Springfield Elementary School

Everyone’s had a bad day before, whether that be because they’re going through a breakup, a relative died, or life just seems to be going against them. In these circumstances it’s practically necessary to have a safe place to go to. These places can range from a bedroom to a church to a therapist’s office. Mine is a little bit different from others and it’s a little place called Schumerth. Growing up, I was unknowingly spoiled with nature. I lived on a fairly main street so not that much was near

Privilege: At What Point Did I Realize? Privilege is an uncomfortable thing to talk about, plain and simple. No one seems to think about what privileges they do have without being prompted to do so. Everyone is focused on the privileges that they do not have because they do not want to claim to have more privilege than someone else. I do believe that we should focus on what we do have, rather than what we do not have, and make the world a better place by helping those who do not have the privileges

but also can be shown through taking part in the student’s education. Parent involvement is generally seen to have a positive effect on childhood academics. In the article Parent Involvement and Children's Academic and Social Development in Elementary School, it is spoken about the how parent involvement allows for the elimination of problematic behavior of the students. In another article speaking about parent involvement, titled Parent Involvement and Student Academic Performance: A Multiple Mediational

Should Pets be allowed in the classroom? Having pets in schools is not a good idea for students or teachers. Do you think that having pets in the classroom can impact on students positively or negatively? I believe that having pets in the classroom brings negative effects. Some reasons that pets should not be in schools include, they distract people in the classrooms while learning, students could have certain allergies that need to be maintained, having a pet in the class could cause serious harm

Strategies to Deepen Content Knowledge (grades 6-12) Ed.: 1. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2014 The schools improvement effort was changed in its instructional practices that aligned with literacy outlook, that would be effective in advancing student grades. This study present findings from an analysis of classroom instruction data collected in 200 classrooms in seven high poverty high school classrooms. The article found a prevalent focus on reading comprehension training and on student’s active

CONTENT: This study was carried out among students at schools and College in Chennai, TamilNadu, India. Chennai is one of the most popular metropolitan cities in TamilNadu. The control route of smart (Student Media Awareness to Reduce Television), theory-based classroom curriculum to reduce screen time among third and fourth grade children in two matched public elementary schools (n=181). Intervention of school children and reduction of television in weekdays and Sunday video game playing compared

most of my time at school I have challenged myself and enjoyed myself. Through my time at school I have found I am completely motivated to work and get things done when I am challenged or when I am interested by what is being taught. I will strive to be one of the best at what I do in college. I believe this mindset I have is created by my want for new knowledge. I have had this mindset for most of my life and it won't change, which I believe is an amazing thing. In elementary school, I always wanted

canon or not canon and it’s all just so interesting. Sometimes it can be weird though with what some people come up with. I used all my free time to read fanfiction, but soon enough high school came around and free time started getting less and less. My “free time” began having to be used to read books for school, books in which I was not interested in at all. Things got even worse when I was in an AP level English class for 3 years in a row. The number of books we were required to read really increased

conversation in elementary education for the majority of last decade, the pros and cons have been argued and researched time and time again. While most professionals in the field agree that homework is needed and helpful in middle and high school, when it comes to younger grades the information strongly shows that it is a waste of time. At its core homework has two possible effects in the home. Homework can be seen as a rule over parents from the school to manage their children’s time outside of school or as

Technology genius and business mogul Eddy Zhong, in his Ted Talk “How school makes kids less intelligent”, 6 Feb 2015, argues that school is restrictive on the capabilities of many kids brilliant minds, due to their uniqueness. He first supports his claim by first presenting a profound statement to the audience which requires a logical interpretation. Then Zhong establishes a contrast between High school and elementary kids, by proving their creativity differences and finally he utilizes a metaphor