Sentences with phrase «upper elementary through»

Despite widespread use of the program with upper elementary through high school students, there is limited empirical evidence to support its effectiveness.

Investigating a learning progression for energy ideas from upper elementary through high school.

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Science Teachers Learning through Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) is a professional - development program for upper - elementary school science teachers in which teachers develop two lenses for analyzing teaching, the «Student Thinking Lens» and the «Science Content Storyline Lens,» to analyze videos of teaching practice.

Can be modified and used from Pre-K through upper elementary.

Another district, Cambridge (Mass.) Public Schools, is trying an entirely new model: This fall it moved away from its long - held K — 8 configuration with the creation of a lower school and an upper school, with sixth - through eighth - graders in the upper school still housed within four of the city's elementary buildings.

A teacher at an international school led his upper elementary English - language learners through a triumphant, self - created reimagining of Shakespeare's «Romeo and Juliet.»

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.»

This is particularly important for teachers of upper elementary students through university as research has shown that as children get older, they tend to value ability over effort.

Tip: Use this app as a fun way to introduce upper elementary - high school students to the resources available through the Smithsonian Institute, while also reinforcing Civil War content.

As students move through upper elementary grades, their knowledge of other parts of speech expands to include pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions.

In general, the content and presentation in CKHG Student Readers for Grades 3 - 5 are appropriate for young readers from the upper elementary grades through middle school.

Finally, the school district where this research took place used WSS only through third grade; some parents may have been concerned that their children would have difficulty making the transition to conventional letter grades in the upper elementary years.

In general, the content and presentation in the CKHG books for Grades 3 - 5 are appropriate for young readers from the upper elementary grades through middle school.

The program is intended for elementary students in grades 3 through 6, following from the premise that the upper elementary years are a particularly important developmental stage to influence bullying - related skills, beliefs, and behavior.