When your child begins to read it is a thrilling moment. Then the press to rush their skills begins. We have this desire to move them up the ability ladder ASAP. As parents we want them to be in the highest reading group. We hope for high test scores. We picture Harvard or Stanford in […]
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Engaging Parents From School To Home
The school to home link is very important to me. Many people view today’s education as starting and stopping in the classroom. Learning is an ongoing process and needs to continue from the classroom to home and back again. But parents tell me all the time that they don’t know how to ‘teach’ their children, […]
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Bridging the Summer Gap
I am always looking for ways to make the school-to-home link. I think all too often we expect our parents to follow through, but forget that they are not always equipped with the necessary tools needed to do so. A lot of times parents don’t know where to look or even what to look for […]
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Fun Math Activities for Summer Vacation
Parents are the first teachers. Parents can also be of great assistance to their children during summer vacation by doing activities that reinforce skills already learned. The following fun math activities will keep your children occupied while reinforcing math topics that have been taught. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division Take a trip to the grocery store […]
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Parent Tips: How to help your child be prepared for Kindergarten
Sitting in the hallway at school today I was thinking about the parent side of Kindergarten. It was especially paramount in my mind because I was registering my own daughter for school. As she was being assessed for her academic skills, I began thinking about the other things that she should know to enter school. As […]
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Student Teacher Diaries: Parent Teacher Conferences
Twice a year the school system demands we stop and reflect. Â This is not enough, but I love this time of year when I look at the growth all students have made. Â Not everyone is where I want them, but it is important to focus on how far students have come in the year and […]
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Tips for Parents: Change Your Math
I love math! Â In high school, however, I remember we were asked to show ALL work. Â There were things I was just doing in my mind that I had never been asked to break down or explain. Â This was a difficult task, but it made me push myself to understand the process. Â No longer was […]
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Tips for Parents: How to help your high school ELA student succeed in Common Core
There are major shifts in all curriculum with the new common core standards. Many parents are intimidated by the changes and all doing all they can to help their children succeed. As an ELA teacher, I have a simple and obvious solution to help your high school student read. Seriously. Don’t just hand them a […]