role in their child's reading development.

Impact Factor: 21.147 Issues Per Year: 12 issues per year Aims and Scope: Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides an instant overview of current thinking for scientists, students and teachers who want to keep up with the latest developments in the cognitive sciences.

In short, reading Autobiography of a Yogi makes you believe in the unbelievable, as the author provides details of his abnormal experiences with various sages, gurus, teachers, and saints throughout his native land.

The teachers, readings, class participation and coaching sessions not only provided information and skills training, but more importantly, supported integration of the material leading to attitudinal, perceptual and personal transformation.

Whether they become content consumers by reading their favorite poems or content creators as they write their own, iPad and Android tablets provide students and teachers with lots of options.

DEAR (Drop Everything and Read), SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), and similar approaches provide a block of time in which the teacher and students read books of their choice independenRead), SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), and similar approaches provide a block of time in which the teacher and students read books of their choice independenread books of their choice independently.

Educational researcher Gerald Bracey, author of Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered, writes in Stanford magazine that «NCLB aims to shrink the public sector, transfer large sums of public money to the private sector, weaken or destroy two Democratic power bases — the teachers» unions — and provide vouchers to let students attend private schools at public expense.»

In Massachusetts, teacher applicants are asked to write in cursive using upper - and lowercase writing; write from dictation; rewrite a 500 - word essay using only 250 words; compose an original 300 - to 500 - word essay; read six or seven texts of approximately 400 words and answer multiple choice questions on the contents; and provide grammar and word definitions.

Research has highlighted the importance of providing ongoing opportunities for children to read aloud in class to teachers and friends, and at home to parents, siblings and even pets.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Washington State Report Card data provide measures of racial composition, student - teacher ratios, the percentages of students enrolled in the free or reduced - price meals program, total enrollment, and the percentage of students who passed the reading and math Washington Assessment of Student Learning exams in each teacher's school.

It provides practical examples of how reading may be developed at both learner and teacher level.

Principals were asked not only to provide a rating of overall teacher effectiveness, but also to assess, on a scale from one (inadequate) to ten (exceptional), specific teacher characteristics (ten altogether), including dedication and work ethic, classroom management, parent satisfaction, positive relationship with administrators, and ability to improve math and reading achievement.

However, a review of evidence relating to the accessibility of the 2016 key stage 2 reading test, which acknowledges concerns raised by teachers, states that «while standards were set appropriately in 2016, the review suggests that the test seemed to be more challenging than the sample materials provided».

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prreading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prReading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

A variety of text levels is provided; some texts are more challenging to allow teachers to differentiate for children reading at different levels within the class.

By juxtaposing counts of the most frequently required readings with the absence or near - absence of others, we were able to provide a first portrait of what future teachers are — and are not — learning at leading schools of education.

Aggrieved teachers deserve a better champion, one who can provide a fair and comprehensive reading of evidence.

Currently, Dillon is a post-doctoral fellow at Haskins Laboratories, a research institute in New Haven, Conn., that focuses on speech, language, and reading and biological basis, where she investigates the effects of a three - year study in which first - grade teachers were provided professional development seminars and in - class coaching in literacy instruction.

The study's findings provide support for a model of early identification and intervention for all children at - risk for reading failure; the classroom teachers and school resource teachers provided intervention three to four times a week for 20 minutes.

Providing teacher support and guidance is crucial to retaining school staff, according to Laura Kavourias, a staff developer and facilitator of the Success for All reading program at Mother Hale.

The effort created new academies to train teachers in reading instruction and provided for the hiring of 2,000 additional reading coaches.

The poetry sites below provide teachers and students with practical help for writing poetry, resources for studies of poetry and poets, and opportunities to experience the sheer pleasure of reading poetry.

• The Common Core asks teachers to assign texts that provide language complexity appropriate to the grade level, but significant proportions of teachers — particularly in the elementary grades — are still assigning texts based on students» present reading prowess.

How can teachers provide choice and accommodate students» individual interests when the class is limited to reading just a couple of compulsory books?

Lesson Plans and Resources (Teaching for Change): Teaching for Change is a nonprofit, with a mission of providing «teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.»

We know that mentors provide new teachers with much - needed support and guidance in their crucial first years, but there's a strong pass - through effect as well: Students of mentored teachers gained the equivalent of 3 to 3.5 months of additional learning in reading and math over the course of a year, a new study found.

Classroom Handouts The EFL / ESL Teachers» Room of EnglishCLUB.com provides work sheets on listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.

Most of the ideas will provide teachers with a clear idea about whether students actually read the book.

It covers the following National Curriculum learning objectives: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently - becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales - drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher - making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done - answering and asking questions - predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far - using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read - checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context

There are a range of resources available here: the curriculum map provides details of how «You're Safe With Me» can be used in lessons across the curriculum, and the teacher information file and guided reading worksheet can be used by teachers preparing to use the text in the classroom.

Specifically, the site provides tools and templates that guide teachers in developing modules — two - to four - week plans that include (1) student performance tasks; (2) a list of the reading, writing and thinking skills students will need to complete the tasks; (3) student activities (called «mini-tasks»); (4) instructional strategies that guide students toward completing the tasks and (5) sample student responses and how those pieces scored on an LDC rubric, as well as an option for teachers to design a summative assessment related to the teaching task.

There are a range of resources available here: the curriculum map provides details of how «Nimesh the Adventurer» can be used in lessons across the curriculum, and the teacher information file and guided reading worksheet can be used by teachers preparing to use the text in the classroom.

A randomized trial involving 19 elementary schools (K — 5) was conducted to replicate and extend two previous experimental studies of the effects of a voluntary summer reading program that provided (a) books matched to students» reading levels and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding in the form of end - of - year comprehension lessons.

Each section provides descriptions of key reading skills and strategies that teachers need to introduce and practice in their classrooms, and these strategies are closely tied to today's college and career readiness standards.

This resource guides teachers in how to meet the changing needs of today's readers while still meeting today's rigorous standards, and provides teachers with the best practices for teaching reading to 21st century students.

Manuel, Washington Post - «How Gates Pulled Off The Swift Common Core Revolution»»... Bill Gates was de facto organizer, providing the money and structure for states to work together on common standards in a way that avoided the usual collision between states» rights and national interests that had undercut every previous effort, dating from the Eisenhower administration... The Gates Foundation spread money across the political spectrum, to entities including the big teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers... Rteachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers... RTeachers... Read More

«Success Academy's THINK literacy is aligned with our vision for excellent instruction at Roots and provides the tools our teachers need to implement a rigorous, engaging ELA program that builds knowledge, cultivates critical thinking, and fosters a deep love of reading,» said Jonathan Hanover, founder and executive director of Roots Elementary in Denver.

«Success Academy's THINK literacy is aligned with our vision for excellent instruction at Roots and provides the tools our teachers need to implement a rigorous, engaging ELA program that builds knowledge, cultivates critical thinking, and fosters a deep love of reading,» said

The authors conducted a cluster - randomized trial to examine the effectiveness of structured teacher adaptations to the implementation of an evidence - based summer literacy program that provided students with (a) books matched to their reading level and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding for summer reading in the form of end - of - year comprehension lessons and materials sent to students» homes in the summer months.

The research is clear: If a student is not motivated to read and is not engaged in the text, all of the strategy instruction a teacher might provide may be for naught (Guthrie and Klauda, 2014; Ivey, 2014; Wanzek et al, 2014).

THINK Literacy provides teachers with instruction on what and how to teach, sequenced in units that emphasize student engagement and develop a love of reading, while also building essential critical thinking skills aligned with Common Core standards.

A Different Look at the Causes of the Achievement Gap: The Matthew Effect In this hour - long presentation, David Liben provides a thorough review of research on the causes of the reading achievement gap and offers practical suggestions — and free resources — for teachers to narrow the gap and increase achievement.

By providing structures and techniques that support the growing reader, teachers can launch their students into the world of 21st century reading.

Organizations such as Room to Read, a global non profit founded in 1999 by John Wood and currently operating in ten countries in Asia and Africa which has impacted millions of children by providing school libraries and professional development to teachers.

She also works with individual schools to ensure that teachers have the tools and knowledge they need to provide ongoing, rigorous instruction for students who may be at risk of reading failure.

They are not, however, trained in math, English, or reading, even though most of a special education teacher's day... is spent providing academic instruction.»

We propose the active participation of the school library media program toward the development of STEM identities among young people by having school librarians (1) provide advisory information on the science - infused books and programs that young people can read — the school librarian as the information specialist; (2) collaborate with STEM teachers and provide intellectual and physical access that further enrichs the STEM learning — the school librarian as the instructional partner; and (3) act as technology allies to help educators and students experiment with new media tools and online communities.»

In a study of 5 schools found to be most effective out of a sample of 741 schools which were part of a study of compensatory reading programs, Wilder (1977) found the following factors common to all 5 schools: reading was identified as an important instructional goal; leadership in the reading program was provided by either the principal or reading specialist; attention was given to basic skills; a breadth of materials was made available; and ideas were communicated across teachers, a process which was typically fostered by the program leader.