Sentences with phrase «teach reading or math»

On social media, teachers are sharing ideas, evidence and techniques, organising conferences on education research, and arguing about the most effective way to teach reading or maths.

At Seattle's John Stanford International School, teaching social - emotional skills is just as important as teaching reading or math.

Not exact matches

Encouraging these games can help teach educational lessons such as reading or math and entertain your child while encouraging developmental needs such as teaching your child to take turns or practicing good sportsmanship.

and for me it wasn't just about teaching my kids to read or swim or do math — it was about having fun with them.

And it has become clear, at the same time, that the educators who are best able to engender noncognitive abilities in their students often do so without really «teaching» these capacities the way one might teach math or reading — indeed, they often do so without ever saying a word about them in the classroom.

I can change diapers, fix bottles (formula or breast milk), put down to nap, fix / cook any meals, play, educate (reading, writing, math, etc.) I am currently a substitute teacher so that's given me more experience with teaching and educating children if I'm wanted to work with kids throughout the summer.

Imagine teaching math or reading without a curriculum; each teacher would be on his or her own, making decisions about what students need to learn.

Depending on how many teachers there were per grade, each taught either math, reading, science and social studies, math and science, or reading and social studies.

In addition, I am concerned when wonderfully rich learning areas such as maths and reading are only taught «out of context», for example via worksheets or computer lessons.

«I had been teaching seven different combinations of reading, writing, and / or math.

And so as a teacher you read that and you think, «I don't teach maths, I teach kids» or «I don't teach fourth grade, I teach students».

The solution, he suggests, does not lie in explicitly teaching children character skills: you can't teach character the way you teach math or reading.

And I'm not just talking about sticking them in some suspiciously named Acme - Higher - Learning - A + - Little - Stanford Academy that offers math and test prep and reading comprehension practice in a windowless room, taught by someone who makes commission on the number of As your student returns with on one test or another.

They love the high they get from teaching children to read or solve a math problem.

Regular readers of my blog know that this is not because I'm convinced they're the answer to the «achievement gap» or to driving up math and reading scores, but because chartering offers an opportunity to rethink how we go about teaching, learning, and schooling.

Despite those added challenges, the 400 children at Stanford still learn the basics, consistently scoring higher than district standards on state tests in reading and math — the latter taught exclusively in Japanese or Spanish.

Whether they teach math or reading, TFA teachers seem to learn at the same pace as traditionally certified teachers.

While many people blame standardized testing for narrowing the elementary school curriculum to reading and math, the real culprit is «a longstanding pedagogical notion that the best way to teach kids reading comprehension is by giving them skills — strategies like «finding the main idea — rather than instilling knowledge about things like the Civil War or human biology.»

Perhaps they can be formally (and informally) observed teaching 4 - 5 gifted students during a guided reading or math remediation.

I have never believed that a voucher or a charter can teach a child to read or do math at exceptionally high levels.

However, one might well ask: What about the heated disagreements over how to teach reading and math, American history, science (evolution or creationism?)

Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz said flatly, «a student of color in New York City is less than half as likely to have been taught to read or do math as a white student.»

For example, a small school might hire a part - time teacher as a reading interventionist, partner with a community organization to provide art or music lessons in exchange for weekend space, or ask a math teacher to teach coding in addition to algebra.

«a student of color in New York City is less than half as likely to have been taught to read or do math as a white student.»

If a teacher who is very good at teaching one topic is also very good at teaching another — if her value - added measures are similar across topics — we might be comfortable using value - added measures based on a subset of student outcomes, for example, just math or just reading.

Under the supervision of the Principal and Student Services Manager, Education Specialist is responsible for the success of students in the primary academic areas (reading, writing, language, and / or math, etc) through implementing Voices approved curriculum; documenting teaching and student progress / activities / outcomes; modeling the necessary skills to perform assignments; providing a safe and optimal learning environment and providing feedback to students, classroom teachers, parents and administration regarding student progress, expectations, goal, etc..

It may be that private schools are better at teaching civic values like tolerance, just as they may be more effective at teaching math or reading.

When we've taught students in ways that enable them to score high on accountability tests, but in the process have made them scurry away from math or feel repelled by reading, have we educated those students properly?

For grades 9 - 12: Five dedicated Pace faculty and staff participate in the program, together bringing experience in teaching or studying English, reading, writing, math, science and computer science.

It can not and should not be taught and tested in the same manner we handle basic reading or math.

Gerard Randall is the executive director of the Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP), which aims to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Milwaukee Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public education.

While you will need to major in at least one subject to teach that subject in the middle grades, it is becoming more common for schools to offer middle school teaching programs that include preparation for two related subjects, such as science and math or English and reading, depending on state - level subject requirements for teacher licensing.

School officials often attribute improvements in scores to inspired teaching, curriculum changes tailored to the tests, or more emphasis on basics such as math and reading.

Whether you teach math, reading, music or physical education, the inclusion of hypothesis generation and testing can be a powerful strategy.

I reinforce her teaching, for example, by holding intensive one - on - one or small - group tutoring sessions in subjects such as math, reading, and writing.

But social - emotional skills and concepts can also be taught explicitly in the classroom, in much the same way math or reading is taught.

This is the best school in Arizona my son went to Crown Charter School and Heritage charter school both of them was not able to teach my son how to read or math Heritage even told me that my son would never be able to read I enroll him in Dreaming summit my husband was not very happy because to him charter schools were better now he thanks me that I put him in this great school my son now reads very good and he is doing very good he is happier and he can wait to go back before he used to ask me for one more day off school.