Sentences with phrase «who held the pencil»

«I hope he will judge (the final product) on how it was done and whether it serves the people, and not who the person was who held the pencil to draw the line,» said McEneny, an Albany Democrat.

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He cites the work of Rosemary Sasson, who contends that we teach our students to hold a ballpoint (or pencil) using a grip originally developed for holding fountain pens.

Babysitters, nannies, preschool teachers provide many different services as well: counseling / behavioral therapies (think children fighting in a sand box who need to be directed to «use words» rather than hit one another), nutritional guidance (our son's teachers have given us great ideas and resources for healthy meals), arts training (music class, creative arts class), occupational therapist (correct hand hold for four year old grasping a pencil), physical therapist (Hop on one foot, kids!

Lerner reiterated her group's stance on the issue — namely that the lines must be drawn fairly, no matter who is holding the pencil.

In a recent study subjects who made the physical action of smiling — even though it was just from holding a pencil in their mouths without any emotional content — reported feeling happier than those who didn't make this facial gesture under the same conditions.

«The Silver Surfer» # 11, written by Stan Lee and penciled by John Buscema, who also illustrated the cover, depicts the Surfer holding the body of Shalla Bal, his beloved of Zenn - La.

We have teachers saying they have children who don't know how to hold a pencil, and even though I've been interviewing teachers and principals for years who have been saying that — with myself actually going into schools and doing the developmental assessments with these children, doing language assessments with them, I was stunned.»

«For children who have not attended pre-school, kindergarten is where they learn how to hold a pencil properly, follow directions and sit still, in addition to beginning reading and math skills,» she said.

Mulgrew stated that both State Education Commissioner John King and Chancellor Dennis Walcott told him they were against standardized testing for pre K to grade 2 but Mulgrew went on to say that 36 schools were giving bubble tests to kids of this age and that he talked to a teacher who reported that some of these students could not even hold a pencil.

Imagine kindergartners bubbling answer sheets just after they learn to hold pencils, high school students who complete all their graduation requirements but aren't able to pass the exit examination and graduate because they haven't received the remediation they need, or students being asked to take high - stakes tests in a language they haven't mastered yet.

In my first year as a special education teacher in a pre-kindergarten setting, the signs were small but profound — a nonverbal student who started to greet me in the mornings, a student who didn't know how to hold a pencil properly who learned to write full sentences about books he read, a student who memorized over 100 sight words, and a student who didn't know his numbers who began to start adding and subtracting.

Children who suffer from this condition have difficulty balancing, jumping, and maintaining good posture; they also have small muscle issues such as holding a pencil and writing legibly.

We brought packages of pencils as a donation to the school, and Eddy directed us to hold some in reserve for some poor children who lived up the road.

The teachers are brilliant and their courses are suited for even people like me who didn't even know how to hold a pencil.

If you're willing to explore the $ 10 - per - dozen tier, you can find high - quality US - made pencils for smaller hands and writers who need more support; we especially like the smooth - writing, easy - to - hold J.R. Moon Try - Rex (supposedly the first triangular pencil, according to Weaver) and the similarly shaped Musgrave Finger Fitter.