Sentences with phrase «something about the classroom»

There's something about the classroom environment that certain teachers are creating that makes students feel more of a sense of belonging and motivation and the desire to take on challenges.

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One school asked the inspectors to leave, saying that it upset and unsettled the children to have a stranger enter the (primary) classroom and demand that the children talk about something they were uncomfortable with.

Teachers are overworked like everyone else, but as one teacher at Emerson Elementary pointed out that breakfast - in - the - classroom time can be valuable — learning how to do hygiene, table manners, using breakfast time to talk about how to eat properly, how to carry on a conversation while eating, even something as simple as handwashing!

We love having the opportunity to connect with experts who can teach us something new about making breakfast - in - the - classroom a smashing success.

It's a gift that they will appreciate and one you can feel good about giving because it's something your child (and others after them) can enjoy using in the classroom for the rest of the year.

Find something to get snippy about, some reason to cross your arms over your chest and stubbornly leave them there until the bell rings and you are able to run out of the classroom, shoving bewildered teenagers out of your desperate path to escape.

How about extra rewards in the classroom or something not food related.

By talking to your kids and helping them get excited about school, heading to the classroom won't become something that they dread, but actually enjoy for years to come!

Another confounding factor is that researchers didn't have enough money to continue observing teachers in their classrooms or surveying them about how they used the product, something that was done in the first cohort.

«When you choose to see the world as a classroom, you understand that all experiences are here to teach you something about yourself.

The scavenger hunts kept my children busy while I signed in and gave them something to discuss with me about their classroom.

If a teacher tells their coach about something new that he or she wants to try in the classroom, the coach may know of another teacher within the district who is doing that same practice.

When we think about a local audience, picture something that stays inside a classroom or the walls of a school.

I also think it's something we should be thinking about incorporating into the classroom, once we've had a chance to get a handle on its use.

Plenty of schools adapt to new requirements, more and more educators make use of edtech in their classrooms, and the needs of the 21st Century learner is something that almost every conversation about education gravitates towards.

we are tempted to help students avoid the occasional skinned knee — or whatever the classroom equivalent might be — we need to recognize what students gain from struggling, failing, and learning something new about themselves.

Her post did, however, catch me off guard because my Broad piece and my book, which she also discusses, are about a particular subject (systems), while her thrust is about something quite different (classrooms).

He also wanted to figure out ways to break down barriers to participating in creativity, whether in the classroom or the community, and to think about creative ideas less as something only individuals come up with and more as something that emerges socially.

Today, students from every definable race and ethnic category study and squirm shoulder to shoulder in the same public school classrooms, learning about something called segregation — as a vocabulary word on a pop quiz, a chapter in their history textbooks, or a topic for the debate team.

All teachers are experts, so when you enter into conversation with another teacher about PBL, make a specific effort to learn something about how this teacher runs his or her classroom.

Design teamwork gives teachers the time and collaborative space to think about putting something new and different in their classroom.

But there is something deeply powerful about hearing a classroom of your peers read life into a text by reading it with passion and understanding and inflection and... Instead of thinking when you're reading silently, «I wonder if anyone cares about this book,» seeing that every other kid in the class loves this book, wants to bring it to life, enjoys it, is relishing the fiction and the words in the story.

If we have conversations at scale about what our biases do to black and brown children and how these biases show up in our classrooms, then we will have students who believe they have a right to be something.

«Through visual transparency — by looking through a window into something interesting happening in a makerspace, robotic lab, or a classroom — you're creating a public conversation about teaching and learning,» says Stephen.

«The beauty of the weather balloon project is that it's something captivating that provides many points of entry,» says Smith, «whether you're a student in an engineering class working on how to build a structure that's going to survive a fall from several thousand meters, or if you're in a science classroom trying to ask good scientific inquiry questions that could be tested, or if you're in language arts and you want to write a creative piece about what the balloon's journey might be.»

Disappointed, I long for the day when she tells me a spontaneous story about some exciting learning going on in her classroom — something so meaningful that even at nine years old, she and her classmates are making an impact on the world in which they live.

As you get your classroom going, think through these things and tackle the problems you had last year with procedures so you can actually do something about them!

Planning a Genius Hour One thing that you probably thought about when you first heard of genius hour is that you don't have time to do something like that in your classroom.

Under the new recommendations, students would not be pulled out of the classroom for advanced classes but would receive differentiated instruction from their regular teacher, something board member Phil Crusius said he was concerned about because one teacher would be catering to so many different levels of students at the same time.

I thought hard about Dr. Grandin's advice and wondered what our first - grade classroom would have been like if Steven had been able to find something he loved to do in school.

«It is a big piece of the social life of undergraduates, but it is not necessarily something ever talked about in the classroom,» Blair says.

Diana from Massachusetts noted, «This was definitely a worthwhile experience because I learned so much about something that can not simply be taught in a classroom.»

Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel have written for Education Next about a new way to address this issue, something they call Opportunity Culture, which allows teachers to take on leadership roles while remaining in the classroom.

The classroom observations provide more nuanced information about the specific ways in which instruction can be improved (classroom management, quality of feedback to students, etc.), something not possible with value - added.

Want to learn something new about student and teacher behavior as it relates to classroom relationships and student success?

The answer is that knowing about these techniques and strategies is one thing; figuring out how to make them work in your own classroom is something else.

The new model's proponents insist that their goal is not simply to fire more teachers but to provide them with meaningful feedback about their classroom methods, something they argue has been lacking in many schools.

And while his rapport with his class was excellent and while I also learned a great deal about using problem - solving tasks to teach algebra concepts, I took something away that was quite possibly more powerful than specifics about pedagogy and classroom management.

Apparently Malloy feels that that notion of having to select someone who actually knows something about teachers and what is going on in the classroom would cramp his style, so the governor who will become the leader of the Democratic Governors Association next year vetoed a bill that passed the General Assembly's Education Committee 32 — 0, the Connecticut State Senate by a vote of 36 -0 and the Connecticut House of Representatives by a vote of 138 — 5.

But there's something strange about learning how to help computers do a teacher's job — like maybe tomorrow teachers will show up for work and their key will no longer open the classroom door.

Falk could just about picture him at the front of a classroom, gamely attempting to bring geography or woodwork or something else alive for bored teenagers, but the memory kept flitting away.

For instance, learning about traffic signs isn't something that is retained well in a classroom.

They seem to include added photos and other features so you remain engaged in what you're learning, and since the type of study is self - paced that allows you to go back and revise a chapter if there's something you were not too sure about before you tackle the final exam... That's certainly something you would not get from a classroom!

Being in the classroom is something that Erleen has become passionate about and loves the uniqueness in each of her students.

Toronto About Blog Diana is an elementary school French teacher and her award - winning blog will teach you something new inside and outside of the classroom every day.

According to her, there's something else that she has been thinking about, though something that she can't conclude in any cover letter, but that is equally significant, and that's how her experience of classroom teaching has shaped her as an individual and more likely, as a parent as cited on the INSIDE HIGHER ED.

The requirement can be met by something as simple as informing members via your website, email, or print publication about classroom and online programs, tools, and resources available from NAR, the state association, or other organizations and providers.