Sentences with phrase «time focusing on literacy»

Games, Bingo, Activities, A fun task for students to play at the end of term while at the same time focusing on literacy skills.

Not exact matches

Built on the foundations of «Sesame Street» and «The Electric Company,» LeVar Burton's interactive children's show focused on child literacy, a major issue of its time.

Children's Book Week celebrates reading for enjoyment in schools and encourages educators to make time to read for fun and not just focus on literacy testing.

In the second installment of this series, guest blogger Brian Page offers three more financial literacy resources, this time focusing on an educational site and two online games to engage middle schoolers in understanding personal finances.

«We had a greater focus on literacy than numeracy and I think it is now time to redress that balance».

The education secretary at the time, Michael Gove, outlined the rationale for the changes in a speech last January: «ICT used to focus purely on computer literacy — teaching pupils, over and over again, how to word - process, how to work a spreadsheet, how to use programs already creaking into obsolescence; about as much use as teaching children to send a telex or travel in a zeppelin.

The algorithm employed by the software considers each child's entering skill level and progress made during the school year to recommend several dimensions of instruction, including assignment to small, homogenous ability groups, the amount of time spent on code - versus meaning - focused literacy, and teacher / child versus child - managed delivery.

It's partly trying to say, «Let's do one thing well., If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing,» third grade reading,» make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents,» everybody,» focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

At the time, it was designed to support a school - wide focus on literacy, and the endeavor continues.

The school I was working for at the time focused a great deal on literacy so this is a theme throughout all lessons with extended reading and writing.

To examine the possible effects of the literacy hour on mathematics, we simply repeat our main analysis, but focus this time on the percentile mathematics score and whether the student obtains level 4 or above in mathematics.

If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing — third grade reading — make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents — everybody — focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

«Our hope is that with some additional time for teachers to focus very specifically on mathematics skills and ELA literacy based strategies, we'll have a better opportunity to provide our students and families an assurance that improvement will continue.»

The main focus of our impact analysis was to investigate what impact the introduction of the check had on pupils» literacy: we lacked an adequate comparison group because the check was introduced to all schools at the same time.

While literacy and math are critical abilities for all students, at some point the intense focus on these subjects began to preclude the time that was once spent on building trusting relationships.

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For example, include time to practice previously taught standards at the end of each week, or because the Common Core State Standards so heavily focus on literacy, include reading assignments in each subject or unit.

Additionally, if kindergarten language arts curriculum and assessment are designed around these benchmarks, districts will be compelled to focus classroom time and attention on these skills rather than on developmentally appropriate literacy skills and activities.

We've expanded our out - of - school time programs to be focused on literacy.

It is the first all - through school in Slough and has distinctive core skills that it focuses on: managing time, communication, digital literacy, creativity and thinking skills, problem solving and entrepreneurism.

Stakeholder consultations on the student learning framework focused on key concepts around three common understandings; One: Literacy, numeracy and interdisciplinary learning, Two: Ways of Knowing, Student centred, personalized learning, and Three: Flexible timing and pacing in a variety of learning environments and Assessment.

«By linking intelligent, validated recommendations with the assessments teachers already rely on, we can reduce the amount of time spent gathering data and increase the amount of time delivering focused, intentional literacy instruction.»

Unfortunately, due to the influence of NCLB on instructional practice, scheduled learning time that once might have been devoted to science instruction is too often taken to focus on literacy and mathematics.

The authors suggest that the literacy coach begin by connecting a new initiative to current practice to validate teachers» prior efforts, choose generative practices that raise important questions about teaching, establish teaching credentials by spending significant amounts of time teaching in the classroom, focus teacher training on student learning, use a repertoire of coaching strategies, and get into the habit of regularly videotaping and reviewing lessons and demonstrations.

In a time when we are discussing investing in our students» educational experiences and making goals towards improving literacy, we must focus on our students where they begin - in the elementary schools.

A well - written resume sample in the field should focus on skills such as merchandising expertise, being able to lift heavy items, time management, teamwork, computer literacy, and organization.

A well - written resume sample for Case Aide should focus on skills such as organization, effective communication, teamwork, time management, confidentiality, and computer literacy.

Resume samples in the field focus on skills like manual dexterity, attention to safety, decision making, teamwork, time management, problem solving, and computer literacy.

We focus on these outcomes in kindergarten because academic skills and behaviors at that time point are strong predictors of educational trajectory.10 We hypothesized that ACEs in the birth - to - age - 5 time period would be associated with poor teacher - reported academic skills including emergent literacy and behavior difficulties.

«This extraordinary textbook for 21st century educators includes up - to - date information about new media in many forms, with a focus on the way these «screen time» tools can be used for early childhood education, social - emotional learning and literacy — not as ways to babysit young kids.»