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Teaching Vocabulary Takes More Than Just Talking About Words During Read-Aloud

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Teaching vocabulary requires more than just reading aloud. What are your favorite methods for helping kids expand their respective vocabularies?

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Free Help for Parents and Kids: Specific, Grade Appropriate Objectives

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Khan Academy provides free help for parents and kids who want to study specific, grade appropriate objectives. Simply set up an account for your child, and you'll be able to track lessons and progress. Thirty minutes of work each day during the summer break can make all the difference for your child. It's not too late. Start today!

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Prepare Your Children for the Next School Year

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Summer isn't all sunshine and swimming pools! Make time to prepare your child for the next school year. Spending just 30 minutes a day focused on the objectives for your child's upcoming grade level can make all the difference.

Find a list here>> https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-academic-standards

List is from Oklahoma Academic Standards at the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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A Simple but Powerful Class Opening Activity

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Here's a good idea from the George Lucas Educational Foundation's website: Edutopia.org comes an article by Alex Shervrin Venet.

The rose and thorn check-in is a quick strategy for building community and developing student voice.

"At the start of a recent class, my students gathered a bouquet of good news: a trip to Ireland, an end to recent car troubles, an upcoming visit with a friend. These were highlights they shared during our start-of-class routine, the rose and thorn check-in."

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Reading Drives Results for Oklahoma Schools

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In our last column, we discussed fostering a love of reading by taking time to read in summer’s last days.

This week, school children have begun heading back to class.

Parents of third graders may already be thinking about the third grade reading assessment, which will be given to students next spring.  Statistically, we know that more than 80 percent of all students are capable of passing a standardized test if they are provided with the right curriculum.

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.