STRATEGIC SUMMER LEARNING

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• STRATEGIC SUMMER LEARNING

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Why become involved?

• Family and community involvement can have a
  powerful and positive impact on student outcomes.

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• According to A New Wave of Evidence The
  Impact of School, Family and Community
  Connections on Student Achievement, a research
  review published by the Southwest Educational
  Development Laboratory in 2002, students with
  involved parents, no matter what their income or
  background, are more likely to
• Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in
  higher-level programs
• Be promoted, pass their classes, and earn
  credits
• Attend school regularly
• Have better social skills, show improved
  behavior, and adapt well to school and
• Graduate and go on to post secondary education.

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Accountability Resources for Parents

• NC EOC/EOG Testing Information
• Parent Resources
• No Child Left Behind
• Questions or Concerns

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Summer Activities for Elementary School Math
Students

• Card Games
• Board Games
• Telling Time
• Counting Money
• Cooking
• Dice
• Family Math Night

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Online Resources for Elementary Math Students

• Standard Course of Study and EOG Sample Test
  Items
• Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Study Island
• Investigations for Families
• NSF Grant Mathematics Program

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Online Resources for Secondary School Math
Students

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Hotmath Games
• Math Bits
• NC DPI Sample EOC Test Questions
• Glencoe textbook
• Course 1
• Algebra 1

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Scavenger Hunt

• Take 5 minutes to find the geometric shapes on
  the handout. If you cant find the shape, write
  an example of one.
• Use this to create connections with mathematical
  terms and real world examples
• Other Scavenger Hunts

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Summer Literacy Activities for ALL Students

• Communicate to build listening and talking skills
• Read to and with your child
• Model being a reader and writer
• Make playing with words fun (interactive
  journals, write notes, play 20 questions or I
  Spy)

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Lets Try It!

• Read the news article from todays postings on
  cnn.com
• Use the Connection Cube at your table to talk
  about what youve read.
• What questions and discussion came up?

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Possible Reading Sources

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Books
• Internet
• Public library summer book lists
• Brochures/pamphlets from museums
• Be curious about the world!

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Online Literacy Resources for Students

• National Institute of Literacy
• Parents as Teachers National Center
• Fun Brain Game
• Play Kids Games

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Decade Activity

• Take an index card that is located on your table
• Decide which decade the song on your index card
  was orginated and go stand by the appropriate
  decade signs around the room
• Discuss with others in your decade group if this
  is the correct decade for your song

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Processing Loop

• With the members of your
• decade group give at least
• two literacy and two math
• ideas you will take back to
• your schools to share.

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Presenters

• Joanne Whitley, Title 1 Coordinator
• High School Math
• Meredith Parrish, Title 1 Coordinator Elementary
  School Literacy
• Renee Smith, Title 1 Coordinator
• Middle School Math