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Technology Resourcesfor Parents Booklet

Helping Your Child

Succeed!


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Chester W. Morrison Elementary 2012-13

These resources are important because they are hereto help your child become more successful in and out of the

classroom. They are free resources that your child can eas-

ily access at home with an Internet connection.

In states, school districts and schools across the

country, there is substantial evidence that technology hasbecome a vital component for the success of the entire edu-

cational enterprise by:

Improving learning and achievement among urban, subur-

ban and rural students of all ages and abilities and aids all

students to meet high standards

(EdTech Action Network)

The purpose of this booklet is to inform and educateparents with the technological resources our site provides

that will assist them with helping their children (Chester

Morrison students) succeed.

Why is this important?

Purpose


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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 thatwould be helpful.

Parent Information

What if I Dont Have Internet Access?

You may go to the Sun City Library where you may access the In-ternet 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) 679-3534Riverside County Library System website: www.rivlib.net
http://www.menifeeusd.org/cwm/http://www.menifeeusd.org/cwm/http://www.rivlib.net/http://www.rivlib.net/http://www.rivlib.net/http://www.menifeeusd.org/cwm/


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READING RESOURCESOur 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, whichin return, will make them better students all around.

Reading programs you should be taking advantage of:

Please review the following three pages so you can have a

better understanding of what these programs have to

offer.

Have your child practice on your smart phone!

And yes,

theres an

App. for

AR!


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http://www.renlearn.com/default.aspx

*Accelerated Reader (AR) is the most popular and successful readingproduct 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 inde-

pendently.

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.

*Reading Success is as Easy as 1-2-3 with ARStudent Reads a Book. Students choose books at their appropri-

ate reading levels and read them at their own pace. Visit ARBookFinder to search for available titles.

1.

Student Takes a Quiz. Accelerated Reader Enterprise offersmore than 140,000 quizzes to help you motivate and monitor stu-

dents reading performance and vocabulary growth.

You Get Information. You get immediate feedbackon 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.

*Information retrieved from www.renlearn.com
http://www.renlearn.com/arbookfinder/http://www.renlearn.com/arbookfinder/http://www.renlearn.com/arbookfinder/http://www.renlearn.com/arbookfinder/


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*Students improve their reading skills by:

Listening for modeled fluency

Reading for practice

Recording their reading

Checking comprehension with quizzes

*The Raz-Kids animated leveled books and interactive quizzes give

educators choices. Students listen to books read aloud, read with vo-

cabulary and pronunciation support, and read without support. They

read freely in the bookroom. Or, teachers easily limit students to ap-

propriate 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 read-

ing if the computer they are using has a mi-

crophone. Teachers can then use this for a running record and use it

as a legitimate assessment.

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 theirreading comprehension skills, develop vocabulary, work on decoding

skills, and practice many other reading standards. Also, most im-

portantly of all, it has motivated our students to read!

*Information retrieved from www.raz-kids.com


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Language Arts

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

ing...

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 les-

sons, 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 anima-

tions for students as they move through standards-based literacylessons. To increase student motivation, the program allows students

to complete lessons in any order, offers symbolic rewards for pro-gress (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 RESOURCESIn addition to Study Island Math, there are many great re-

sources 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.


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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 pre-

view 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 in-

structional level

Adjust difficulty levels to fit each individual student's needs.

*Information retrieved from www.studyisland.com


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Math Links

Gamequarium has links to some of the best interactive edu-

cational games on the web. You can choose games and activi-

ties, e-books, printables, and videos for grades K-12.

Multiplication.com is a great site for you child to practice

and master their multiplication facts. Besides tons of funmultiplication 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.multiplication.com/

http://www.gamequarium.com/
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...contnuedMath Links

AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive

arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on eachtopic 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 cur-

rent level. The AAAMath.com site contains thousands of

pages of Math Lessons. (retrieved from AAAmath.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.

http://www.aaamath.com/

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
http://www.aaamath.com/http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/http://www.aaamath.com/http://www.aaamath.com/


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