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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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Skip the Cram Session: Slow Down and Read in Summer’s Last Days

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The fourth of July has come and gone, and while I personally love our most American of holidays, it also marks the beginning of the end of summer.  It just seems as if summer starts slipping away as the smoke from the fireworks drifts into the wind.

For most families, the beginning of a new academic year is now less than one month away.  It’s time for back-to-school shopping, schedule juggling and activity scheduling. Prep work for the school year can make a final summer hurrah feel like an insurmountable task. 

Can we go visit a theme park one more time? Can we take a short weekend trip? Is there a free weekend left for a sleepover, or a campout or a visit to grandma’s?Making summer memories is fun, but it requires time and money, after all. 

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Oklahoma Teacher of the Year finalists announced

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From The Oklahoman website:

As one educator steps into her role as Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, 12 others have been named as finalists for the 2020 award.

2019 state Teacher of the Year Becky Oglesby announced the finalists Tuesday before a packed auditorium at Southmoore High School. Educators from across the state attended workshops and heard an address from state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister at EngageOK on the Road during the multi-day conference's final stop in Moore.

The 2020 Teacher of the Year will be named on Sept. 17 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.

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Alpha Plus is Research Based.

Our formative and summative assessments are helping teachers take back their classrooms.

Reach out if we can help your school today!

 

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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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