At issue is whether language in the Common Core pause legislation actually
requires second grade teachers to continue teaching Indiana Academic Standards next year.
Not exact matches
The tests —
required as part of this year's new
teacher evaluations — inspired a boycott at one school and a union - led drive to ban standardized tests for pre-kindergarten through
second grade.
As
second and tenth
grade teachers, we understood that to be truly effective educators, we were
required to be totally immersed in the task of helping our students become engaged and inspired during the learning process.
Each of the linked worksheets above covers the full course of mathematics comprehension
required for completing the first
grade, but it's important that
teachers also check to ensure their students understand the context and concepts behind their answers to the questions before allowing them to move to
second -
grade mathematics.
Watch how
second grade teacher Monique LaCour uses sentence frames to scaffold the language
required for students to have evidence - based conversations.
An analysis of data showed Thomas that students in third through fifth
grade were the school's lowest performers, so Thomas took advantage of a state mandate
requiring physical education — which brought her a
second gym
teacher — to differentiate instruction for those students.