#5th grade teachers are having to teach early education (1st grade) level academics.

[feralestfem]

i worked in a school till last week and i can confidently tell you that we're already there.

half the fifth grade class was sent on to middle school not being able to read at all. the other half wasnt even 1/2 the required level. They dont even know how to write their own name. what their birthday is.

[urbanventures]

The Reading Center and Urban Ventures celebrate three years of partnership

Urban Ventures is in its third year of a fruitful partnership with The Reading Center, based in Rochester, Minnesota. The Reading Center (TRC) is the only nonprofit in the region that offers a full array of services for dyslexic students and their families, including tutoring and training for teachers and parents. Over the years, they have trained 2,500 adults and educators in the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach and helped 14,000 students improve their reading ability.

Kendra Peterson is the Director of Reading Plus, Urban Ventures’ literacy intervention program. Her connection to The Reading Center began when her son was diagnosed with dyslexia. Kendra is an experienced classroom teacher with a Master’s Degree who felt she still needed more tools and training to help her son learn to read. She enrolled in TRC’s Basic Orton-Gillingham Institute to train as an Academic Language Therapist, going on to complete the Advanced Institute as well. In 2018 Kendra pitched piloting the Reading Plus afterschool program at Urban Ventures, utilizing The Reading Center’s OG teaching approach to provide high quality reading instruction to UV students who are behind grade-level in reading.

The program started with 12 students and 1 OG tutor. It has grown tremendously, now serving over 100 kids in just 3 years with 5 UV tutors trained by TRC working with small groups. Each student attends two-1 hour reading sessions a week after school at UV or onsite at one of our partner schools during the day. Scaling the program to meet the demand has not been easy, but Kendra shared that it is worth the work, and the support provided through the partnership with TRC has made it possible. Kendra has watched her students gain confidence and recently heard from one of her student’s teachers that one developing reader just handed in the best essay in the whole class!

The Reading Plus program helps students in 1st-8th grade improve their reading. This year it was discovered that there were a handful of 5th and 6th grade students enrolled in the program who, despite their motivation and hard work, were nonreaders or were too far behind their peers to realize success in the small OG groups.

To help these students catch up, TRC tutor, Jenna Bergendahl began 1:1 intensive tutoring for 3 students twice weekly for 1-hour sessions, beginning this January. Even after a short time the students have made great strides. For the first time, one of her student’s learned how to spell his last name and Jenna smiled as she heard him go and announce it to a teacher in another room. Another student took home a reading game to play with his dad and the third has been motivated by learning to read books about soccer.

Jenna was previously an early childhood educator at a dual language school. She enrolled in TRC’s Basic OG Training in 2020, shortly after her son was diagnosed with dyslexia. Now she is not only helping her son learn to read using the OG approach, but she is also able to share her talents with her community. Jenna lives within biking distance to UV and is thrilled that her oldest son has even been able to participate in UV programs while she is tutoring.

Partnerships like this are key to the success of our community. As Cindy Russel, director of The Reading Center, said, “Urban Ventures has been a delight to work with, always focused on the needs of their students,” adding that TRC loves sharing in the success of the students.

Urban Ventures hopes to continue expanding access to expert instruction. When you donate to Urban Ventures you help fund programs like Reading Plus and provide a pathway for more students to lift themselves up and learn!

[smrtiacademy]

A primary school is a school that includes classes from 1st to 5th Grade. Now, the primary school is categorized into 2 – Foundation stage school i.e. from Montessori to Grade III and Preparatory stage school i.e. from Grade IV to Grade VII. It is usually for kids from 5 years to 12 years of age. Here kids receive elementary education.

A primary schoolprepares the children for a secondary and middle stage education or learning by teaching them the basic knowledge of different subjects.

These subjects include Social Science, Maths, Science, etc., including essential skills such as writing and comprehension, language development, art, craft, and drawing.

Such skills and activities are introduced to children to develop critical thinking and crucial creative skills.

Students are also exposed to several sports activities during the primary school years so that they can identify which is their sports of choice and can later peruse it. Since all basic learning takes place in the Primary schools the teachers have to be of the best of quality. Usually trained and experienced teachers need to be involved in primary school teaching.

So, they can easily identify sports or art activities for themselves. Since basic learning begins in primary schools, the teachers in these schools are well-qualified who train young learners into knowledgeable kids for receiving secondary and high school education in the future.

Benefits of Primary Education in Education

Primary education has several benefits in the development of a child. Here, some of them are described:

1. Supports Social and Emotional Development

It is very important for young children to spend some time with other children before starting primary school, especially for those who are from different cultures and backgrounds. One cannot take too lightly the significance of group activities. The group interaction help children to develop a sense of respect for others, learn the difference between right and wrong, how to play with cooperation, the importance of sharing, solve disputes, follow instructions, and voice their opinions.

2. Teaches Independence and Confidence

It is a proven fact that children in their early phase of life who attend a preschool that gives a positive and nurturing environment more stable than those who don’t, this also improve confident and individual young achievers. Early education offers a safe, happy and healthy environment where children can obtain a sense of self and explore new things which learns them about themselves.

3. Improves Reading and Communication Skills

The communication and reading skills of a kid are directly associated with their primary education. Generally, between the age of three and five, a child’s communication skills developed, that is why the primary education is essential to child’s overall development. Young kids who attend preschool have much better reading and communication skills than those who don’t.

Various researchers claim today that getting a good primary education has more influence on children’s overall development than their family background. Poor primary education can lead to a child towards negative effects. While primary education determines the development and growth of various aspects of a child in context to the society, on the other hand, having a poor quality of elementary education or absence of it can lead children to illiteracy. Consequently, primary education is the most crucial phase of a child’s life. It shapes them into a better thinker, learner and human being.

Elementary education is very advantageous not only for an individual but also for the country as well. It is the foundation for the further education. It forms the lives of children by promoting their decision making skill. The children who got early education become more productive and skilled than those who don’t get this fundamental education. Furthermore, when a nation is educated, it does not suffer many losses due to innovativeness and capabilities of its citizens who are able to bring about the revolution both at the grass root level and national level.

Best Primary School – Why Choose Smrti Academy?

Smrti Academy is a pre-primary to grade VIII School which commenced its operation in June 2018. The school has been set up by the promoters who have 16 years of experience in education sector and has combined contribution over 100 years in education sector.

Smrti Academy has established themselves as one of the top school in Bangalore. It is a CBSE school, located in Huskur off Sarjapur Road, Bangalore. The school is close to HSR Layout, Sarjapur Road, Hosa Road, Electronic City, Ananthnagar, Bommanahalli, Bommasandra, Kaadubeesanahalli, Kasavanahalli, Rayasandra, Shantipura, Kodathi, Bellandur, and surrounding areas.

The school focuses on knowledge, skills, values, and attitude. A strong curriculum in academics and blending of academics and co-curriculum activities ensure that children are able to connect what is there in the books to real life.

Advantages of Smrti Academy

· Values-driven and child centric

· 21stcentury skills built into lessons plan

· Learning experience, skills, happiness, and self-development of the child are the priorities

· Technology-driven, safe and secure infrastructure

· Highly trained and skilled staff to facilitate your child’s learning

· Academic, cultural, social, emotional, physical and creative aspects of the child are encouraged and developed at Smrti

· Smrti has a complete wellness program that looks at well-being from various angles – Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Financial

[survivingfroshyr]

About Me & High School

My high school experience was generally a good one. I graduated early this month (June 2019), and I’m currently wasting my summer vacation baking, seeing my girlfriend, and playing Minecraft.

Here are some things about me that will probably (definitely) affect my college experience, if they haven’t already.

I am:

racially, white; ethnically, european descent and hispanic/latina

middle-class

American; born and raised in MA, went to high school in NH

assigned female at birth and female presenting, using she/her pronouns

queer

18 years old

feminist, liberal, all that

not super informed about politics and how money works and all that

procrastinator to the max

stubborn and cranky

friendly and the “mom friend”

goody-two-shoes

“child prodigy burnout” - like many others on Tumblr and many others attending my college, I had a college reading level in elementary school, read all the time, was tip of my class - then in high school, I was still pretty good, but I wasn’t the best anymore, and it left me wondering where I went wrong, feeling inadequate, and with what may have been undiagnosed anxiety

As for my pre-college education, here’s what I had:

3? years of preschool

1 year of kindergarten (public school)

1st-5th grade (elementary school) in public school

6th-8th grade (middle school) in a private Catholic school (though I’m not personally religious, my dad thought I would get a better education there)

9th-12th grade (high school) in another private Catholic school

all of my schooling was co-ed

My high school:

“college prep school” - rigorous course load, emphasis on academics

also an emphasis on athletics - physical education classes were required for 4 semesters and the majority of students were on at least one athletic team

had international students from many Asian countries, Spain, Germany, and others

had drug problems - vaping was big, but so was some other stuff

had generally good teachers - most of my teachers ranged from open, friendly, invested in their students, and knowledgeable and excited about their subject, to your average decent teacher. However, there were one or two noticeable exceptions who were terrible teachers, didn't know their own course material, and were creepy and unsettling to some female students. Although the particular teacher I have in mind who had these issues was brought up to guidance counselors, he continues to teach at my high school.

The faculty and staff emphasized Christian morals and values (the important ones, like loving thy neighbor and all that). There were some students who really did embody what being a good person means, and there were some who were really quite terrible and threw slurs around and stuff like that.

had mixed political views (and religious views) among both teachers and students

offered college prep, honors, and AP level classes of about 15-25 students (with a few exceptions: there was intermediate geometry, and my AP French class was 5 people. Last year it was 3.)

I plan for my next post to be about my application and admission process; how, when, and where I applied; where I was accepted, what I thought about the colleges, what I was looking for, etc. Then, I’ll be documenting my post-commitment journey so far, and in the future!