Accelerated Math

In these event my life has been completely altered. Whether it was through my personality or physical things. I cannot complain about these events because as far as I know, they have changed my life for the better. My first event was when my little sister Makelle was born. There were a lot of things that led up to here being born. One night I had a fight with my sister so to help us to get along my mom pulled us aside saying that she was pregnant and it would help a lot if we could get along better

employ called Renaissance Accelerated Math, or RenMath for short. This mathematics program was designed to allow a student to move at their own pace, with various goals and objectives personalized in each exercise to optimize success for each individual. It was about a couple months into the school year when I had my very own “aha” moment in my sixth grade math class. There were two math teachers and unfortunately, my teacher at the time did not have much experience teaching math (she had only taught

I am placed in a third grade classroom at BB Elementary (preK-5) in NN city, MM county. According to the BB website, the school enrolls around 480 students, two-thirds of which are English Learners. The demographics of this school are comprised of primarily Hispanic, African American, and South Asian families. All instruction is done in English. The pacing of this school is determined by the SBAC, or the Smarter Balance Assessment System based on the California Common Core standards. The MM school

Nealy is eight years old and is going to be a third grader at Trinity Lutheran School in Janesville, Minnesota this September. She turned eight years old on May 22nd, 2015. She is the oldest in her family. She has two younger brothers ages six and four. Nealy hit all the developmental milestones while growing up. She has never incurred any health problems; her vision and hearing are great. However, she can have “selective hearing” at times according to her mother. Her mother received a BS in Child-Life

the events, hearing the things they say, following my favorite characters throughout their lives. When I read I become so engulfed in the story that I hate for it to end, no matter how good the ending is. When I was in elementary, I we used the Accelerated Reader program, otherwise known as AR, and through that you could earn points for every book that you read and

Communicating Science Understandings "The main purpose of collecting data is to answer questions whose answers are not immediately obvious" . Knowledge, questions, and research are the basis of learning for students of science. It is imperative that students learn where and how to look up, research resources, and record the data to answer the questions put before them and questions they want answered. Strategies teachers employed to guide data collection and use; It is in the "primary grades

On March 6, 2017, I had the opportunity to observe Ms. Kennedy 4th grade class during her reading lesson. Ms. Kennedy teaches at Martha Gaskins Elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama. The Birmingham City School system students are predominately African-American and come from low-income homes. Therefore, all schools in the system are Title 1 schools except the ones that have been designated as specialty schools. Mrs. Kennedy begins each morning with a morning comprehension worksheet. The students

During my planning period, 2nd pd., I went to make copies and I found keys left on the counter by the copy machine. I looked at the keys and noticed that there were many school keys attached to the lanyard, so I began to knock on classroom doors to asks if anyone lost keys. When I got to Mrs. Henderson’s class she told me they were not hers and when I walked over to knock on Mr. Wiberg’s door I tapped the door slightly (most know he does like for his class to be interrupted) and Mrs. Henderson

The Importance of Education “Come on sweetie, you can do it!” These words have constantly been spoken to me ever since I was a child, and by my parents enforcing these words towards me they inspired me to achieve all that I am able too. In the Mexican culture there are many of us who yearn to learn new things yet there are many of our people who instead of lending a helping hand they thrust each other downward. With this key fact in mind I push myself to become an educated person with

minute, not because I was competitive but for the reason that I always enjoyed achieving in academics. In the meantime, I was an immense fan of the Berenstain Bears book series, which was the literature I read for entertainment but mostly for Accelerated Reader(a program that monitors the practice of reading) (AR) points. If I read and had accumulated enough points, I could win enthusiastic prizes at the end of the school year. I believe that strategy worked remarkably well in obtaining