Grader

According to The Atlantic, “ninth graders have the lowest grade point average, the most missed classes, the majority of failing grades, and more misbehavior referrals than any other high-school grade level.” These observations show that ninth graders can sometimes make bad decisions, such as skipping classes or getting referrals, thus lowering their GPA. This then can have an effect on their…

advice to the young fourth graders! For the fifth graders, we hope the transition from elementary school to practically middle school is easy. Get ready for sixth grade! Thank you Mr. Gutierrez and Mrs. Bevilacqua for teaching the fifth graders in a fun way! For the sixth and seventh graders, we feel like you will use basic life skills to finish middle school in the best way possible. Good luck! Thank you Miss Olivera for finishing the year in a strong way! For the eighth graders, we have gone…

and fun with all my friends. We rode rides together, talked, together, and hanged around. The first day of the fair it started at 6 and there were a lot of teenagers. They kept cutting all the 6th and 7th graders so all the 6th and 7th graders cut them and a war happened. All the 6th graders got snappers and we all threw them at them. Then they started jumping over the fences to get in line and they got kicked off the ride for 20 minutes. Then they apologized and we all rode together. The…

Recently, there has been a growing interest and push to improve on young children’s literacy skills and comprehension. These skills are vital in order to be successful in school, work and everyday life demand (Sedita, 2011). The third-grade is a critical time in a child’s educational career because a drastic shift in learning takes place. During this time, many basic reading skills are established and learning becomes more complex. According to Workman (2014) “if children do not have proficient…

Association meeting in Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School, located at 160-20 Goethals Avenue, Jamaica, NY, 11432. The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. and adjourned at 8 p.m. The agenda for this meeting included the 8th grader Regents, the 8th grader school dance, PTA bylaws vote, PTA elections and picture day. The purpose of a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is to help connect parents, students, and teachers and it serves as a place for discussion about educational and…

hallways. We all start to walk down the hallway as we scan the hall where there is a few hundred students grades sixth through twelfth graders. Every year you see where you stand at on the pecking order of age statis. I turn around and yell at a sixth grader because he is running in the hallway. I think that what annoying sixth grader. I’m sure there has been a twelfth grader looking at me in my actions and they think to themselves that annoying freshmen. Every sixth and freshmen feel like…

adding teacher’s assistants or paid graders, but this introduces significant cost to the organization and has the potential for inconsistency between the graders. In contrast, an online course with automated essay grading can allow students to submit their essay and receive instant feedback with the same grading criteria provided to everyone enrolled (Miller). There are clear drawbacks for putting too much faith in automated grading as a replacement for a human grader. The current technology…

yet have a target to hit. In the activity we were able to challenge a partner on who can get the most points and it is a fun activity and I think third graders would benefit from this activity. One thing I would change in the activity are using softer volleyballs. Although, practicing with a volleyball is important, I think for some third graders it may hurt there wrist or hand, especially if they have not perfected the form, but overall great and unique activity that I would definitely…

Students need to go watch the live performance of “A Christmas Carol”. There are many positives for students seeing a live play. Going to a live play is an education experience that every student needs and can benefit from. The first reason for students to see the live performance of “A Christmas Carol” is to teach students theatre etiquette. Theatre etiquette is a skill that a student can use for the rest of his or life. It will teach them to be respectful when someone is performing. Theatre…

The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, Jane Elliot knew that simply telling and preaching to her third-graders against discrimination was not enough. According to Elliot, ”the shooting of Martin Luther King . . . could not just be talked about and explained away. There was no way to explain this to little third graders in Riceville, Iowa” ("A Class Divided" 1985), so she conducted a two-day experiment. On the first day of the experiment, the students were told that blue-eyed people are…