Sentences with phrase «students making conversation»

DK Spanish Language Learner will get foreign language students making conversation in Spanish in no time.

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Mr. Schultz, one of the most visible chief executives in the country, has made Starbucks a vocal part of the national conversation on issues like gun violence, gay rights, race relations, veterans rights and student debt.

Two of the students Glor interviewed made the too - familiar case that it is too soon to be entering into political conversations.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

The proper us of question and answer can help the student to make distinctions on his own, and the art of conversation is an excellent tool for eliminating misconceptions based on category mistakes.

Questions of calling were being played out among people who in some cases pieced together two or three part - time jobs, and who, with less time for leisure and contemplation, were making ethical and moral decisions that rendered absurd our late - night conversations at the student coffee shop.

Regardless of how well they know me or my work, these guys tend to approach our conversations with a paternalistic familiarity that makes me uncomfortable, immediately rendering me the student and them the teacher.

At the end of the conversation, Green said one non-Mormon student's comment encapsulated the strides Mormonism made in the last year.

Members had lively interactions and conversations with the students about healthy, nutritional eating, and about making the right choices in food selection.

Like he did at the University of Buffalo and at a local high school in Syracuse, the conversation focused on making college affordable to students.

This opens a conversation about choices and consequences, which helps the student build decision - making skills rather than feeling powerless in the face of authority.

Teachers who have never made a podcast or video with their students might be prompted to give it a whirl as a strategy for capturing student reflection — and that means the conversation grows and grows.

While there's a place for small activities that allow teachers to gauge understanding, it's more crucial to make conversations with students a core element of classroom practice.

After years of experimentation with student - led discussions, I've honed three approaches that have made almost all conversations in my classroom both complex and enlightening.

Then ~ there are the students that fail to make eye contact while you engage them in conversation ~ instead ~ feeling more comfortable hiding their faces in a book while they speak.

Accepting what we know without making assumptions, listening to our students» voices, remaining flexible when opportunities to discuss race arise, and facilitating thoughtful conversations are all steps in the right direction.

Find out how educators at Wildwood make this student ownership a reality and engage parents in conversations with students about their learning.

The main focus of coaching and mentoring conversations for school improvement is to build the competency and capability of teachers, so that they can take steps towards achieving the school's strategic vision and priorities in the curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, and can effectively make judgments about students» progress and outcomes.

This makes it more of a conversation rather than telling students what needs to be done.

By making classrooms places where real - world work and thinking happen, we encourage inquiry, conversation, and conflict in hopes of creating something better for our students.

So let's shift the conversation from the Common Core to the common context and make student apathy a thing of the past.

My students are made aware of the type of conversations they are allowed to have, and I always read their letters.

Even though students are often the ones most directly affected by the school funding decisions made by state and district leaders, their voices are rarely a part of those conversations.

«As a student in the program this year, Nicole has not only excelled academically, but taken initiative and collaborated with others to make this a memorable year for all in the program, facilitating many conversations between students and global leaders of thought and practice, all while keeping a focus in sharpening the professional skills that will help her advance educational opportunity in Brazil upon graduation.»

I wanted this to happen early in the school year, so I made a commitment to call each student's family within that next month of school to have this conversation.

Counselors have conversations with their students» parents, letting them know which schools have accepted their student and the financial aid packages that each one is offering, and they make their recommendations based on those schools offering the most financial aid.

As students are claiming their rightful place in today's ongoing dialogues on gun control and school safety — leading powerful demonstrations such as March for Our Lives and National School Walkout Day — there are an increasing number of educators who urge schools to allow students to voice their opinions, and make these conversations a regular occurrence.

«For a conversation and discussion to work, all the students need to be able to see each other and make good eye contact,» she explains.

We also remind parents these topics are a part of a larger ongoing conversation about computer use, so adjustments may need to be made as their students mature.

Make sure to circulate during the activity, listening in on student conversation, asking questions and ensuring that all students get an opportunity to give input and participate.

Using Realia to Teach English Language Learners (Grades K - 12): Help students learn vocabulary in context by using images of different shoes in the Smithsonian collections to inform descriptive or compare - and - contrast conversations, encourage students to make personal connections, or explore the history of objects.

«Making Conversation» is part of Susan Traugh's «Daily Living Skills» series offering transitional skills for mild - to - moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike.

They make the students feel as if they are listening in on someone else's conversation.

Great way to create an authentic ordering and serving Spanish conversation Invitation Group: Create the invites for the party to hand out to students and adults, also the option for a second project addition of making games and decorations, Dance Group: Create a dance choreography to bachata for the quinceañera - includes a playlist of videos for your students to learn from.

This resource includes 72 different prompt cards to help and encourage students to make conversation.

Since the law was signed January 8, 2002, we have had countless conversations at virtually every level of education decision - making in this country — from state to local to classroom, with state officials, local officials, parents, teachers, and students.

«Part of the conversation we need to welcome now — and I'd encourage policymakers to have — is what are those other elements that contribute to students being successful that we ought to take a look at, and then how are we going to make room and build capacity within our education systems to address those issues,» he says.

In these conversations, students can seek first to understand the perceptions and premises of classmates; to ask clarifying questions before making assertions; and to then assert from first principles, acknowledge ambiguity, respect others in disagreement, live at times in doubt, and allow multiple interpretations to exist even when convictions are confirmed.

What made this experience unique was our opportunity as teachers to read the anonymized transcript of the student conversation and process together the implications for teaching and learning.

«It's important to make sure the students understand they are in control of the conversation,» says Braun.

In terms of mathematics especially in early years, Peter Gould set up the Count Me In model, which is based on conversations between teacher and students to make explicit the thinking needed in numeracy.

Students are responsible for making sure the conversation stays alive for the entire five minutes.

When prepping for parent conferences, communicate with them early and often, keep data handy, balance the conversation, invite the student, and make the experience pleasant.

The project aims to influence the national conversation about education reform by making the educational standards set by states more visible — explicitly connecting standards with student work that is characterized by depth, complexity, and imagination.

This conversation could even be happening at Harvard University, where VTS is studied as a way to make medical students keener observers and ultimately better diagnosticians and doctors.

If a student is struggling in her writing, I'll comment on that aspect of her work in class, but I'll always make sure to point out that she never gives up and is always respectful of others during class conversation.

What struck Flynn was how quickly the students» skepticism of grammar morphed into a desire to know more, but that makes sense because a conversation like this gives students some context for why learning the rules of Standard English grammar now will help them improve their lives in the future.

Students need the will to step up and lead conversations, pursue discussion and collaboration, and support one another's learning to make the most of these elements.

Without having opportunities to engage in conversation about what makes a classroom effective, how such classrooms need to operate to be effective, and how they can contribute to that, it's likely that many students would feel uncomfortable because of uncertainty about how things work.

The data collection and analysis are the foundation of an important conversation at schools that are seeking to maximize the time they have and to make decisions about increasing, or expanding learning time for students and planning time for teachers.