My life from fourth to seventh grade so far has been great! I started going to public school, playing sports, and making lots of new friends. It all started at the beginning of fourth grade… The night before my first day of school in fourth grade was literally my first night before school. I had been homeschooled my entire life and was excited to be able to finally see what school was like. My teacher was Mrs. Holmes, she was one of the nicest teachers I have ever had. This was also the year that
Making a Difference by Teaching Fourth Grade INTRODUCTION Most people have had that one teacher whom they will never forget, the teacher who pushed them to become better and strive for something more, the teacher who sat with them for hours after school tutoring them in math and science, or the teacher who just simply took an interest in them and their well-being. Several of these memorable teachers happen to be fourth grade teachers. Teachers of the fourth grade have earned a bachelor’s degree
subject during each visit. By the fourth grade, I had read all the chemistry books containing fewer than 200 pages, by the fifth grade I was reading about Einstein's Theory of Relativity. During that time period, I became so interested in astronomy through Odyssey Magazine that I sold holiday cards door-to-door in order to buy a telescope. Reading also helped me in school. A little ingenuity didn't hurt, either. For example, as part of my third grade reading grade, I needed to do some independent
trifles but prepared himself to accomplish his goal. He purged himself of everything internal as well as external with the exception of the knowledge of why he was cleansing him. As an Assistant Teacher in a public school, I was assigned to a fifth grade student who was having problems with reading and writing. John came to me late in the school year and his reading abilities were that of a first grader. I became disheartened because I thought it was unfair to me given his situation and the time
The first day of fourth grade, my Language Arts class read a short story in which a dog appeared to able to respond according to what his owner said. My teacher, Mrs. Hawkins, asked the class how we thought the dog was able to do that. She specifically warned us to not say that the dog understood English, because dogs clearly cannot speak. Thinking I had the answer, I raised my hand and she called on me first. I don’t know why, but I was so confident in my answer which was the dog acted the way
Introduction This Field-Based Literacy Professional Investigation will examine how low socio-economic status (SES) influences students’ reading performance and how low SES students can succeed with the increased demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This topic chosen was influenced by an interview I conducted with a reading specialist. I met with a reading specialist at Armor Elementary School (Hamburg School District) to learn more about the current key issues in education. During
Classroom Case Study: 4th Grade Learning disabilities are very common but despite that fact they are often overlooked or hard to determine often being referred to as invisible disabilities. One main factor that contributes to the confusion of determining if a student has a learning disability is that children develop at different rates and on their own time. When learning students also make mistakes and that does not necessarily mean that a child has a learning disability, students often make mistakes
up at the impossibly slow minute hand on the clock. This was going to be a long day. If there was any interest in the projects to begin with, it was quickly crushed. Approximately a month earlier, the excitement of a collaboration with a fellow fourth grade class motivated me enough to listen to the directions the teacher gave. Our classes were partnering to research about different countries. This didn't strike me as particularly interesting. Rather, it was the possibility of breaking from the dreadfully
Bzzzz! It was the start of the fourth quarter of the fifth-grade championship basketball game, and we had the lead. Thirty-eight to twenty-three. With only an eight-minute quarter ahead of us, we were confident that we had this game in the bag. By this time, we thought we were invincible, after all, we were undefeated, and we did a comfortable lead. But quickly, this confidence began to reveal itself in our play. We slowed down and lowered our intensity. The aggressiveness and relentlessness that
work to reach these learners who are often ignored because of time restraints or lack of support. Validation: The fourth grade slump is a term that is used to describe the phenomenon where students who previously did well in school before grade 4 have a large performance drop in achievement. Many researchers and educators believe that this transition period from grade 3 to grade 4 is a critical moment in any students education as we shift from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn’ ideologies
3rd grade CBM test rather than the 4th grade. My tutee’s median of digits correct was 41 and her median of problems correct was 23. She got 100% of the addition correct, but lacked in division, subtraction, and multiplication. During normal circumstances, most people would boost my student’s testing to the 4th grade level and I do believe that she is smart enough to complete a 4th grade
experience for EDUC 2130 was done at Rabun County Elementary STEM camp. The camp and its instructors had the goal of increasing the student’s awareness, knowledge, and interest in STEM. The student age groups I worked with went from kindergarten to 5th grade which gave me a wide range of behavioral, moral, and developmental stages to observe. The teachers running the program used many of the techniques we have discussed such as whole class discussions, small groups, and observational learning. Field Experience
My Childhood Memory It was the fourth grade. I always heard rumors and gossip about a certain teacher. This year, kids said to take any teacher except Mrs. Williams, the oral project teacher. Of course in elementary, we did not have a choice of which teacher to choose. Boy, I was shocked when I glanced at the window that had my schedule. Just by looking at that plain white piece of paper sticking on a safety-glass window, I knew it was going to be a bad year. The old, grouchy, strict, and mean
pay kids for grades. There would be less money for things like field trips and other school activities. In addition, money can’t buy smarts, motivation or school success. And they would not because they are interested in learning, they would be only be learning because they are interested in earning money. People should remember that paying kids for grades won’t help their motivation or school success now and it surely won’t help when they go to college and aren’t paid for their grades. This is an
if the phone was bought with their own money. This leads to why students should be paid for having good grades in school. Students should be paid for good grades due to these three reasons: it encourages students to work harder, it will help expand and grow the economy and finally, they will understand the importance of responsibility. First off, students should be paid for having good grades because it encourages them to work harder. They would learn that goals can be achieved with hard work, and
in 1969 getting a C on a test or homework was an acceptable grade. However, as the days go by, it seems that getting a C is like having the “mark of Cain.” Why is that? A professor from Duke University and a visiting scholar at Stanford University, Stuart Rojstaczer, asked that same question. After doing his own research, he wrote the article “Where All Grades Are Above Average” which analyzes the phenomena that is commonly known as grade inflation in several universities and colleges. Rojstaczer
Grades are important. With pass or fail, there is no motivation to do better, but instead to only do good enough. A new grading policy that replaces letter grades with pass or fail will not help, but hurt students in the long run. Letter grades promote students to do well in school whereas pass or fail would create laziness. With letter grades, it is easy for students to look at their weak and strong points. Realizing your weak points helps recognize the strong ones. With the new pass or fail grading
and the community as a whole. Dreams are born in courts, fields and arenas across the nation. They can also be lost with the sound of a swish followed swiftly by a buzzer or by a quick running back on a kick off return with only seconds left in the fourth quarter. Being a part of school sports is often the highlight of the year for some students, such environments harbor friendships that can last a lifetime and can teach participants lessons that aren’t learned elsewhere. Lessons like getting back
articles I chose argued whether or not students should be paid for getting good grades. There were a ton of arguments about whether it really motivated students in the right way. They both brought up the point that scores were better after being motivated, but they both had different opinions on whether or not it was good. The first article I read, argued the fact that, no, students should not be paid for getting good grades. This article claimed “The only motivation most students get from rewards is
classroom? Well, there are 3 reasons this gum policy: costly gum removal, parents complain about gum on their children’s shoes, clothes, and hair and the parents are not happy about the cleaning bills. There was a questionnaire given to one class in grades 5-8 and 3 of the questions were: how often do you chew gum at school, how do you discard your used gum, and why do you think students put gum under chairs and desks? Do I agree with this ban? No, I don’t agree with this policy because there was never