Fast Brisk Structured Lessons Motivation Learning Success Pride

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Asha K. Jitendra ◽  
Rachael Torgerson-Tubiello
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Learning Success ◽  
The World

These words describe contraction lessons—and results—in a “contracted” sentence. Second-grade students who were reading at the first-grade level have experienced success with the fast-paced lessons described here. And they have gone on to enjoy the world of children's literature. In this article, we describe how we planned and successfully implemented lessons to teach contractions to a group of 6 low-performing second graders, including Tamara, a girl with learning disabilities (see box).

scholarly journals Design of literacy activities to promote writing with children: An experience with second graders

2011 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Nubia Cecilia Ruíz C.
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Private School ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Literacy Activities ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
The World

In this paper, I would like to share my experience as a kidwatcher in a private school in Bogotá, Colombia while designing and implementing a variety of literacy activities to promote writing in English in an EFL context for second grade students. It highlights the importance of understanding writing as a dynamic process as well as the role kidwatching had in helping me become a teacher who understood, respected, supported, learnt, enjoyed and loved the active manner in which children construct knowledge of the written language. At the same time, I gained insights about childrenʼs thoughts, feelings, and concerns about the world they live in. I hope, from this experience teachers are encouraged to explore their classroom contexts and make the best decisions that contribute to the development of their students as writers.

Agreeableness, Conflict Resolution Tactics, and School Behavior in Second Graders

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Gadke ◽  
Renée M. Tobin ◽  
W. Joel Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Adaptive Behaviors ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Behavior ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
School Based ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Negotiation Tactics

Abstract. This study examined the association between Agreeableness and children’s selection of conflict resolution tactics and their overt behaviors at school. A total of 157 second graders responded to a series of conflict resolution vignettes and were observed three times during physical education classes at school. We hypothesized that Agreeableness would be inversely related to the endorsement of power assertion tactics and to displays of problem behaviors, and positively related to the endorsement of negotiation tactics and to displays of adaptive behaviors. Consistent with hypotheses, Agreeableness was inversely related to power assertion tactics and to displays of off-task, disruptive, and verbally aggressive behaviors. There was no evidence that Agreeableness was related to more socially sophisticated responses to conflict, such as negotiation, with our sample of second grade students; however, it was related to displays of adaptive behaviors, specifically on-task behaviors. Limitations, including potential reactivity effects and the restriction of observational data collection to one school-based setting, are discussed. Future researchers are encouraged to collect data from multiple sources in more than one setting over time.

scholarly journals Examining Second Graders’ Healthy Food Choices: Through Literacy and Active Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 117863881983906
Author(s):  
Elsie Lindy Olan ◽  
Laurie O. Campbell ◽  
Shiva Jahani
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Literacy Environment ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Alternative Approach

The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of a nutrition module and activities ( Go, Slow, Whoa) in a literacy environment through an active learning approach. Second graders (N = 85) from diverse socioeconomic status (SES) areas completed the 12-week program. The participants’ perceptions of healthy food choices were measured both pre- and post-intervention. Students met for 30 minutes twice a week, to complete 5-lessons from a Coordinated Approach to Child Health ( CATCH) nutrition module and activities ( Go, Slow, Whoa). Measures were taken both pre- and post-intervention ( Food Fury Quiz) to distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy foods (images). There was a statistically significant improvement ( t = 12.16, df =84, P = .000) from pretest ( M = 19.06, SD = 3.13) and posttest ( M = 23.34, SD = 0.48) scores. Administering a healthy food choice curriculum through literacy and active learning provides an alternative approach to improving health knowledge among second grade students.

scholarly journals DESIGNING LIFE SKILL – BASED ENGLISH READING MATERIALS FOR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PRINGGASELA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-322
Author(s):  
Sutarman Sutarman ◽  
Ari Saputra ◽  
Syamsurrijal Syamsurrijal
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Designed Materials ◽  
Teacher's Manual ◽  
Readability Level

This research aims to: developing life skill-based English reading materials design for the second grade students  of SMA NEGERI 1 PRINGGASELA. The design used in this research is report design by using R&D ( Research and Development ) approach. The subjects of this research are the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Pringgasela in academic year 2016/2017. There are 35 students. In collecting data, the researcher uses two steps. First, the researcher distributed questionnaires into the students. Second, the researcher gathers data for conducting evaluation, opinion and suggestion from an English Teacher of SMAN 1 Pringgasela and an expert of designed materials. All responses and comments to the open questions were reviewed and grouped into some meaningful categories as they provide useful information for revising the product.        To determine the readability level of the texts used in new developed reading materials, the following are the categories of readability level and reader grade level according to Flesch Readability East Formula and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level. Scores between 90.0 and 100.0, considered easily understandable. Scores between 60.0 and 70.0, considered easily understood. Scores between 0.0 and 30.0, considered easily understood. The final product of the materials consists of a course material of Life Skill Based English Material and a teacher’s manual. Whole Language Reading provides rich input of reading strategies, variety of topics, concepts, texts, activities, tasks, and evaluations. Using this material makes reading more holistic and meaningful as it provides integration across language skills and subject areas. Educational institutions need to provide a rich learning environment with a variety of reading sources, print and digital to provide opportunities for students to choose and determine reading materials that suit their needs.

Teaching Students About Learning Disabilities Through Children's Literature

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Prater ◽  
Tina Taylor Dyches ◽  
Marissa Johnstun
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature

Children's Literature about Africa

1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (03) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
African History ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The World ◽  
School Curricula

Although the quantity of children's literature about Africa has been increasing rapidly in recent years--probably more has been published since 1960 than in the preceding three decades--the total volume is small and mediocre. Children's literature in this discussion refers to books written especially for children up to twelve or thirteen years of age. Somewhat over half the books which have been written for this age group are geographies, animal stories, and factual compendia with titles like First Book of Liberia, Getting to Know Tanganyika, Land and People of South Africa, and so on. Young persons are likely to use such books in connection with school assignments or purely for pleasure (in the case of animal stories), but they will gain little understanding of African peoples and cultures from them. The smaller segment of children's books about Africa is comprised of storybooks and factual presentations of African history and contemporary African life. Some of these books are sufficiently attractive to catch the attention of library users and of children whose parents are affluent enough to buy books for them. But do these books help create an understanding of the peoples and cultures of Africa? This question is especially pertinent since school curricula still devote relatively little attention to Africa, despite its increased importance on the world scene, and television, radio, movies, and other mass media to which children have access often do little or nothing to promote an understanding of Africa and its people.

Children's own names influence their spelling

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
REBECCA TREIMAN ◽  
BRETT KESSLER ◽  
DERRICK BOURASSA
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Lower Proportion ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Own Name

We analyzed spellings that were produced by children in kindergarten (N = 115), first grade (N = 104), and second grade (N = 77) in order to determine whether children's own names influence their spellings of other words. Kindergartners overused letters from their own first names (or commonly used nicknames) when spelling. Kindergartners with longer names, who had more own-name letters available for intrusions, tended to produce longer spellings than did children with shorter names. Moreover, the spellings of kindergartners with long names tended to contain a lower proportion of phonetically reasonable letters than did the spellings of children with short names. These effects appeared to be confined to children who read below the first grade level. The results support the view that children's own names play a special role in the acquisition of literacy. They further show that children choose letters in a way that reflects their experience with the letters.

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