Sentences with phrase «while teaching literacy»

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We provide in - person and web - based education and resources for teachers, students, and the general public — all designed to improve science teaching and learning, while promoting science skills and literacy, and general understanding of clinical and basic biomedical research.

While pursuing acting she teaches drama, fitness and arts based literacy to underserved youth in...

Here's a great idea for a classroom project that teaches about copyright and usage issues while also exploring the themes of digital literacy: have kids create a slideshow video with Creative Commons images about the big questions of digital citizenship.

While working with Cineclub, he developed film literacy programmes for dozens of primary schools across Australia as well as managing and hosting events, writing teaching resources and delivering teacher training workshops.

The survey found that while almost all the teachers (95.3 per cent) say it is their job to teach and promote literacy, just two in five (42.4 per cent) say they have particular strategies for teaching literacy that they feel work well and almost a quarter (23.9 per cent) do not feel confident teaching the literacy set out in the new National Curriculum.

Specifically, she wanted to know how schools in and around Detroit — the city in which she was born and, later, began her teaching career — were cultivating literacy in English while also supporting ELLs to learn grade - level content.

She writes of the «art» involved in teaching and conferring, and thereby suggests that while aspects of literacy can be taught, there also exists a degree of creative intuition in the process, on the part of both the child and the teacher.

While students will take classes in traditional core curriculum, there will be twists, such as a math course on financial literacy and a Spanish course taught in the local community.

Your students will be agog with this award - winning story that addresses Common Core Literacy Standards while teaching empathy in the classroom.

While all of these targeted skills are clearly components of successful literacy performances, and students struggling with very specific domains might well benefit from some targeted teaching or practice, successful literacy learning is not just a process of aggregating lots of individual component skills.

THINK Literacy provides teachers with instruction on what and how to teach, sequenced in units that emphasize student engagement and develop a love of reading, while also building essential critical thinking skills aligned with Common Core standards.

Together, the course experiences along with teaching in the camp gave teachers opportunities to expand their understanding of literacy and technology and the importance of technology integration while gaining experience with using digital tools.

While teaching, she completed a masters degree in Literacy, Language, and Diversity.

While I believe strongly that we work on a constructivist paradigm where teachers are working together to build their knowledge and things... there is no secret that they are coming to learn about these teaching approaches; we consider that a quality balanced literacy program has certain features so it is not «guess what is inside my head,» it is «today we are going to learn about reading, and tomorrow we are going to learn about shared reading, and then we are going to learn about guided reading, and then we are going to learn about» you know...

This information packed guide provides an important look at reading, writing, talking, and word study, while succinctly describing research - based instructional practices for high - impact literacy teaching.

Not too many English teachers can say that magical moments occur while grading essays; yet, one of my most magical teaching moments occurred while I sat reading through students» unit reflections this past weekend, and assessment literacy is to thank for this moment of sheer educator bliss.

Here are some teaching strategies to help students analyze iconic images from the time while developing Media Literacy skills.

While the potential uses of the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards document are broad and dynamic in nature, a major goal is to guide the preparation and professional development of those who teach reading and related literacy skills in classroom, remedial, and clinical settings.

The first year of teaching is often a blur of lessons learned in the hot seat while students fail to learn all that they could.13 Nearly 1 in 7 new teachers leave the classroom before completing their third year, with most citing classroom management, the burden of curriculum freedom, and unsupportive school environments as their greatest challenges.14 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, teachers with three or fewer years of teaching experience are less likely than more experienced teachers to report being very well - prepared to maintain order and discipline in the classroom.15 Additionally, new teachers were less likely than more experienced teachers to report being well - prepared to implement state or district curricula.16 Residency and induction programs can provide essential practical training in classroom management, assessment and data literacy, and differentiation or special education techniques.17

While living in Nashville, Mr. Lindsey taught sixth grade science at Liberty Collegiate Academy (where his students had the highest state science test scores in all of Nashville that year), and, most recently, Mr. Lindsey taught third grade literacy and math at Inglewood Elementary in east Nashville.

In order to address the challenges of educating English learners in the middle grades (4 - 8), the national Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE), conducted a program of research designed to develop language and literacy skills while building grade level skills across the content areas.

While I don't want to overly romanticize what we were able to observe in our limited time there, it appeared that literacy instruction is determined by those involved in teaching — teachers and the curriculum leader.

While reading is still a critical literacy, students now must be well - versed in digital and information literacy, and all literacies must be taught across all content areas.

While reading is still a critical literacy, students now must be well - versed in digital and information literacy, and all literacies must be taught

Adopt a «two way learning» approach to your teaching, whereby you share your knowledge and experiences of consumer and financial literacy while students share their experiences and knowledge with you and their peers.

Adopt a «two way learning» approach to your teaching, whereby you share your knowledge and experiences about financial literacy while students share their knowledge and experience with you and their peers.

While the title of his book and his blog may be «I Will Teach You To Be Rich,» what he's really teaching is financial literacy, a valuable tool that is the first step to any wealth - building.

Teaching literacy and math at once helps make the most of class time while deepening young students» understanding in both subjects.