English 102 22 January 2012 4th grade slump! When I see my little cousins reading a book‚ I see their eyes are shine with excitement‚ and they can’t wait to read the book out loud to their parents or to me. As they get older‚ that excitement in their eyes is gone and I would wonder‚ why? Then I took this course and found out what the 4th grade slump is. So‚ what is 4th grade slump? There are many reasons why educators call it the 4th grade slump and there is one simple explanation: when a student
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Cognitive Development: Vygotsky RECORD OF OBSERVATION The subject is an 8 year old boy I will refer to as “Q” In his home. “Q” is playing a board game with his father “P”. The game consists of dice‚ player pieces that need to be moved and cards that are read telling the next move. Other people present are the boys’s 8 year old twin sister and the children’s mother as the observer. Q and P set out the board game. It looks very complicated‚ there are many pieces. This particular game
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Reflections: What does this document mean to you? What lessons did you learn from creating it? How is it relevant to your overall theme or purpose? Job Description: This assignment allowed me to explore different job occupations‚ and concentrate on just one that caught my attention. I was able to learn about the details of being a property manager‚ which focus on the pros‚ cons‚ and the expectations of the job. During this assignment‚ I was also able to explore and improve on my writing style
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fourth grade in elementary grade‚ I had made the most memories. I was the upperclassmen and I had become a bus buddy. Where I would wear an orange badge and have kids cooperate on the bus. I was the one that made the kid’s cooperate and convince them to do as I would say. There were some kids that wouldn’t obey the rules and I would write the kids up and report them. My cousin also joined me in this journey. We would sit at the back and act like top-notches. During May in my 4th grade‚ we decided
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-1Observer: Michelle Stanley Date of Observation: 3/2/10 Fictitious Name of Child: Abby Setting: Bed room and living room Child’s Age: 3 years and 10 months Physical Description of Child: When I walked into the house Abby was wearing her princess Belle dress-up gown. Her hair is bright blonde‚ down l loose and knotted‚ her eyed are blue‚ her skin is pale and her cheeks are rosy. Time Observed: 4:00pm - 4:10pm Behavior Observed: Upon entering the house Abby politely
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mom for approximately thirty minutes. The park I observed her at is packed with children and dogs are allowed. There is a large play area with jungle-jims and slide and it includes a sandy area which has a variety of playing equipment as well. I first observed Faustine’s biosocial development such as physical growth‚ gross motor and fine motor skills. Faustine is 3 feet tall and she weighs 41 pounds according to my Aunt. She is a little shorter than a lot of the six year old that she hangs out with
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Titus Observation The genre of the book of Titus is an epistle. An epistle is a letter written by an apostle of Jesus Christ. A letter consists of a greeting‚ a body‚ and an intro (Baker). Furthermore‚ this letter is a pastoral epistle. Pastoral epistles “contain instructions concerning church government and teaching” (Votaw). Therefore‚ Titus is a pastoral epistle because it contains every one of these qualifications (Baker). Titus was written by the Apostle Paul around A.D 62-67. At the time the
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student‚” at the top of his/her class‚ What generally verify this prized status? Grades Most often‚ report cards are the principal means of measuring a student’s progress through school. Doing well in school is measured by a series of letters on a piece of paper. But what do those letters really mean? And do they really do any good? Many researchers‚ educators and parents are now questioning the purpose and efficiency of grades. Certainly parents deserve to know how their children are doing in school‚
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How Grades affect Students and Learning Silliman University‚ Dumaguete City A Requirement of BC 12 Section L Ballesteros‚ Kathryn Ged L. Egos‚ Abigail R. S.Y. 2014-2015 Abigail R. Egos March 13‚ 2014 Kathryn Ged L. Ballesteros BC 12 - T How Grades affect Students and Learning As far as education is concerned‚ grades have always been our means of determining how much a student has improved in a given course of time. In fact‚ it has been such a vital ingredient
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Observation Essay We all have things we do to help us relax at the end of the day. Some people have an alcoholic drink‚ while others smoke a cigar or a cigarette‚ or relax and watch television. Now people these days go to a place called Coffee Rush every day after work to get away from their hectic life. When arriving at Coffee Rush‚ the aroma of freshly ground up coffee beans is in the air along with the bustle of everyone in the shop‚ and the baristas making the drinks. Everyone in the shop is
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