Technology Resources for Parents Booklet

Helping Your Child Succeed!

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Purpose
The purpose of this booklet is to inform and educate parents with the technological resources our site provides that will assist them with helping their children (Chester Morrison students) succeed.

Why is this important?

These resources are important because they are here to help your child become more successful in and out of the classroom. They are free resources that your child can easily access at home with an Internet connection. In states, school districts and schools across the country, there is substantial evidence that technology has become a vital component for the success of the entire educational enterprise by:

Improving learning and achievement among urban, suburban and rural students of all ages and abilities and aids all students to meet high standards (EdTech Action Network)

Parent Information
Please check our school website regularly. (http://www.menifeeusd.org/cwm/) There is a lot of useful information on our website such as news, staff e-mails, calendars, student podcasts, and much more! Also, click on the Parent Info tab to get access to many great links and resources that will get you started on helping your child succeed!

Also, check to see if your childs teacher has a web page that you can access, or other electronic resources that would be helpful.

What if I Dont Have Internet Access?

You may go to the Sun City Library where you may access the Internet for free if you have a library card. You may acquire a card for free by stopping by the Sun City Library: 2682 Cherry Hills Blvd. Sun City, CA. 92586. Phone Number: (951) 679-3534 Riverside County Library System website: www.rivlib.net
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READING RESOURCES
Our school offers many great resources to aid in your childs reading development. Please make sure you are taking advantage of these great programs that will help your child become a better reader, which in return, will make them better students all around.

Reading programs you should be taking advantage of:

And yes, theres an App. for AR!

Have your child practice on your smart phone!

Please review the following three pages so you can have a better understanding of what these programs have to offer.

http://www.renlearn.com/default.aspx
*Reading Success is as Easy as 1-2-3 with AR
Student Reads a Book. Students choose books at their appropriate reading levels and read them at their own pace. Visit AR BookFinder to search for available titles. 1. Student Takes a Quiz. Accelerated Reader Enterprise offers more than 140,000 quizzes to help you motivate and monitor students reading performance and vocabulary growth. You Get Information. You get immediate feedback on the reading and vocabulary progress of each student. *Renaissance Home Connect By logging in from your home computer you can

See progress toward reading goals. Conduct book searches using AR Bookfinder Review results on AR quizzes. View number of books read, words read, and quizzes passed. And much, much more.

*Accelerated Reader (AR) is the most popular and successful reading product of all time. ARs advanced technology helps you: Make essential reading practice more effective for every student. Personalize reading practice to each students current level. Manage all reading activities including read to, read with, and read independently. Assess students reading with four types of quizzes: Reading Practice, Vocabulary Practice, Literacy Skills, and Textbook Quizzes. Build a lifelong love of reading and learning.
*Information retrieved from www.renlearn.com

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Raz-Kids has been a fantastic tool for our teachers and students. Teachers at Morrison use it for practice/review, intervention, and even assessments. It is a great tool for students to practice their reading comprehension skills, develop vocabulary, work on decoding skills, and practice many other reading standards. Also, most importantly of all, it has motivated our students to read! *The Raz-Kids animated leveled books and interactive quizzes give

educators choices. Students listen to books read aloud, read with vocabulary and pronunciation support, and read without support. They read freely in the bookroom. Or, teachers easily limit students to appropriate reading levels and specific books and track student reading progress. Students can practice reading to improve reading comprehension and reading fluency anywhere with Internet access.
Students can even record themselves reading if the computer they are using has a microphone. Teachers can then use this for a running record and use it as a legitimate assessment.

*Students improve their reading skills by:

Listening for modeled fluency Reading for practice Recording their reading Checking comprehension with quizzes

*Information retrieved from www.raz-kids.com

Language Arts Study Island has been a very valuable tool here at Chester W. Morrison. We use Study Island for a variety of things including...

having students practice all core standards students practice SMART Goal standards used for intervention groups (RTI) used to teach from (has many great resources to aid in lessons, including worksheets and PowerPoints) used as whole class interactive practice

The program provides differentiated instruction and review that goes beyond the textbook, including interactive activities and animations for students as they move through standards-based literacy lessons. To increase student motivation, the program allows students to complete lessons in any order, offers symbolic rewards for progress (i.e., students receive a blue ribbon when they achieve content mastery) and includes strategies to increase student self-efficacy (e.g., students experience gains in reading, goals are set for achieving specific standards). (M, Styers)

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MATH RESOURCES
In addition to Study Island Math, there are many great resources for your child to practice their math skills. Visit these great links off of our web page. Please review the following mathematical resources to help get your child at grade-level, or to give them a head start for the next grade.

Math
Just like in language arts, Study Island math aids teachers in a variety of ways.

Study Island math is a great way to spiral the curriculum so that students dont forget what theyve learned and get preview of things they are going to learn. Students love playing the games that accompany the math practice. You can choose the number of questions that you want to be tested on. You can go back and review the questions you missed so you can see what you did wrong.

*With Study Island we can:

Differentiate instruction with built-in remediation to raise individual student achievement Monitor student progress with real-time RTI reporting Provide rigorous and engaging content that is continually updated as standards change Assign content to individual students based on their prescribed instructional level Adjust difficulty levels to fit each individual student's needs.

*Information retrieved from www.studyisland.com

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Math Links

http://www.multiplication.com/
Multiplication.com is a great site for you child to practice and master their multiplication facts. Besides tons of fun multiplication games, it is full of great resources like free worksheets, flashcards, bingo cards, and tests/quizzes. You can also purchase many other things as well.

http://www.gamequarium.com/
Gamequarium has links to some of the best interactive educational games on the web. You can choose games and activities, e-books, printables, and videos for grades K-12.

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http://www.aaamath.com/
AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current level. The AAAMath.com site contains thousands of pages of Math Lessons. (retrieved from AAAmath.com)

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Arcademics Skill Builders.com has online educational video games that offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.

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