Sentences with phrase «struggle with grade»

And why do kids who seem to read well in elementary school then struggle with grade - level text in middle and high school?

O. C. had some struggles with his grades and Southern Miss had a coaching change.

These are some tricks of the trade that may help new teachers struggling with grading.

He struggled with grades and often found himself at odds with teachers.

Apex Learning's digital curriculum is designed to support all students in achieving their potential, from those struggling with grade - level content to those capable of accelerating their learning.

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With other big acquisition funding still in the pipeline, it was crucial for banks to set a positive tone for investment - grade debt and lure buyers back into a struggling market.

Neither of these men — the anonymous homosexual and the hypothetical heterosexual — should discuss their current sexual struggles with the fourth grade religious education class.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Suárez played with Bruno Silva at Groningen, Ajax and the Uruguay national team, but he is just one of those players that has always flattered to deceive, having struggled to make the grade in Europe.

My oldest struggled with math last year and didn't pass the math portion for the 2nd grade exit test at the end of the year.

I felt like my family never realized my struggle with anxiety because I behaved and got good grades so they assumed everything was fine.

We went through homeschool K with some struggles but he has changed so much from 5 to 6 years of age and we are two months into 1st grade now and he is ahead of where he should be, far from where we were in K. I almost gave up a few times but just kept following my gut.

I am even struggling with the lowest fee among them all, $ 25 an hour which is RN pay grade.

Diana West, BA, IBCLC Hand expression I was a new mother struggling with low milk production and a baby who wouldn't nurse when the first effective «consumer grade» breast pumps were invented.

I was a new mother struggling with low milk production and a baby who wouldn't nurse when the first effective «consumer grade» breast pumps were invented.

For moms who are struggling with low milk supply, those with premature babies, or other situations where baby is not yet an effective feeder, Kate Sharp, an NYC - based IBCLC, would recommend renting a heavier - duty hospital - grade pump.

If your tween is struggling with bad grades, there's a lot you can do to help.

A student struggling with algebra in high school or middle school needs some gentle guidance in the right direction to avoid failing the class, bring up their grade, and maybe even actually enjoy math.

D. degree, receiving exemplary grades even though she struggles with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

«But that's not going to help a ninth - grader who is struggling with third - or fourth - grade math problems.»

By the time they reach third grade, English - language learners may begin to struggle with a more challenging reading curriculum, and because of this, their school may examine them more closely for comprehension challenges and may eventually refer them to the school's special education team for a learning disability diagnosis in their second language without fully assessing them in their native language.

My early elementary school memories up through ninth grade are of teachers struggling to maintain class discipline with occasional coverage of academics, but the students did learn how to survive under difficult circumstances.

In grade school, he struggled with epilepsy, poor coordination and obesity and after being made fun of in class one day, he resolved to get healthy.

These statistics don't even take into account all the people struggling with daily low - grade fatigue.

Katie Prince, 14, said yoga poses in her sixth grade PE class either aggravated or caused the hip impingement she struggles with today.

Bailey Sissom is a 3rd grade teacher turned stay - at - home mom and the creator of Simply Sissom, a blog for busy moms who value feeding their kids healthy meals and snacks, but struggle with finding the time to make it happen.

I teach 7th grade and so many girls come to me already struggling with their body image.

Unfortunately most of us still struggle with it well into our twenties, but unlike in the 7th grade we actually have effective drugstore options to help manage the breakouts.

I look forward to celebrating your child's achievements and assisting with any struggles during our 3rd grade journey.

It's got a razor - sharp HiDef sheen, but fortunately that suits the material to a «t.» Contrary to Walter's A + grade, I'm perhaps misremembering the DVD as being sort of soupy and struggling with the film's magenta palette, which this disc handles with aplomb.

Most of these steps are graded for completion in the hope that students are not penalized for taking risks and struggling with large ideas.

With the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exWith the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exwith the increasing demands placed on them by exams.

After noticing second grade students struggling with active listening and peer relationships, we collaborated with classroom teachers to create a second - grade unit focused on our social curriculum and their geology unit.

There are 4 sets of questions (Number, Algebra, Shape, Data) which are mainly A and A * (with some lower grade questions from topics which students struggle with, e.g. percentages, constructions).

Drawing on the results of computer - adaptive tests given periodically throughout the year, the 7th and 8th grade humanities teacher and her students at Oak Valley Middle School in San Diego set classroom goals that target the areas the youngsters struggle with the most.

For example, when reviewing reading scores across the 4th grade, they found that many of the students were struggling with the concept of summarization.

As soon as scores from these beginning - of - year diagnostic assessments are available (usually in mid-September), the skills specialists sit down with McClain and a stack of printouts from TRIAND in one of their weekly meetings and assess which of their «kiddos» are struggling to read at grade level.

The school also is providing intervention school - wide to students in the upper grades who continue to struggle with reading.»

So several weeks after the skits were performed I had a student in grade 2 who was really struggling with behavior issues.

In Cali, Colombia, we're working with the Carvajal Foundation, a local NGO, on a pedagogy for students who are struggling with literacy and math in early grades.

While there will always be some students who struggle or who don't put in the work to get a good grade, a high number of students getting lower than expected results could highlight a problem with your content rather than the blame falling on the students.

Lessons for War As the war in Iraq heads into its third week, teachers at every grade level are struggling for ways to help students deal with the war and with issues related to the war.

For example, yesterday, I watched a pre-service teacher work with struggling writers in the first grade.

Assisting Students Struggling With Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention for Reading in the Primary Grades (PDF)(NCEE 2009 - 4045).

When you look at students» grades, you can quickly tell if they're working hard (by the work - ethic grades), or if they're struggling with content and need resources or differentiation.»

Her work with the city's schools has shown her that over and over, children who read well in the primary grades have been falling behind and struggling with texts.

For example, students who struggle with reading may get a machine with special software installed to bring them to grade level, or trainers might brief Spanish - speaking parents on the translation capabilities of Gaggle.

Deshler revealed that when he asked staff about struggling adolescent readers and their ability to ever read close to grade level with high - quality instruction, 66 percent responded that they were «not confident.»

While Student A may be struggling with learning the alphabet and initial sounds, Student B might be reading at a fourth - grade level.

A struggling Nashville, Tenn., middle school will become the state's first public school to be turned into a charter school, with a yet - to - be-named company possibly taking it over a grade at a time.