Consult frequently with classroom teachers on matters relating to
reading and math instruction using our progress - monitoring instrument as a base.
Music classes at the school this year are incorporating
reading and math instruction.
Both the 2015 and 2016 versions of the guidance do some myth - busting — they make clear, for example, that Title I money used for schoolwide programs don't just have to be used on
reading and math instruction, and that Title I aid can be used for children in preschool.
Similarly, does it make sense for traditional interests to attack standardized testing and
reading and math instruction (under the guise of narrowing the curriculum) at a time when our schools and teachers are being asked to implement a new set of math and English standards and standardized tests?
When I returned to California, policymakers, researchers, reformers and education leaders were still emphasizing the importance of
reading and math instruction.
We were so pleased with the school in all aspects, especially her teachers, the social - emotional focus of the curriculum, the solid
reading and math instruction, and the encouragement of parent / guardian involvement.
Each school lengthened the time students spent in
reading and math instruction.
Over a 30 - year period, researchers followed two groups of children — one enrolled at the center; the other from randomly selected early childhood intervention programs — and found that those who took part in the center's field trips and focused
reading and math instruction were more likely to get a college degree than their peers who did not.
He sits in social studies and science classes that have been shortened to allow more time for
reading and math instruction.
With this cadre of professionals, CEI brings 21st century expertise to our work addressing international education; differentiating instruction; early childhood education; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula; social emotional learning and heart centered education; special education; school leadership; principal mentorships; and improving
reading and math instruction.
For example, classroom teachers might think that
reading and math instruction must be the top priority, but physical education and music teachers will likely want sufficient time too.
Reading and math instruction doesn't depend on whether teachers are confident in those subjects but that's not true for science
The special education teachers focus on
reading and math instruction, Peltier told Education World.
Project Tutor was created to prepare community volunteers to work in the neediest schools and support
reading and math instruction.
Told most simply, the Philadelphia story provides a threefold answer to these questions: 1) for - profits outperform district - managed schools in math but not in reading; 2) nonprofits probably fall short of district schools in
both reading and math instruction; and 3) for profits outperform nonprofits in both subjects.
In a troubling example of unintended consequences, because of NCLB elementary teachers may be tempted to set aside units on history, science, or literature in order to create more time for
reading and math instruction.
The school offers a lot of professional development for staff members involving
reading and math instruction.
Only one in five institutions where we were able to review both the undergraduate and graduate programs received the same scores in
reading and math instruction, for example.
For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive
reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»
He contrasts these VAM findings with the low program rating the school received in the Review for
their reading and math instruction.
Not exact matches
The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including
math,
reading, writing
and following
instructions in a classroom.
For the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the researchers followed the progress of 989 graduates of the Chicago Public School District's CPC program, which provided intensive
instruction in
reading and math from preschool through third grade as part of a school reform model.
Studies have shown that schools offering intense physical activity programs have seen positive effects on academic performance such as improvements in
math,
reading,
and classroom behavior — even when the added time takes away from academic
instruction time.
In grade - level teaching, teachers share all of the students, which allows for small - group
instruction in
reading, writing,
and math in Tier One.
NCLB has unwittingly
and unfortunately encouraged schools to focus
instruction inordinately on
reading and math, the subjects that NCLB requires be tested annually
and to which it has attached the tough accountability regime.
The CREDO report found that students in Boston charter schools gain the equivalent of 259 additional days of
instruction in
math and 245 days in
reading compared to their counterparts in traditional district schools.
Since the mid-1990s, the North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (NCDPI) has required all districts to submit data that include demographic information, attendance rates,
and behavioral outcomes, yearly test scores in
math and reading for grades 3 through 8,
and subject - specific tests for higher grades.
To enhance student - level differentiation, we supplied all sixth
and ninth graders with a
math tutor in a two - on - one setting
and provided an extra dose of
reading or
math instruction to students in other grades who had previously performed below grade level.
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.
«I think it really wound up narrowing the scope of
instruction and placed too much emphasis on
reading and math tests.
But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than
reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp
instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.
Instead of blocking time for
reading or
math instruction, McNeely prefers an approach where all teachers focus on a specific unit or theme
and connect their curriculum to that theme.
According to Timothy Shanahan of the University of Illinois, Chicago, «Devoting 80 percent of
reading instruction to literature may improve students» performance in their English classes, but what about social studies, science,
and math?»
Teachers often spend only ten minutes delivering direct
instruction; the rest of the class period is devoted to hands - on learning, as students participate in guided
reading and writing or grapple with a
math problem.
The pack includes: Powerpoint - A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah - when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated - the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to
read Photographs - Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt
and people lighting the Menorah candles - great to add to your displays or for discussion Word cards Fact cards - Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah Display banners - 2 different large titles for displays «Happy Hanukkah»
and «Hanukkah» each with Hanukkah themed pictures Display border - A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures - this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Writing pages - A collection of decorated A4 border pages - great for the children's work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah Colour page border - A collection of colour A4 border pages - a great way to quickly display the children's work Colour posters - A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel
and Potato Latkes Display lettering - Large letters spelling «Hanukkah» which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah - Great for a larger display Hanukkah story - The Hanukkah story for you to
read aloud to the children Colouring posters - A collection of posters for the children to colour - these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards Bookmarks - A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out
and colour Number line - A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs
and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs
and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out
and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with
instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem
Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut
and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures
and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel
instructions and writing about Hanukkah
In that environment — i.e., in our world of standards - based
and data - driven
instruction — schools have often tried to do for
reading what they did for subjects like
math, science,
and history.
Those calling for academic
instruction of the young don't seem to appreciate that
math and reading are complex skills acquired in stages related to age.
Inasmuch as most young children do not attain this form of reasoning until the age of five or six, it makes little sense to introduce formal
instruction in
reading and math until then.
The first two years of teaching bring substantially more improvement in both
math and reading instruction for teaching fellows than for traditionally certified teachers.
District performance - based assessments in
reading, writing, spelling,
and math are given, on average, three times each year,
and numerous staff development hours are spent reviewing results
and discussing ways in which the findings can be used to inform
and change classroom
instruction to meet the needs of individual students.
I've bolded the changes so you can see how her argument could be used against any effort in school other than focusing on
math and reading instruction:
The results suggest that current direct
math and reading instruction is insufficient to build attention
and fine motor skills.
But her logic would get rid of everything other than
math and reading instruction.
The third explanation was that private schools provided less
instruction in
reading and math.
Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language»
reading instruction and «new
math» that were at best a distraction
and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets
and operations;
and a massive influx of new students
and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.
[3] But it's at least plausible that students in private schools may have scored lower because they received less
instruction in
reading and math.
With this book, you
and your staff will learn: approaches to help poor readers develop good
reading habits; ways to increase student interest in
reading for pleasure; how to effectively incorporate
reading into subject areas such as social studies, science,
and math; examples of what works according to school personnel in regard to
reading instruction;
and how to motivate students to become engaged readers.
Each group received 30 minutes of
instruction in two areas of
reading and two areas of
math each session.
Over the past 15 years, however, many school music programs have been cut to reduce budgets
and to spend more time on
math and reading instruction.
Off - the - shelf courseware supplements class
instruction to accelerate
reading and math achievement.