Sentences with phrase «than a second grader»

I would think that if you were going to do a self - righteous runaway post, you would at least try to write better than a second grader.

Still young enough to be agreeable, I thought, but old enough to exercise more self - control than the second graders I encountered in October.

Not exact matches

While upside down in what must have been her hundredth attempt to stand on her hands for more than a few seconds, our first grader said, «You know, my teacher told me t...

While upside down in what must have been her hundredth attempt to stand on her hands for more than a few seconds, our first grader said, «You know, my teacher told me that every time we try to learn something, a new pathway grows in our brain.»

It's Sunday afternoon and I have helped a group of second graders spot the queen of our leaf - cutter ant colony, held two fox snakes, acted as a perch for a bunch of newly hatched butterflies not quite ready to fly, and fed no less than three box turtles.

Although my first year of teaching was more than two decades ago, I clearly remember how my second graders returned from Thanksgiving more settled and focused.

For example the research revealed that second graders in RF schools actually spent less time reading than peers in schools without RF funding, for the sake of what was described as «high quality» instruction.

The performance of first - and second - graders who were held out of kindergarten was better than that of first - and second - graders who entered kindergarten at the prescribed age.

On the other hand, children who had to repeat kindergarten were doing worse than other first - and second - graders.

First - and second - graders who were retained in kindergarten had more school performance problems than children who didn't repeat.

Second graders who had participated in the SFA program for three years significantly outperformed their peers who were not in the program on a measure of phonics skills, but on average did not perform better than the control group in reading fluency or comprehension.

(If you're looking for a resource to use with students younger than that, a story that appeared in the edition of TIME for Kids written for second and third graders might still be available.

«Some of my second graders know more about computers than I do.»

One study of second and third graders found that students who felt nervous when answering math questions had lower performance than students who had little or no math anxiety.

State Department of Education data shows that more than 80 percent of third - graders and 71 percent of fifth - graders can't read at grade level, and the school's 8 percent suspension rate is the second highest out of all elementary schools in the LAUSD.

It's the first morning after winter break and the second - graders are getting back into the routine of reading and writing lessons that rely heavily on the young students» grasp of «why» rather than just «what.»

The California district opened a school last summer, and two more are under construction, yet more than half the students are housed in relocatable classrooms, and several schools have first - and second - graders on «staggered» schedules - some attend morning sessions and some attend afternoon sessions.

Mark Henderson, instructional coordinator of mathematics, explains the impetus to shift focus from larger classroom instruction to smaller groups is the most practical way to connect with students at all levels, «Standing and delivering a lecture to a room full of second graders is far less impactful than working one - on - one with kids and with small groups.»

Summit K2 plans to open this fall with about 120 seventh - graders at 1800 Elm St. and add a second seventh grade class in the fall of 2015, giving it more than two years to find a site for a planned high school.

With more than 100 curriculum - based pages — arranged in a progressive, 10 - week format — targeting vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling, phonics, grammar, math, and more this book will help prepare second graders for third grade.

And the second big mistake, of course, is Mrs. Stuart's claim that the change in diet accounts for the fact that the family's fourth - grader in 2011 is taller than the family's fourth - grader in 2007.

The de Blasio administration blinked and decided to significantly curtail rather than ban suspensions for kindergartners to second - graders.

THERE»S MORE THAN ONE WAY to get the attention of a few hundred kindergartners, first, second, and third graders... sound a smoke alarm and bring in Sparkles, the Fire Safety Dog.