Classroom Rules Reimagined as the Rights of the Learner

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (6) ◽  
pp. 468-473
Author(s):  
Crystal Kalinec-Craig ◽  
Rose Ann Robles
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Grade Teacher ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Classroom Rules

The article describes how one fifth-grade teacher helped her students to exercise their Rights of the Learner (e.g., to be confused; to claim a mistake; to speak, listen, and be heard; and to write, do, and represent what makes sense) as they learned to graph and interpret non-linear data.

Teaching and Learning with Real-World Tools

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 418-422
Author(s):  
Kelly S. Chrisler
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Grade Teacher ◽  
Spreadsheet Software

To better prepare students for their future careers, a fifth-grade teacher designs and implements a lesson that uses spreadsheet software to graph functions.

Links to Literature: Using Measuring Penny to Introduce the Unit

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Measurement Unit ◽  
Grade Teacher

“Would you come to my class and read Measuring Penny for the introduction to our measurement unit?” asked Jill Metzger, a fifth-grade teacher at Westwood Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

What Difference Does It Make? The Story of a Lesbian Teacher

1996 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Washburne Rensenbrink
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Positive Difference ◽  
Grade Teacher

In this article, Carla Rensenbrink explores the question of what difference it makes to be a lesbian teacher herself and for her students. Rensenbrink focuses her exploration by telling the story of Rosemary Trowbridge, a fifth-grade teacher who comes out as a lesbian to her students and colleagues. Drawing on interviews and visits to Rosemary's classroom, the author notes ways in which Rosemary's lesbianism does make a positive difference in the classroom. She makes connections between Rosemary's identity as a lesbian and the fact that her classroom represents a safe place where students feel comfortable questioning the culture and taking an active stand.

Fifth Graders Respond to a Changed Reading Program

1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cora Lee Five
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Graders ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Grade Teacher

Cora Lee Five, a fifth-grade teacher, puts into practice innovative ideas gleaned from the work of other teachers and researchers. She realizes, however, that she must rely on her own observations and questions to test these ideas in her classroom. Five concludes that through her own study of her students' responses to literature she has become more able to follow their development as readers.

Are almost all children disadvantaged in mathematics?

1967 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
John F. Newport
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Grade Teacher ◽  
Almost All

Mrs. Mather, sitting across the desk from her son's fifth-grade teacher, said with a smile, “Well, I never was any good in math, so I can't expect Johnny to do much better.” This is probably an oftenrepeated remark at parent-teacher conferences in schools across the nation. True, Mrs. Mather may have done poorly in math when she was in school, and she probably does even less well today. She is in good company, though, since the majority of the adults in this country would probably find seventh-grade mathematics quite a challenge. Why?

Seeing Students' Knowledge of Fractions: Candace's Inclusive Classroom

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Candace Chick ◽  
Cornelia Tierney ◽  
Judy Storeygard
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Grade Teacher

A fifth-grade teacher describes what she learned from observing two students in her inclusive classroom with different learning styles and kinds of understanding as they solve traditional fraction problems using a clock face.

scholarly journals Teacher’s strategy in Instilling Integrated Religious Character in The Learning of Elementary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Eka Susanti ◽  
Suyatno Suyatno
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Grade Teacher ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Study Case

This study describes the teacher’s strategy to instill integrated religious character in Muhammadiyah elementary school Demangan of Yogyakarta. This qualitative study research with a study case. The research data was collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. In this study, The research subject consisted of the principal, fifth-grade teacher, the students, and student guardians. The data validity test used the triangulation technique and sources. Data analysis techniques included data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The research result showed that the teacher’s strategy is to instill integrated religious character in learning by integrating religious character in the entire learning components, religious character internalization, religious character habituation, and religious character role model.

Setting the Stage for i2Flex

2016 ◽  
pp. 190-207
Author(s):  
Penny Kynigou ◽  
Helen Sarantes
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Grade Teacher ◽  
Foundational Skills ◽  
Technology Specialist

This chapter is about setting the stage for i2Flex with reference to implementation in the elementary school. The fifth grade teacher and the technology specialist discuss and share specific examples of their practice supporting young learners with the foundational skills that they will need in order to use the i2Flex program successfully in the middle and high schools.

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