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Title I

Connections

Wilkes Barre Area

School District

Spring 2020

Volume 2, Issue 10

Parent Resource Newsletter Parent Tips for School Success

Parent ENGAGEMENT = School Success!

What Parents Can Do: Be involved!

*Please check the WBASD Website

for up to date information on the Corona-

virus for parents and students.

www.wbasd.k12.pa.us

* LAST STUDENT DAY *

* June 5th, 2020 *

Title I

*Parent Resource Center*

During this difficult time, please feel free

to contact your child’s school if you are in

need of any support from the Title I Par-

ent Resource Center over the summer

months. Our Title I teachers are also

available through email and telephone for

information and support for your child.

This school year, especially the last two

and half months was a challenging one

for all. It put teachers, parents and stu-

dents into a new world of learning.

Thanks for your flexibility and courage

in taking on those challenges. We appre-

ciate all that you did to help in your stu-

dents’ learning and are sending you a big

“SHOUT OUT” for doing so!!!!

* Preventing the Summer Slide *

TIPS FOR PARENTS

Studies show that children who do not read or have access to

books during the summer lose up to 2 months of reading perfor-

mance. Those losses accumulate during the elementary school

years so that by the time a child enters middle school he/she may

be 2 1/2 years behind! All children, whether from low, middle or

upper income families, may fall victim to the “summer slide” if not

provided with summer reading opportunities. So how do we pre-

vent the summer slide-or even accelerate reading growth? Here

are a few ideas:

* Visit your local library! Help your child find “right fit” books. Right fit

books are books that are of high interest to your child and are not be-

yond their reading level. You can use the five finger test to determine if

the book is too difficult for your child. Open the book to a page with

many words. Have your child begin reading the text. Hold up a finger

for each word he/she does not know. If you have 4 or 5 fingers up, the

text may be too difficult for your child to read independently. Feel free to

still check out the book! It just may be a book you want to read with

your child.

* Be sure your child reads at least 20 minutes a day. According to re-

search, a child who reads only 1 minute a day outside of school will

learn 8,000 words by the end of sixth grade where a student who reads

20 minutes outside of school will learn 1,800,000 words! That’s huge! If

reading isn’t one of your child’s top priorities, you may need to set up

an incentive program.

* Set a good example. When your child sees you reading and enjoying

a book or a newspaper article, you are sending a message that reading

is important and valuable.

* Read to your child. When you read to your child, he/she hears the

rhythm of language. Be sure to read with expression! Changing your

voice for different characters and increasing your volume during excit-

ing parts are only a few ways to keep children engaged.

* Read with your child –explore different types of reading such as poet-

ry. For our little ones, poetry is great way to improve phonemic aware-

ness skills as poetry often incorporates rhyme. For our older children,

poetry is a means of improving fluency.

* Read for different purposes. Reading direc-

tions for a recipe or directions for assembling a

toy are fun ways of incorporating reading into

everyday activities.

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Math Summer Fun!

Maintain your child’s math skills over the summer with some easy hands-on activities!

* 100% delicious: Use ice cream to make fraction sundaes. Can you make an ice cream sundae that is one- half vanilla and one-half chocolate? What about one-third chocolate, one-third vanilla, and one-third strawberry? Can you cover a scoop of ice cream with one-quarter each nuts, sprinkles, cookie crumbs, and gummy bears? Or can you eat a bite of ice cream that is one-half chocolate, one-half vanilla? For old-er children, calculate the percentage of each ice cream flavor in the sundae.

*Record-breakers: Use a stopwatch to time yourself running, roller blading, swimming, or biking. Then try to beat your time. Be sure to keep the distance you’re moving the same for each trial. Graph the results. (You may need a partner for this.

*Where will you be? Using a map, calculate where you will you be if you travel 20, 50, 100, or 1,000 miles from home.

*How many ways? As you’re exploring your neighborhood during the summer, how many routes can you take to the school, the grocery store, the mall, or your friend’s house? The catch: No backtracking, and you must take a new route each time.

*Let’s eat: Prepare a meal or dish for the family. Before you go to the supermarket, find a recipe, write what you need and how much. At the supermarket, choose the best-priced option.

Check out some Math Websites over the summer!!

Internet4Classrooms: Provides free, easily accessible resources for students as young as pre-K or as old as high school. This site includes SAT/ACT resources, as well as links for assessment information and pintables for the classroom or home.

Education Place by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: This site consists of three main sections for educators, students, and families. As a product of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, this site works best when users have the appropriate text-books.

National Center for Education Statistics: As part of the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, this website is most suitable for more advanced math students. It has a great “What’s New” section for parents and students to keep up-to-date with the latest and greatest in math.

BrainPop Jr.: The quizzes, games, lesson plans, videos, and other activities on this site are not only beautifully done, but incredibly clear for students in levels K-3. They cover topics like telling time, geometry, data, fractions, measurement, and of course, addition and subtraction.