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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Seventh grade was just one short year ago‚ and yet it has already had an enormous impact on my life. In the beginning of seventh grade I set a goal‚ to receive distinguished honors. This would be difficult‚ because seventh grade was challenging due to all of the sports I was involved in and the multiple tests and quizzes. My parents aided a great deal by being encouraging and helpful with all of the school work I had and sports I was engaged in. Throughout the year I knew I needed to be hopeful and
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Paying students for good grades? If schools truly want students to do well in school‚ then schools should pay students for their hard work. There are lots of ways why students should get payed for good grades. First of all‚ it prepares them for the world. Another reason is‚ that their test scores will increase because they are motivated to do well in school. In addition‚ it will increase the graduation rates in high school. From better graduation rates‚ to learning about work‚ to making kids smarter
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ENGL 111G Do grades motivate students or limit what they can achieve? According to Daniel Pink’s article “Less of What We Want” states that; “work consist of whatever the body is OBLIGED to do.” In other words bribing people to do stuff is not a good motivator for them to perform better‚ on the contrary it turns anything fun into work and people don’t like work. There are several of studies on this article proving how money or prices don’t make people perform better‚ actually “the rewards narrowed
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| |[pic] | | Skills guide for achieving “Pass outcomes”‚ Merit and Distinction garde MAKING THE GRADE: WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO ‘PASS OUTCOMES’ IN AN ASSIGNMENT Our EDEXCEL specification requires us to work to national standards as regards grading your work. Our method of establishing grades is outlined in your course handbook. This section looks at how to gain a grade‚ rather than the rules from EDEXCEL. Do you understand the questions? If you don’t‚ then you are unlikely
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Sample test for grade 3 1) Write the opposites. (1). Fat - …………….……………. (2). Short - ………………………… (3). Long - ……………………………… (4). Sun - ………………………….. (5). Father - …………………………… (6). Cold - …………………………….. (7). Black - …………………………… (8). Small - ……………………….. 15 marks (9). Boy - ………………………….… (10). New - …………………………. 2) 20 marks Match. How are you ? 1. Teacher Where do you live ? 2. In grade 4 How old are you
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“Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto In 7th grade Literature‚ we read the short story “Seventh Grade” about Victor who tries to be someone he is not just to impress a girl. What kinds of things do students in seventh grade at MMS do to impress other people (and not just someone of the opposite sex)? Tell me three things that you or other peers do to try to impress others and explain each one. * The things that student would do to impress someone at MMs. they would dress nice‚ get there hair or nails done
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education‚ we’ve made it here‚ to the end of 8th grade. Just like a rail road the train has to be set on a good track‚ just like our education. So far for this 8th grade class‚ our tracks have been fantastic ever since we first started our journey. Our first stop was 6th grade. New building‚ new people‚ and it were a whole new environment. New fears emerged and I remember feeling like a fish out of the sea. The year went by and our next stop was 7th grade‚ which the teachers have been preparing us for
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Julianne Milani May 31‚ 2012 Period 2 Graduation In 5th grade I never wanted to leave Wolcott. I thought middle school was just filled with mean teachers‚ more work‚ and mean kids. I guess I was just stereotyping because that’s not at all what it had turned out to be. When I first walked through those doors to Sedgwick I was feeling a whole mix of emotions like happy‚ scared and excited. In 6th grade everyone still had their groups they hung out with in elementary school and we barely talked
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I honestly wish I could go back to fourth or fifth grade… I would change so much… everything was so easier! Making friends were so easy! Math was so much easier. Hell.. life was even easier. My teacher was ms.bufferhoff in 4th grade and ms. Dill-white in fifth grade. My fifth grade teacher as the best. For black history month‚ we researched all kinds of stuff and end up decorating the room. We pushed the desk together and made the room into a cat walk run way. We all dressed up and modeled all day
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