Sentences with phrase «upper grades projects»

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In 2003 schools chancellor Joel Klein appointed her and the project, through a no - bid three - year $ 5.4 million contract, to the task of revamping the way literacy skills are taught in more than 100 district schools, including most of those in Brooklyn and Queens, the project's mission is to retrain — through onsite workshops, leadership seminars, curricular materials, and an intensive summer institute — primary and upper - grade teachers, administrators from principals up through district superintendents, and central department policymakers.

The critical relevance of this project lies in the determination of whether the inclusion of anxiety management skills significantly enhances existing intervention outcomes for struggling readers in the upper elementary grades.

Instruction is reinforced with classroom projects utilizing computers, particularly in the upper elementary grades.

A Kindergarten teacher allowed students to pick their activity during group work by moving their magnetized name, and students in an upper grades classroom were given their station rotation assignments on a PowerPoint slide projected on the board each day.

This web site, which is part of the NCTM Illuminations project, allows students to challenge themselves or opponents from anywhere in the world by playing games that are organized around content from the upper elementary and middle grades math curriculum.

One interesting paper from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project found that delaying school start times by one hour for middle and upper grades «delivered an extra $ 17,500 in lifetime earnings per student because of better academic performance.»