Sentences with phrase «readers in grade»

Helping low readers in grade 2 and 3: An after - school volunteer tutoring program.

For these children Reading Recovery is an effective way, in a short amount of time to bring the kids who are struggling the most up to a level equal to the other readers in their grade.

I often give a little 3 - book starter pack of this book as a gift for beginning readers in grade 2 or 3.

Teachers also plan to use a tool designed to assess the reading fluency of primary students with below - level readers in grades 4 - 6 to see how their needs can be addressed, said Poplar.

A Randomized Experiment of a Mixed - Methods Literacy Intervention for Struggling Readers in Grades 4 - 6: Effects on Word Reading Efficiency, Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary, and Oral Reading Fluency.

A group led by Florida State University professor of psychology Joseph K. Torgesen assigned severely disabled readers in grades 3 - 5 to one of two remediation programs, where they received 67.5 hours of individualized instruction over an eight - week period.

She has extensive experience coordinating interventions for struggling readers in grades K - 12 and has taught Language Development classes to elementary ESL students and to adults learning English as a second language.

This beautifully - illustrated children's book (great for readers in grades 1 and up) describes how the community of Billings, Montana, joined together to fight a series of hate crimes.

Assisted reading practice: Effects on performance for poor readers in grades 3 and 4.

Reading Horizons Discovery direct instruction reading materials provide teachers with scripted lessons for providing high - engagement reading instruction to beginning and struggling readers in grades K - 3.

For example, in a study that examined at - risk readers in Grades 2 and 3, different profiles of reading skills were found (Pierce et al., 2007).

SRA FLEX Literacy ™ is a comprehensive reading and language arts intervention system built on the Common Core State Standards for struggling readers in grades 3 and up in tiers 2, 3, or 4.

Smarty Wiz addresses the foundational literacy needs of the most challenged readers in grades 3 +, and Boost provides skill - building scaffolding and instructional frameworks to accelerate learning for your Tier II, Tier III, and special education students using a gradual release of responsibility model embedded in the program.

Generally speaking, this level is appropriate for grades 2 and 3 and supports intervention for struggling readers in grades 4 - 12.

Drew is the number one Achieve3000 reader in his grade level in the entire state of Arizona.

Consider purchasing books to award to the top reader in each classroom and top reader in each grade.

(The other three reforms are one - on - one tutoring by qualified tutors for at - risk readers in grades first through third; life - skills training for junior high students, and instruction for early readers in phonics — and not one of the policies that the corporate reformers are promoting.)

This crop of first novels, all reviewed in Booklist in the past year, introduces memorable characters and intriguing situations in books for readers in grades four through twelve.

Animal Friends» Reading with Rover program helps shy or struggling readers in grades one through three practice reading by having them read aloud to dogs.

Not exact matches

My friend Mia Wenjen has a great roundup of 50 must - read diversity picture books, and after Laurel finishes the young readers version of I Am Malala, I am totally pointing her to this collection of 8 empowering middle grade novels for kids interested in social justice.

I have been asked by several readers to write some blocks for specific content areas for specific grades in order to meet some of the American needs of the curriculum and I am contemplating that.

Not all 1st graders become readers and writers overnight; different children learn at different paces, especially in 1st grade when there are many changes and new skills to acquire.

Battle of the Books is free and open to the public and the teams are made up of dedicated young readers entering sixth through the ninth grades in September.

Team members, comprised of dedicated young readers, entering sixth through the ninth grade, spend months practicing challenging trivia questions pertaining to the same five preselected books before the big Battle event which plays out live in the ECC gymnasium in front of hundreds of supportive family and friends.

In the United States, children usually learn to read for the first time in kindergarten and become proficient readers by third grade, according to the authorIn the United States, children usually learn to read for the first time in kindergarten and become proficient readers by third grade, according to the authorin kindergarten and become proficient readers by third grade, according to the authors.

In the United States, children usually learn to read for the first time in kindergarten and become proficient readers by third gradIn the United States, children usually learn to read for the first time in kindergarten and become proficient readers by third gradin kindergarten and become proficient readers by third grade.

The state also invested substantial support for early readers and focused on retaining 3rd graders who fail to read at grade level; state law allows for, but does not require, those students to be held back, which both Skandera and Martinez criticized as insufficient in a state with exceptionally low rates of adult literacy.

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the early grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them, and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate reading skills.

There's been a lot of interest so far in the early grades, but the CCSS does put more emphasis on older readers, too, doesn't it?

Again, the reader is reminded that, while correlation is not causation, the introduction of consequential accountability in Texas and then across the nation coincided with impressive spikes in the performance of students in fourth - grade math, and in particular among the students of most concern to NCLB and the accountability movement more generally.

In How Schools Work, readers discover that first grade reading groups operate within a grand organizational scheme: groups nested in classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban districIn How Schools Work, readers discover that first grade reading groups operate within a grand organizational scheme: groups nested in classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban districin classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban district.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a three - year, $ 1.1 - million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Early Adolescence to help improve the preparation and training of teachers and staff members in the middle grades.

Also check out sixth - grade teacher Donalyn Miller's article «Becoming a Classroom of Readers,» originally printed in Educational Leadership, which offers strategies for encouraging reading in your classroom.

Another Obama effort, The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grants program, assists states in creating or maintaining a comprehensive literacy plan for children birth through grade 12; creating quality learning environments across the age span has the potential to promote academic outcomes for all children, including EL learners.

In a heart - breaking letter to her 8th grade students, Ruth Ann Dandrea wrote, «Here we spent the year reading books and emulating great writers, constructing leads that would make everyone want to read our work, developing a voice that would engage our readers, using our imaginations to make our work unique and important, and, most of all, being honest.

Because of beginning the Brainy Day Books, Burns began to edit Scholastic's Hello Math Reader series, which produces easy readers for children in Pre-K through grade 3.

«We are seeing stronger readers going into third grade,» she adds, and placements in special education classes have declined, a trend reported by other districts that have adopted looping.

On the surface, this student appears to be excelling academically: he has straight As; he made the Math Bowl competition team, he has earned from Accelerated Reader points than anyone else in his class, his whole grade for that matter.

In addition, the top student reader from each grade was allowed to throw a pie in the face of a teacher from that grade level to celebrate reaching the reading goaIn addition, the top student reader from each grade was allowed to throw a pie in the face of a teacher from that grade level to celebrate reaching the reading goain the face of a teacher from that grade level to celebrate reaching the reading goal.

Jennifer Johns, who teaches sixth - grade English and science at Crestview Middle School in Huntington, Indiana, provides Education World readers with several additional activities to use with A Christmas Carol.

Islamic Sight Word Stories is designed for the beginning reader (pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade) or beginning ESL students in elementary school.

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

Sight Word Stories is a reader / workbook designed for the beginning reader (pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade) or beginning ESL students in elemen...

A struggling first grade reader has a nearly 90 percent chance of still struggling in fourth grade; three out of four struggling third grade readers are still behind in ninth grade.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

When Cynthia Rosado, a first - grade English as a Second Language teacher at P.S. 169 in Brooklyn, gave it a shot two years ago, she asked for $ 1,200 for two sets of guided readers.

Goals include making all children literate readers and writers by third grade and incorporating math skills in their everyday lives and in their understanding of such other subjects as science, social science, the arts, and physical education.

Even though they are in sixth grade and may be strong readers, the texts are tough and getting tougher!

Meanwhile, students take courses at Greenway in drama, dance, and film, including theater classes for low - skilled 9th - and 10th - grade readers.

Join Peggy Coyne, a research scientist at the Center for Applied Special Technology in Wakefield, Mass., and Lori DiGisi, a curriculum coordinator for Framingham Public Schools in Massachusetts, for a discussion of how teachers can use differentiated instruction, universal design for learning and assistive technology to help struggling readers at all grade levels.