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May 11 2021

Let’s Talk Math Strategies

 

Let’s Talk Math Strategies

My second-grade students are asked to fluently add and subtract within 100 when using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction per CCSS 2 NBT.5. Was that a mouthful? It’s a lot of words to explain how one can use different place value strategies when adding and subtracting two-and-three-digit numbers. This approach is a big departure from the kind of math I was taught when I was my students’ age.

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Written by Danielle Gentry · Categorized: Elementary School Parenting, Special Needs Parenting, stuggling students, Uncategorized · Tagged: #problem solving #parenting teens, Academic needs, academic success, distance learning, elementary education, math, Parenting, parents as teachers

May 04 2021

How to Help Our Children Enjoy Reading at Home

How to Help Our Children Enjoy Reading at Home

When our children are small, they are eager learners and love to hear us read stories at bedtime.  Many will fight with us to read just one more story. When our children start elementary school, they will learn to read. Some will struggle with learning vowels sounds, memorizing sight words, summarizing what they just read, or applying new concepts to the story. When working with primary grade students, here are some tips on how to make learning fun when practicing reading with your children at home:

  • Continue to read with your children each night and take turns reading to each other.
  • Let your children select the book that you will read. Many children want to read beyond their reading ability or below their reading ability. Let them enjoy that opportunity after they practice reading their assigned book.
  • Make reading fun by incorporating an art project. Some children like to act out the stories and they cut out characters and act out the story while you both take turns reading.
  • Some children love to illustrate the story and write summary sentences about what they read under the story.
  • Other children prefer to rewrite the story and create their own unique ending.
  • Get a journal for your reader and let them create new chapters or stories about their favorite characters.
  • Children love to create songs and write poems based on a story.
  • Reinforce learning skills by having the children sound out the words and use relaxation skills when they become frustrated. Some children prefer memorizing words instead of sounding them out.

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Written by Mary Ann Burke, Digital Education Expert · Categorized: Elementary School Parenting, Special Needs Parenting, stuggling students · Tagged: #struggling students, academic success, children's reading levels, parents as teachers, reading success

Apr 27 2021

Ways to Get Your Tween or Teen to Talk with You

Ways to Get Your Tween or Teen to Talk with You

Ask your tween or teen any question these days, and they are likely to reply with a vague grunt or the nonchalant shoulder shrug. Dare to start a dialogue with them, and you’ll be met with the notorious eye roll, am I right? As difficult as it may seem, children in the tween and teen stage still need positive connections with their parents. Parents need to keep in mind that it may take a few inventive and creative tactics to get that connection started. Don’t give up! Here are a few strategies that have worked for me: [Read more…]

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Written by Jaime Koo, Encouraging Literacy · Categorized: Parenting Adolescents · Tagged: #parenting teens, family values, parents as teachers, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

Apr 20 2021

What Will We Do With Children This Summer?

What Will We Do with Children This Summer?

It is spring and our children are getting excited about summer camps and activities. Many communities are now scheduling children for summer camps with an alternative plan of online activities if communities are forced to reenter lockdowns due to new COVID outbreaks. Activities that remain flexible include:

  1. Sports camps that reinforce independent skill development drills in sports like soccer and karate
  2. Snow skiing and outdoor sports camps while social distancing with others
  3. Park play, nature hiking, and beachcombing
  4. Swim lessons in a private pool without other students and masked instructors
  5. Cultural camps offered remotely
  6. Outdoors camping and backpacking trips
  7. Computer literacy camps
  8. Entrepreneur online camps
  9. Sewing camps with individualized learning options
  10. Music camps with individualized learning options

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Written by Joyce Iwasaki, Early Parenting · Categorized: Academic Support and Play Activities, Early Childhood Parenting, Elementary School Parenting, Parenting Adolescents · Tagged: Early Parenting, Educating children, Parenting, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

Apr 13 2021

Helping Our High School Students Prepare for College

Helping Our High School Students Prepare for College

As we complete another year of primarily remote learning, our high school students continue to thrive. Many of our graduating seniors have been accepted to four-year colleges with a full year of early learning college credits. These students showcase their talents by participating in college and career events at the school as they interview with board members for future careers and college goals.

Celebrate Achievement

This celebration of achievements prepares our students for the essential skills and educational requirements they will need to complete their college and career goals. As we consider next steps with all of our middle and high school students, we are striving to fully engage them in student led parent-teacher conferences throughout their school years. [Read more…]

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Written by Yvette King-Berg, College Readiness · Categorized: Parenting Adolescents, Secondary School Parenting, stuggling students, Uncategorized · Tagged: #problem solving #parenting teens, college and career planning, parents as teachers, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

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