Posted by Chip on January 30, 2009
Blog readers, you may have noticed (or can refer to) my exchange with fourth grade teacher Leslie Leff, writing from a charter school in Philly about the pros and cons of keeping fourth grade classrooms self-contained. I thought parents of eight-, nine-, and ten-year-olds and fourth grade teachers everywhere might like to hear more on this. [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, The School Year |
Tags: fourth grade, fourth graders, self-contained classsrooms | 
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Posted by Chip on February 26, 2008
I recently started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older fourth grade students. As always, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, and [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 9-year-olds, children's positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, fourth grade, fourth graders, nine-year-olds, social-emotional development, Yardsticks | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 2, 2007
A recent Education Week article reports that the National Institutes of Health has awarded 30 million dollars over the next five years to research centers that will, in part, try to answer the question of why so many students seem to show a “slump” in their learning and achievement at 4th grade. (Education Week, September [...]
Categories: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum |
Tags: developmental changes, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Education Week, fourth graders, National Institutes of Health | Post a Comment »
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