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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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Meet Our CEO, Jan Barrick

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick, founded Alpha Plus in 1990.

Prior to starting her company, Jan was a classroom teacher.

She believes it's crucial for curriculum to be written by Oklahoma teachers, to Oklahoma standards.

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The Way to an A: Reading is the Ultimate 2 for 1 Special

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Reading: The Ultimate Two for One Special

Parents can be great multi-taskers. Educators are really good at multi-tasking, too.

I’ll tell you what that means at Alpha Plus, but first, let’s talk about reading.

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Jan Barrick's Column in OKC Friday

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We want to thank the OKC FRIDAY for sharing our founder, Jan Barrick's column this week. How's your snail coming along this summer? Read this article to see what we mean!

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Invest in Knowledge

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
-Benjamin Franklin

Help your children invest in knowledge over the summer months.

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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.