In Canada (Nova Scotia) P — 12 is used commonly in place of K — 12 and serves
students from grade Primary through 12.
Not exact matches
Mingguang He, M.D., Ph.D., of Sun Yat - sen University, Guangzhou, China, and colleagues conducted a study in which children in
grade 1
from 12
primary schools in Guangzhou, China (six intervention schools [n = 952
students]; six control schools [n = 951
students], were assigned to 1 additional 40 - minute class of outdoor activities, added to each school day, and parents were encouraged to engage their children in outdoor activities after school hours, especially during weekends and holidays (intervention schools); or children and parents continued their usual pattern of activity (control schools).
Many school districts reserve the title «Graduation Day» for
grade 12
students, so the progression of
students from primary to elementary, elementary to middle, or middle to high school is called by another name.
Students in primary grades can work with arrow cards up to the hundreds or thousands, while students in upper elementary grades might benefit from using arrow cards up to 6, 7, 8, or even 9
Students in
primary grades can work with arrow cards up to the hundreds or thousands, while
students in upper elementary grades might benefit from using arrow cards up to 6, 7, 8, or even 9
students in upper elementary
grades might benefit
from using arrow cards up to 6, 7, 8, or even 9 digits.
Daniels believes that literature circles can be used successfully for
students of all ages,
from primary grades through college.
In their sixth -
grade social studies and language arts class, while doing a simulation on the Maya,
students take breaks for research, close reading of articles (
from secondary sources to
primary documents written in the 1500s), and analyzing their own artistic replicas of
primary documents.
From the
primary grades through high school graduation, the 630
students of Highlander Charter School in Providence, Rhode Island, build their confidence to speak up and speak out.
The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach
students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the
primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control
students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in
primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.
From upper elementary
grades upward
students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach
students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty
students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result
from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»
Students in
grades 1 - 3 who are learning to spell and decode words benefit
from the intentional instruction delivered in
Primary Spelling by Pattern.
It is clear
from this study that a combination of sound building decisions and collaborative efforts as well as effective practices within individual classrooms are needed if schools are to succeed at beating the odds in terms of
primary grade students» reading achievement.
Students in
primary grades K - 2 will benefit
from identifying initial sounds in a word.
For example, according to MDRC's Making Progress Toward Graduation, Evidence
from the Talent Development High School Model, «TD schools nearly doubled the percentage of
students earning credits in Algebra 1, a
primary gatekeeper course for
grade promotion and graduation.»
«Now they're asking more of
students in reading and in math, starting in
primary grades all the way through senior year in high school, now for the first time in a long time
students who graduate
from high school will truly be college and career ready,» Duncan said, according to NBC, which sponsored the summit.
I have been told by
student voice practitioners that this approach has been adapted for use in: a)
primary grades using drawings to express ideas; b) guidance departments to ensure the needs of all
students are met; and c) a whole school event (secondary school) to gather ideas
from students to inform the school improvement plan.
For example, California Watch reports that not only have California's class sizes risen by an average of 5
students at the
primary level and 3 at higher
grade levels (making 31
students the new average in classrooms
from fourth
grade on up), but almost 60 % of the state's school districts have shaved days off the school year.
The school has approximately 130
students from kindergarten through fifth
grade and two
primary autistic classes.
As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of underachieving
students in the
primary literacy program meeting
grade - level literacy benchmarks rose
from 55 percent in 2000 to 80 percent in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie School District 65, 2004).
To prevent
students from falling behind and reduce the need for intervention, Zaner - Bloser ® provides a comprehensive
primary -
grades curriculum for teaching the fundamentals of reading and writing: The Superkids Reading ProgramTM.
Converging research
from the fields of education and neuroscience supports this stance — and tells us how to best support teachers and
students in the
primary grades.
From primary grades to high school your vocabulary words for a unit of study are prominently displayed for
students to reference.
Each classroom, even in preschool and the
primary grades, has a banner noting which year its
students are expected to graduate
from college.
Students are admitted at all stages in their educational journey
from pre-
primary through the
primary grades and even in middle school.
Project PROMISE was a collaborative and integrated model for teaching and learning in the
primary grades (K - 3) to enhance instructional flexibility, develop science curriculum, and improve the identification of
students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds for gifted education services.
May Sands Montessori School serves
students from Kindergarten through
grade 8 in four distinct program levels:
Primary (Kindergarten) Lower Elementary (
grades 1 - 3), Upper Elementary (
grades 4 - 6), and Early Secondary (
grades 7 and 8).
Students move through forms,
from first form in
primary school to sixth form (junior college), although some schools, following U.S. and Caribbean Community practices, use the
grade system
grades 1 - 12.
Despite these modifications, consistencies with data
from other developed nations were apparent: children's reports of Social Integration at school were similar to those reported previously in
primary school samples in Australia14 and Hong Kong30 31; response patterns on the EATQ - R scales (Attention, Inhibitory Control, Perceptual Sensitivity and Aggression) aligned with data
from a community sample of 1055 Dutch32 school
students of similar age and access to Supportive Relationships at Home, School and in the Community was similar to that reported for a community sample of Canadian fourth -
grade school children (~ 2 years younger than our sample).16 The pattern of responses on the Big Five personality constructs was also consistent with that reported for an Australian sample of 268 children aged 10 — 12 years33 using the full 65 - item version of the BFQ - C.20
Additionally, participants and their
primary caregivers were randomly selected
from public school lists of fifth -
grade students and randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 369) or control (n = 298) condition.
The
students in
grade 5 had graduated
from primary school at the two - year follow - up, and so were no longer available for testing.
One example comes
from Norway: «Norwegian
students at different
grades in
primary and secondary education participate in the Pupil Survey that includes assessment of
students» social and emotional well - being at school.
A total of 213 Hispanic eighth
grade students with a history of externalizing behavior problems and their
primary caregivers were recruited
from the public school system.