Sentences with phrase «second grade literacy»

and makes a difference in communities by focusing on these specific second grade literacy skills.

This program makes an impact on the lives of children, teachers and families, and makes a difference in communities by focusing on these specific second grade literacy skills.

He called the mayor's «Equity and Excellence» plan — which calls for universal second grade literacy, access to computer science courses at all grade levels and AP classes in all high schools --» a good beginning.»

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Over the last few years as education researchers at University of Michigan and Michigan State University, we have worked to address this question through a large study of the effects of PBL on social studies and some aspects of literacy achievement in second - grade classrooms.

Less attention has been given to the mayor's speech last week, in which he announced a plan to spend an additional $ 75 million per year to ensure (here comes that word again) «universal second - grade literacy» by 2026.

We thought to put him in with his age group, but the district saw that he'd do better in first grade (he actually tested past second), and his new teacher ran her literacy program using flexible grouping so that all the kids could continually excel as was appropriate.

This report presents findings from the second year of the Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) study, a demonstration and random assignment evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade readers.

With a focus on early literacy skills, this resource supports second grade teachers in their use of centers in the classroom.

Included in this book are 10 easy - to - use, research - and standards - based literacy centers that each align with essential second grade skills and that focus on the five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

Catlin's first book Blended Learning in Grades 4 - 12 is a bestseller and her second book Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology was published in June 2015.

When Spillane and Jennings (1997) looked more closely at nine second - and fifth - grade teachers in the suburban district, they found that the extent to which teachers» practices reflected the district's literacy initiative depended on how well the reforms were elaborated by the district.

For second graders who were not in classrooms with the literacy rotation (such as the traditional grade 2, the multiage grade 2 - 3, and the split - grade 2 - 3 class), reading instruction was left to individual teachers and their paraprofessionals with support from one of the school's Title I teachers and the special education teacher.

No two students will approach the content or process in the same manner, but they all will reach the same critical milestones for primary - grade literacy success and emerge as confident, capable readers ready for the challenges of second grade and beyond.

The second edition of this course also reviews literacy strategies in the English language arts classroom for grades 6 through 12.

English - language speakers benefit from «extensive exposure to Spanish, accelerating their absorption and usage of the language to achieve early Spanish literacy; a highly academic curriculum, taught in a second language; the ability to transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English language reading and writing after the second grade; the confidence to speak Spanish, resulting from the self - esteem and pride they gain because they are bilingual.»

In the Literacy Mentors of Distinction Program, Judson Independent School District central office professional staff mentor kindergarten and first and second grade economically disadvantaged students from Title I schools.

Please see Promise Park City Data.The growth shown in the preschool students with no second language or literacy services is an indicator that this kind of instruction and structure is possible through Kindergarten and 1st grade.

FIM Early Literacy for grades kindergarten through second, focuses on skills necessary to become fluent readers while developing language and writing capabilities.

A graduate of Loyola Chicago, Ms. Giblin moved back to the Windy City in 2009 to join the founding leadership team of Rowe Elementary School, a college - prep elementary charter school, where she worked as a teacher, literacy interventionist, and Academic Dean (the founding second grade class just graduated from 8th grade this past June!)

Developed by renowned reading experts Dr. David Pearson, Dr. Robert Calfee, Dr. Mia Callahan, and Smarty Ants founder Mike Wood, the cloud - based reading program teaches foundational literacy skills to children in prekindergarten through second grade.

During this time, she has served as a literacy coach, a second and third grade classroom teacher, a reading intervention specialist, and a fourth grade teacher.

Based on the PD resource, The Intermediate Comprehension Toolkit, Second Edition: Language and Lessons for Active Literacy Recommended Grade Level: Grades 3 - 6