Sentences with phrase «says second grade teacher»
«It's been fascinating,» says second grade teacher Michael Seal.
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It is simplistic to say but the second grade teacher's lessons hold the best advice here, leave others alone and be concerned with yourself only.
My fiancé has called me a Bob Ross look - alike before, he has even told me that I look like a second - grade substitute teacher, an art curator and that I work for the United Nations, «You just look political,» he said to me the other day.
Margaret VanScoy, a second - grade teacher at Mountview for 16 years, said the reforms have changed the way she teaches.
It's like you're talking to the same person,» said Scott Cohen, a second grade looping teacher in his sixth year at Robinson.
At the end of the first year, teachers would determine whether students have the necessary English skills to move on to first grade, he says, adding that data shows the majority of students would participate in the second year.
«I began student - led conferences to involve the students in their learning and to give them ownership of it,» said Sherri Clifford, a second grade teacher at Hagemann Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri.
«I think a lot of teachers feel like, because they're the teacher, they have to know everything about everything,» says second - grade teacher Carrie Hordubay.
«If a new teacher started in second grade next year, it might take them a year to get up and running,» she says, «but all of us who have been through the trainings, we'll be able to work with that new teacher.»
«It's completely changed,» says local teachers» union president Emily Benner, a second - grade teacher at Indian Creek Elementary School.
To complement the slave narratives, Claremont history teachers lead a mini-unit on racism featuring excerpts of writings by Howard Zinn and Winthrop Jordan to move conversations «beyond a second - grade understanding of racism,» says Smith.
Diagnosed in second grade with a learning disability, Grant says she was supported in her public schools in Massachusetts and Kentucky and feels the legislation helped her get the accommodations she needed as both a student and later as a teacher.
«The app [which features news stories and video tours] goes beyond the usual focus on learning the names and locations of states and their capitals,» says second - grade teacher Lykowski.
Rogers, on leave from her position as a first and second grade looping teacher at Leeds Elementary School, in Jefferson County, Alabama, said she earned masters and doctoral degrees — and national certification — not to move into administration, but to be a better classroom teacher.
«The whole idea that there are things going on in kindergarten and pre-K that would be very good for teachers in second and third grade to understand is pretty powerful,» Tozer said.
What do state lawmakers, teachers and other school advocates have to say about moving the IREAD - 3 test to second grade?
«This is the way teaching should be,» says Brenner, the seventh - grade social - studies teacher, in his second year at KIPP.
After state lawmakers passed a complex bill pausing Common Core rollout in Indiana, Supt. Glenda Ritz says it was up to her office to decide what academic standards second grade teachers would use in the fall.
«The negative consequences of the current overwhelming focus on preparation for standardized tests include narrowed curricula, developmentally inappropriate instructional practices, decreases in student engagement, stagnant achievement gaps and rising minority dropout rates,» said subcommittee member and Winchester second grade teacher David Krane.
Second grade teacher Jessica Moy said she feels more as part of a collaborative team at KIPP than she did previously at a private school and a different charter school.
Teachers know they will be supported,» said Tammy Neitch, a master teacher who teaches second grade at the school.
Kaleb, who earned A's in second grade at Mays, said teachers there let him take short «brain breaks,» to play basketball or help in the principal's office, when he got antsy.
Jenny Robinson, whose second grade daugher in Monroe County Community Schools will take the IREAD - 3 next year, says she believes students and teachers are becoming overwhelmed with testing.
«We need to lower the class sizes so that each student can get that one - on - one attention that they need,» says a second - grade teacher.
«And we're doing it in a way that isn't necessarily at the expense of other educational cuts,» Tillis said, emphasizing that the House doesn't include severe cuts included in the Senate's plan, which would offer teachers an eleven percent raise but would also eliminate second and third grade teacher assistants from the classroom, cut the Department of Public Instruction by 30 percent, and reduce the number of badly needed school nurses around the state, among other cuts.
And most of them, if not all of them, will tell you that it has very little to do with student results,» said Sen. Harry Brown, who supports giving teachers an 11 percent pay raise by eliminating teacher assistants in the second and third grades.
«I have learned more about students in poverty from being a part of this virtual learning community than I did in a semester - long class about urban education,» said Karen Vogelsang, a second - grade teacher at Keystone Elementary in Memphis, Tennessee, and a virtual coach for the «Supporting Students in Poverty» VLC.
Before second - grade teacher Kimberly Patterson received tenure and the ironclad job protections it provides, she said, «my principal never set foot in my classroom while I was teaching.»
As a second and third grade teacher in DeForest, Moffit pushed her administration to take a more holistic, individualized approach to reading instruction, versus rigid teaching focused on test scores, she said.
Muir says one teacher was particularly surprised to see that a number of second - grade students had performed below her expectations on their first Star 360 assessment.
«Teaching will always be a challenging profession, but it's made my job easier,» says second - grade teacher Tina Brouwer.
«Since implementing the read - aloud routine in my classroom, my students» reading comprehension and vocabulary skills have truly grown,» said Amanda Wilkie, a second - grade teacher at Baty Elementary School in Del Valle Independent School District, where Project ELITE has been working.
Republican Sen. Jerry Tillman says the state would keep teacher assistants for kindergarten and first grades — but get rid of about 7400 assistants in second and third grades.
The same holds true for teachers: Lindsay Rollin, a second - grade teacher at Teachers College Community School in New York, says conferences should never be the first time parents are hearing about problems their child isteachers: Lindsay Rollin, a second - grade teacher at Teachers College Community School in New York, says conferences should never be the first time parents are hearing about problems their child isTeachers College Community School in New York, says conferences should never be the first time parents are hearing about problems their child is having.
New York City officials on Thursday said suspension shouldn't be used as a disciplinary measure for children in kindergarten through second grade, a proposal that drew criticism from the teachers union, which said it would lead to increased classroom disruption.
I had a second grade teacher that taught me that yeah, there is a way out... and I had an eleventh grade teacher who taught me to believe in myself... and that's the same thing I want to do with the kids,» he said.
If an international, widely suspected financial publication says fees don't matter, it is not surprising a second grade teacher owns a variable annuity charging 4 %.
Grant, a second - grade teacher at McInnis Elementary in DeLeon Springs, said after the hearing that she would take her case to court.
One of the second grade teachers made the statement «If you can say it you can read it.