Sentences with phrase «write at a third grade level»

Maybe if they put down their forties and gats for a second and learn how to read and write at a third grade level society would not fear them.

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It is written at a third grade reading level, so it would also be ideal for upper elementary school students.

Less than one - third are reading and writing at grade level, and barely more than one - third are performing at grade level in math, according to results on California's standardized tests.

«I'm pleased that eighth - grade reading scores improved slightly but remain disappointed that only about one - third of America's fourth - and eighth - grade students read at the NAEP Proficient level,» said former Michigan Governor, John Engler, interim president of Michigan State University and chair of the National Assessment Governing Board that oversees NAEP, in a written statement.

This is a valid concern, but throughout our years of teaching this model and research in the field, we find that by the second or third grade they'll be at or above the level of their peers, and as an extreme bonus, they'll read, write and speak Mandarin.

I know a third - grade teacher who taught a lot of writing and as a result, all of her students scored at the highest level the following year on the fourth - grade writing test.

Despite the advances, only 40 percent of students can read and write at grade level by the end of third grade.

In addition, on Literacy Block days she spent approximately 15 minutes with each of the three guided reading groups, using a Polacco book written at, above, or below third grade level, depending on the level of the readers in the group.

For example, a student who enters kindergarten reading at the second - grade level should receive instruction pitched at third - grade books and materials with matching comprehension questions and writing assignments.

«Only a third of 8th graders in the U.S. are at grade level in reading and writing.»