Sentences with phrase «said eighth grade teacher»
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Utah parents seek criminal penalties against teacher who they say went too far in sex ed class: «The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh - and eighth - grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation.»
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«Techbridge girls are more interested, more motivated, and more willing to stick to long - term projects,» says eighth - grade science teacher Dan Fleming, who heads up the Techbridge club at John Swett Elementary School.
«For students whose parents had college degrees, their parents» involvement in the seventh grade set forth a chain of reactions that improved their school behavior from teachers» perspectives in the eighth grade, which in turn increased their grades and test scores in the ninth grade,» Hill says.
«Students love to be challenged,» says Colvin, a seventh - and eighth - grade English teacher at University Christian School in Jacksonville, Florida.
The school uses two student - led conferences in place of report cards, said Teresa Glenn, an eighth grade humanities / reading - writing workshop teacher.
Jeff Schwartz, an eighth - grade U.S. history teacher at Lincoln (where Monastero used to teach), says Private Watkins's presentation gives students «something they don't get from a textbook.
In fact, Healy says, «simulations can be like a game, and at the right age, around seventh or eighth grade, some research shows that in math it works if you do it really well and have great teachers and the right equipment.»
«We started slow with student - led conferences,» says eighth - grade teacher Brigid Jennings.
«We never get through everything,» says eighth - grade teacher Rebecca Braun.
«I use the activity as a time filler in my eighth - grade health classes,» said Anitha Diol, a health teacher at Dowagiac (Michigan) Middle School.
«I think we don't have to validate or accept the really divisive, disrespectful words that we hear from candidates or campaigns,» says Kelly Sherwin, an eighth grade social studies teacher at an independent school in Cleveland.
More than half of American teachers say they use digital games in their classrooms, according to a national survey of 500 kindergarten through eighth - grade teachers conducted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.
Four eighth - grade classes participated in the exercise in early September, said teacher Leigh Conner, with kids working on their essays for nearly two months.
«I've been working with ELL students my whole career,» said Scott Jensen, an eighth grade language arts teacher at Centennial Middle School in Portland, Ore. «I still feel like it's been only recently that I've been making tangible strides with these students.»
«Kids used to be rushed,» says eighth grade Language Arts teacher Elaine Ivy, who now has a 90 minute block every day.
«It was very different from what I was used to teaching in the past,» says Melissa Henderson, a seventh and eighth grade language arts teacher at Woodland.
«I think there's untapped potential in every school,» said Kraft, who began his career as an eighth - grade English teacher.
But the Success Highways data provided students with clarity about why they were struggling,» said Erika Elias, counselor and eighth grade teacher at Apollo Middle School.
«Educators know firsthand what it takes to keep schools safe and welcoming, yet we're rarely consulted,» said WEAC President Ron Martin, an eighth grade teacher with expertise in restorative justice.
Myra Bridgers, an eighth grade language arts teacher who has been teaching for more than 20 years in Franklin County schools, said the past few years have been the worst she's seen in terms of budget cuts.
«Teachers would just send them to my room because I built a connection with them,» said Weaver, who taught sixth - and eighth - grade math and is now a school principal.
She was going to go to a great school and she was going to do math,» said Mater Academy math teacher Alexander Smith, who has known Dayme since she was in the eighth grade.
«We are delighted to have this opportunity to co-promote Mr.Storad's wonderful book and our grant program,» said Steve King, executive director of The Pet Care Trust — the non-profit organization that established the Pets in the Classroom program, which gives grants to pre-k through eighth - grade classroom teachers to buy small pet and pet - care supplies for the classroom.
Science teacher Aaron Pecho, leading an eighth - grade class at the School of Engineering and Sciences, said he capitalized on students» growing knowledge about the brain to discuss how individuals react to stress.