text stringlengths 59 1.12k |
|---|
are made up of freebies found all over the place. :) A leprechaun visited our classroom, played tricks on us, and left foot prints everywhere! He left silly messages and one day asked if we could "catch" his rainbow. So, we tried! This great experiment was from DeAnna's unit. We refracted light using a flashlight and v... |
turned off our classroom lights and students looked around the room and tried to find the rainbow. Students learned that to make a rainbow, you need rain and sunlight. So, on the back of our paper, we made a key to illustrate what each object we used represented. Key: the vase and water = rain and the flashlight = the |
sun. We learned about the colors of the rainbow and made our own Roy G. Biv. We made Leprechaun punch one day and added rainbow sprinkles (skittles)! Students did a little "how to" writing and wrote the steps we took to make the punch. The last step, "eat it up" of course! We did a little leprechaun math and added |
gold together. My leprechaun has 2 pieces of gold. I gave him 2 more. Now he has 4 pieces of gold. 2+2=4 Here is what the outside of our classroom door looks like! I didn't get a chance to grab a picture after we added our huge pot of gold. But you can imagine it...right next to the door, in |
between the trees. We learned about the sequence of a story and read There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover. Students re told the story and listed the objects the old lady swallowed in order. You can grab this freebie and a few other goodies to store away for next year below. Hope you had a Happy St. |
Need help using School Facts Jax? Our quickstart video makes it easy to learn about the rich features the dashboard has to offer. You'll also find answers to our most frequently asked questions. For clear explanations on some of the |
technical terms and abbreviations, check out the glossary. Glossary of Terms Jump To Letter: - Charter School (from Florida Dept. of Education) Charter schools are public schools that operate under a performance contract, or a "charter" which frees them from |
many regulations created for traditional public schools while holding them accountable for academic and financial results. Charter schools are created when an individual or group submits an application to the school district; the school district approves the application; the applicants |
form a governing board that negotiates a contract with the district school board; and the applicants and district school board agree upon a charter or contract. The district school board then becomes the sponsor of the charter school. The negotiated |
contract outlines expectations of both parties regarding the school's academic and financial Charter schools are open to all students residing within the district; however, charter schools are allowed to target students within specific age groups or grade levels, students considered |
at-risk of dropping out or failing, or students who meet reasonable academic, artistic or other eligibility standards established by the charter school. For more information, see FL DOE Office of Independent Education & Parental - Differentiated Accountability Differentiated Accountability (DA) |
refers to the system used in Florida for classifying and evaluating the progress of school improvement based on School Grades performance (see "School Grades" definition for more information). Beginning in 2012, Florida's Differentiated Accountability assignment categories include: Schools that have |
increased by at least one letter grade over the previous year or have maintained a school grade of "A". Reward schools are eligible for school recognition funds as an incentive for their performance. Schools receiving a school grade of "C" |
or "D". Focus schools are subject to some increased state oversight and monitoring than Reward or non-DA schools. Schools receiving a school grade of "F". Priority schools are subject to more intensive intervention efforts required by the Florida Department of |
Education. These schools must conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and submit a plan to demonstrate significant, immediate academic and systematic improvement in areas including: school improvement planning, leadership quality, educator quality, professional development, curriculum alignment and pacing, and monitor... |
and For more information, visit FL DOE Bureau of School Improvement. - End-of-Course Exams End-of-Course exams (EOCs) are standardized tests aligned with Florida's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, designed to measure content mastery in key courses that are not specifically |
measured by the FCAT 2.0 or any other test - such as Algebra 1, Biology 1, Geometry, U.S. History and Civics. For more information on EOCs, visit the Florida Department of Education's End-of-Course Assessments page. - Graduation Rate Graduation rates |
report the percentage of students who graduate from high school within four years of their initial enrollment in ninth grade, not including students who transferred out of the district. Graduation rates for the same cohort of students may appear differently |
depending on the formula used to calculate The current standard calculation formula for the state of Florida is known as the "Federal" rate. Prior to 2011, graduation rates were primarily calculated and reported using the "NGA" rate. The major differences |
between these two formulas formula: includes only standard diplomas as graduates, excludes GEDs and all special diplomas from counting towards - NGA formula: includes both standard and special diplomas as graduates, but excludes GEDs from counting towards graduation rates. For |
more information on how graduation rates are calculated, see reports available at FL DOE Education Information and Accountability - Kindergarten Readiness Student academic and developmental readiness levels when entering kindergarten for the first time can vary widely and significantly impact |
educational achievement over the first few years of school. A number of factors, including early environment and experiences, quality of pre-K education experience, and individual physical and emotional development can all effect how ready a student is to begin learning |
immediately when they In Florida, an assessment known as the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS) is used to assess information about a student's overall readiness for kindergarten using components from two different types of readiness assessments, the Early Childhood Observation |
System (ECHOS) and the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR-K). - ECHOS: The ECHOS assessment is a brief observational screening instrument designed to measure a child's performance across seven developmental areas: Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Social and Personal Skills, |
Science, Social studies, Physical Development and Fitness, and Creative Arts. - FAIR-K: The FAIR-K test is used to measure reading readiness skills, including a students' understanding of letter names and letter-sounds (phonemic awareness). Results from these two sections are used |
to calculate a student's Probability of Success in Reading score. Additional sections of the FAIR also administered to all public school kindergarten students include listening comprehension and vocabulary assessments. For more information about kindergarten readiness assessments, DOE Office of Early |
Learning. - Magnet Programs Magnet programs offer a concentrated curriculum in designated areas of study, such as mathematics, science, technology, business, or performing arts. Magnet programs may be offered schoolwide at dedicated magnet schools, or as special programs for magnet |
cohorts within traditional schools. Magnet programs or schools are part of Florida's School Choice enrollment options and typically draw students from a wider geographic area than locally zoned For more information, visit FL DOE Magnet Schools Information. - Postsecondary Readiness |
Postsecondary readiness rates indicate the percentage of a school's most recent graduating class who were qualified to enroll in college-level courses without the need for remediation in either reading or mathematics. Readiness is determined by a student's highest scores on |
any of a number of recognized college placement tests, including the ACT, SAT, CPT, or P.E.R.T. In order for a student to be considered postsecondary ready, he or she would need to meet the following minimum scores on any of |
these - ACT (potential score range: 1 - 36): - Reading: 18 - English: 17 - Mathematics: 19 - CPT (potential score range: 1 - 120): - Writing Skills: - Elementary Algebra: - P.E.R.T. (potential score range: 50 - 150): |
- Reading: 104 - Writing: 99 - Mathematics: 113 - SAT (potential score range: 200 - 800): - Verbal: 440 - Mathematics: 440 For more information about these tests or how postsecondary readiness is calculated, visit FL DOE College and |
Career Readiness. - School Grades School Grades are the commonly used term to refer to a school's state accountability rating. All eligible public schools in Florida are evaluated each year on student performance in the following - Reading performance (All |
students) - Reading performance gains (All students) - Reading performance gains (Lowest 25% students) - Math performance (All students) - Math performance gains (All students) - Math performance gains (Lowest 25% students) - Writing performance - Science performance Additional performance |
measures for high schools - Participation in accelerated coursework - Performance in accelerated coursework - Overall graduation rate - At-risk graduation rate - College readiness (Reading) - College readiness (Math) A school's total performance in all appropriate areas are then |
combined (using a weighted calculation based on a specific criteria established by the state) to determine the school's overall achievement on an A - F scale. For more information on how school grades are calculated see FLDOE School Grades Guide |
Science Supplies and Services Model for Mass Spectrometer How many of high school or college students have seen the insides of a working mass spectrometer? How many know how and why it works? What is it used for? Is the print-out the only important feature of the instrument or should our students understand how the inf... |
can be used to encourage this understanding. The S17 Science Model Mass Spectrometer is designed to answer an number of questions, and to teach a number of very interesting concepts. The instruction sheets that accompany this kit outline, in great detail, some of the best ways of using this kit to: The instruction shee... |
apparatus. A set of sample questions, comments and answers that have been elicited and used in various classrooms is also included. Students in Kindergarten through College have marveled at the use of this kit in demonstrations. The kit has already been purchased by high schools and universities throughout the world fo... |
one of these in your school. It is available in two different kits, EQ 129 and EQ 131. The instructions sheets are the same in both kits. Your IP Address is: 220.127.116.11 |
Wiktionary:About Low German |This is a Wiktionary policy, guideline or common practices page. This is a draft proposal. It is unofficial, and it is unknown whether it is widely accepted by Wiktionary editors.| |Policies: CFI - ELE - BLOCK - REDIR - BOTS - QUOTE - DELETE - NPOV - |
AXX| Low German/Saxon is a Germanic lect, a dialect continuum spoken in northern Germany, the eastern Netherlands, and numerous places outside central Europe. It has three main forms: - (German) Low German, spoken in northern Germany - Dutch Low Saxon, spoken in the eastern Netherlands - Plautdietsch (also called Menno... |
Low German), spoken in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere Low German/Saxon is related to Dutch, to the Frisian languages, to English, and to German. In some cases, Low German expressions are intelligible to English speakers: He was en old Mann is one Low German sentence English-speakers can understand. On |
Wiktionary, the variants of Low German spoken in Germany are represented by the code nds-de and are covered by the page Wiktionary:About German Low German. The variants spoken in the Netherlands are represented by the code nds-nl and covered by Wiktionary:About Dutch Low Saxon. Plautdietsch is represented by the code |
pdt and covered by Wiktionary:About Plautdietsch. What to call Low German/Saxon on Wiktionary Low German is the most common name of the dialect continuum, and is the name used on Wiktionary. It is a calque of Plattdüdesch (and its forms) or Nedderdüdesch. Platt means "flat" and is interpreted as "relating |
to the lowlands". At the time this name spread (in the Renaissance), however, plat had the general meaning of "intelligible". Nedder, on the other hand, actually means "nether" and relates to the lowlands in contrast to the German highlands, the Alps, Harz mountains, etc. Düdesch is related to the English |
word Dutch and the dutch word Duits, and referred (at the time it spread) to any continental West Germanic language. Low Saxon is another name often used in English. This name derives from that of the Saxon tribe which spoke Old Saxon, the lect from which Low German evolved. This |
name (as Nedersaksisch) is the most common name of the language in the Netherlands. However, there is a dialect group called "Low Saxon" spoken in Lower Saxony in Germany, which Low German should not be confused with. On Wiktionary, the form(s) of Low German spoken in Germany are called Low |
German, the form(s) spoken in the Netherlands are called Dutch Low Saxon, and the form spoken by Mennonites and others outside central Europe are called Plautdietsch. Historical stages of the Saxon language Low German developed from the language Old Saxon. The earliest predecessors of the language were the West Germani... |
dialects spoken by the Saxon tribes. Middle Low German was heavily influenced the languages of the Hanseatic League's trading partners: Old/Middle Danish, Swedish, Norwegian. Key to pronunciation About the nature of long vowels Both Low German and Middle Low German have two kinds of vowel sounds that are traditionally ... |
vowels which were short in Old Saxon but stood in an open syllable, and thus were lengthened by regular sound change. Some confusion exists about the terminology of these vowels. Traditional grammars do not refer to the diphthongs as such, but call them simply "long vowels", and the speakers of |
most Low German dialects often think of them in those terms (much as the sound of the English eye is considered a ‘long i’ in traditional English grammar despite its diphthongal character). When speaking of "diphthongisation", especially regarding the dialects of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, an author might refer to a more ... |
the quasi-standard that Middle Low German had developed. This was because, at some point in history, most Low German dialects merged the sound-long A with the sound-long O. Later many merged the long A with the sound-long A as well. Which sound was kept and which was lost was random |
throughout the dialects. In addition, Low German orthography became more varied and also more randomized in later periods, so that words might be written with either A or O in a region (e.g. apen and open), while not necessarily giving away the pronunciation. Comparison of Low German and Dutch Low |
in Germany. - Influenced by standard High German, which capitalizes nouns, many Low German authors also capitalize nouns, and capitalized nouns are the norm (lemma form) for Low German. Many Dutch Low Saxon speakers do not capitalize nouns, and uncapitalized nouns are the norm (lemma form) for Dutch Low Saxon. |
Latin evaginare, to unsheath; ex-,from +vagina, sheath evaginate (third-person singular simple present evaginates, present participle evaginating, simple past and past participle evaginated) - (intransitive) To evert a body organ inside |
Economic opportunities for women still lagging: World Bank and OECD Wednesday, September 24, 2008 In a recent study released by the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), economic opportunities for women are still lagging behind opportunities for men in the developing world. Im... |
made in women health and education, according to the study. The study calls for investments totaling over US$13 billion a year to achieve gender equality and women empowerment. Danny Leipziger, World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, said, "gender equality is key for poverty reduction a... |
Progress on women’s education is essential but not enough if we don’t improve women’s access to good jobs and credit lines, to land ownership and to income-generating activities." The study Equality for Women: Where Do We Stand on Millennium Development Goal 3? looks at the achievements made by the developing |
world as laid out by the Millennium Development Goals (MD). These goals are eight international development goals that 189 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. They include halving extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting dise... |
as AIDS, and developing a global partnership for development. Education has improved in 82 countries out of 122 and are on track to meet their MD goals. However, 19 countries, 13 of which are in Sub- Saharan Africa, are seriously off track to meet their target. The United Nations will |
hold a conference on Thursday at the annual session of the UN in New York to discuss the Millennium Development Goals. - Press Release: "Mixed Results Towards Gender Equality, Say World Bank and OECD" — World Bank, September 24, 2008 - "$13 bn a year needed to achieve gender equality: |
Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. - January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of |
the United Kingdom . - January 8 – American Indian Wars – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. - January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople |
ends with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. - January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government. The Rebellion lasted until September of that year. - February 12 |
– Louis Renault, founder of Renault, is born in Paris, France. - March – The Nineteenth Century magazine is founded in London. - March 2 – In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the |
selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. - March 4 - March 15 – 1877 Australia v. England series: The first Test cricket match is |
held between England and Australia. - March 24 – For the only time in history, the Boat Race between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford is declared a "dead heat" (i.e. a draw). - April 12 – The United Kingdom |
annexes the South African Republic, violating the Sand River Convention of 1852 causing a new Xhosa War. - April 24 – Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: the Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire. - May 5 – American Indian Wars: |
Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. - May 6 – Realizing that his people are weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse of the |
Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska. - May 8–11 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is held. - May 16 – The May 16, 1877 political crisis occurs |
in France. - May 21 – (May 9 O.S.) – By a speech in the Parliament of Romania by Mihail Kogălniceanu, the country declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire (recognized in 1878 after the end of the Romanian independence |
war). - June 15 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. - June 17 – American Indian Wars – Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the |
U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. - June 21 – The Molly Maguires are hanged at Carbon County Prison in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. - June 26 – The eruption of Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador causes severe |
mudflows that wipe out surrounding cities and valleys, killing 1,000. - June 30 – The British Mediterranean fleet is sent to Besika Bay. - July 9 – The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club begins its first lawn tennis |
tournament at Wimbledon. - July 16 – Great railroad strike of 1877: Riots by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad railroad workers in Baltimore, Maryland lead to a sympathy strike and rioting in Pittsburgh, and a full-scale worker's rebellion in St. Louis, |
briefly establishing a Communist government before U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in the armed forces. - July 19 – Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: The first battle in the Siege of Plevna is fought. - July 30 – The second battle |
in the Siege of Plevna is fought. - August 9 – American Indian Wars – Battle of Big Hole: Near Big Hole River in Montana, a small band of Nez Perce people who refuse government orders to move to a |
reservation, clash with the United States Army. The United States Army loses 29 soldiers and the indians lose 89 warriors in an Army victory. - August 11 – Asaph Hall discovers Deimos, the outer moon of Mars. - August 18 |
– Asaph Hall discovers Phobos, the inner moon of Mars. - September 1 – The Battle of Lovcha, third battle in the Siege of Plevna, is fought. Russian forces successfully reduce the Ottoman fortress at Lovcha. - September 5 – |
American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier, after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska. - September 22 – Treaty 7 is concluded between several mainly Blackfoot First Nations |
tribes and the Canadian Confederation at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River, settling the Blackfoot on Indian reserves in what will become southern Alberta. - October 22 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. - November |
14 – Henrik Ibsen's first contemporary realist drama The Pillars of Society is premièred at the Odense Teater. - November 21 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound, considered Edison's first great |
invention. Edison demonstrates the device for the first time on November 29. - November 22 – The first college lacrosse game is played between New York University and Manhattan College. - December 9 – The fourth battle of the Russo-Turkish |
War, 1877–1878 is fought, concluding the Siege of Plevna. - December 14 – Serbia restates its previous declaration of war against Turkey. Date unknown - A professionally led army of draftees crushes a major rebellion by feudal elements protesting the |
loss of their privileges in Japan. - Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina is published complete in book form in Moscow. - January 2 – Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906) - February 4 – Eddie Cochems, Father of the Forward |
Pass in American football (d. 1953) - February 7 – G. H. Hardy, British mathematician (d. 1947) - February 14 – Edmund Landau, German mathematician (d. 1938) - February 17 – André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) - February 19 |
– Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962) - February 25 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935) - March 2 – Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1964) - March 4 - March 16 – Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah |
of Iran (d. 1944) - March 18 – Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945) - March 21 – Maurice Farman, French pilot and aircraft designer (d. 1964) - March 25 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961) - March 29 |
– Alois Kayser, German missionary (d. 1944) - April 30 – Alice B. Toklas, American writer (d. 1967) - May 3 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925) - May 23 – Grace Ingalls, youngest sister of author Laura Ingalls |
Wilder (d. 1941) - May 24 – Samuel W. Bryant, American admiral (d. 1938) - May 27 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927) - June 4 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) - June |
7 – Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944) - June 11 – Renée Vivien, British poet who wrote in French (d. 1909) - June 12 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (d. 1971) - |
June 14 – Jane Bathori, French opera singer (d. 1970) - July 2 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) - July 3 – Shafiqah Shasha (شفيقة شعشع), Lebanese-Australian matriarch (d. 1953) - July 6 – Arnaud |
Massy, French golfer (d. 1950) - July 13 – Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1962) - July 17 – Ernst von Dohnányi, Hungarian conductor (d. 1960) - July 19 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949) - August |
1 – Charlotte Hughes (née Milburn), the longest-lived person ever documented in the United Kingdom (d. 1993) - August 6 – Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (d. 1952) - August 7 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater |
(d. 1949) - August 15 – Stanley Vestal, American writer, poet, historian (d. 1957) - August 16 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest-civil engineer (d. 1935) - August 22 – Ananda Coomaraswamy, philosopher (d. 1947) - August 27 - August 29 |
– Dudley Pound, British admiral (d. 1943) - September 1 – Francis William Aston, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945) - September 2 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956) - September 6 – Buddy Bolden, |
American jazz musician (d. 1930) - September 26 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962) - October 4 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946) - October 15 – Helen Ware, American stage & film actress (d. 1939) - October |
27 – George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943) - October 29 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966) - November 2 – Claire McDowell, American silent film actress (d. 1966) - November 9 – Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher, |
one of the profound founding fathers of the Muslims of India (d. 1938) - November 15 – William Hope Hodgson, English author (d. 1918) - November 17 – Frank Lahm, Brigadier General USAF, airship pilot, early military aviator trained by |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.