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How Parents Can Support the Common Core Writing Standards

The Writing Common Core State Standards are national standards that indicate what K-12 students are expected to learn in writing and the English language arts. The standards themselves are lengthy and span K-12, but it's important for parents to understand the goals of the standards and ways to support school instruction at home. The recommendations below align with the four "anchor standards" of the Common Core writing standards: Text Types and Purposes, Production and Distribution of Writing, Research to Build and Present Knowledge, and Range of Writing. Text Types and Purposes What it means: We write for many different purposes, [...]

How Parents Can Support the Common Core Writing Standards2024-09-20T13:11:20-05:00

5 Ways To Improve Your ACT Score

If your first (or second) ACT score isn't quite what you were hoping for, you probably plan to take the test again. Here are some simple ways to boost your score and improve your college acceptance and scholarship odds. Julie: We recently went through the nail-biting experience of waiting for my son's first ACT score to arrive. When it finally did, his reaction was almost exactly like our daughter's had been four years earlier: happy, relieved, but hoping to do a bit better next time. Lindsey was able to improve her ACT score by three points when it was all said [...]

5 Ways To Improve Your ACT Score2024-07-30T18:12:44-05:00

How to Nurture Lifelong Readers in a Digital Age

Successful readers develop not just the skill but the habit of reading. As a decline in pleasure reading coincides with a move to different modes of screen-based texts, experts worry students need more comprehensive support to become lifelong readers in the digital age. "There's a lot of pressure on readers today to be able to select texts that are purposeful and useful and to discard others" in academic contexts, said Kristen Turner, a professor of teacher education at Drew University and the director of the Digital Literacies Collaborative, a professional network for teachers. "Then also to ï¬nd those long-form texts that [...]

How to Nurture Lifelong Readers in a Digital Age2024-07-30T18:11:30-05:00

10 Things You Can Do to Raise a Reader

  Parents are a child's first teacher, and there are many simple things you can do every day to share the joy of reading while strengthening your child's literacy skills. Read from day one. Start a reading routine in those very first days with a newborn. Even very young babies respond to the warmth of a lap and the soothing sound of a book being read aloud. Share books every day.Read with your child every day, even after he becomes an independent reader. Reread favorites. Most children love to hear their favorite stories over and over again. Rereading books provides an [...]

10 Things You Can Do to Raise a Reader2024-07-30T18:11:30-05:00

How To Improve In Reading & Writing

How can you learn to read and write better? More to the point here: How can you learn to read and write better by reading web pages such as these? First of all: Reading is primary. One can write only as well as one reads. Consider: Not all readers are writers. Many people read newspapers and novels and never write an original word themselves. They can decipher words and sentences on the page, but do not have a sufficient grasp of spelling and grammar to construct their own sentences. But all writers must be readers! You cannot write without reading as [...]

How To Improve In Reading & Writing2024-07-30T18:10:27-05:00

10 Homework Tips That Will Improve Your Grades

Your homework habits might be affecting your grades. Are you staying on track with your assignments? Feeling tired, achy, or bored when it comes to homework time? Are you arguing with parents about your grades? 1. USE A PLANNER Did you know that poor organization skills can reduce your final scores by a whole letter grade? That's why you should learn to use a day planner the right way. Who can afford to score a big fat "0" on a paper, just because we got lazy and didn't pay attention to the due date? Nobody wants to get an "F" because [...]

10 Homework Tips That Will Improve Your Grades2024-07-30T18:10:27-05:00

How To Ace Your Next Exam

Not surprisingly, the number one thing you can do to ace your next exam is - Study! But here are some other tips to help you: Test yourself with a practice test Discover your weak areas from the practice test Study again Test yourself again That is the simplified version. For really great results on your finals: Start Early Gather together all the material you have received during the term. You probably have handouts, notes, old assignments, and old tests. Do not leave anything out. Read through your class notes twice. Some things will sound familiar and some things will sound [...]

How To Ace Your Next Exam2024-07-30T18:10:26-05:00

Why The SAT & ACT Exams Post COVID 19 Are More Important Than Ever

Four-year colleges may face a loss of up to 20 percent in fall enrollment for 2020 according to SimpsonScarborough, a higher education research and marketing company who has predicted this on the basis of multiple student surveys it has conducted. Students are uncertain that campuses will reopen, and now are reluctant to commit for the fall. Evidence of this is based on surveys of more than 2,000 college-bound high school seniors and current college students in March, just after the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, and in April, after three weeks of record unemployment claims. For schools, enrollment drops [...]

Why The SAT & ACT Exams Post COVID 19 Are More Important Than Ever2024-07-30T18:09:18-05:00

Essential Study Keys

If you have a son or daughter entering middle or high school this coming fall, you may be feeling apprehensive about the increased workload, the increasing difficulty of the curriculum, and the impending expectation that your student will be able to apply proper study habits. Being able to take good notes, engage in active reading, develop study and memorization techniques, and prepare adequately for upcoming tests and quizzes are all essential skills that students need in order to do well in school. And even though good study habits and proper study and organizational skills are crucial for student success, these important [...]

Essential Study Keys2024-07-30T18:07:44-05:00

6 Tips For A Successful School Year

As the new school year unfolds, the time is ripe to consider some important tips about creativity, productivity, and well-being so as to inspire parents and kids. Please see these tips for fortifying kids' capacities now, and throughout the school year. 1. Creativity develops over time, with the right kinds of learning opportunities, challenges, and supports. People are at their most creative when they're doing what they love to do. Help children harness that enjoyment by finding their own niches and experiential pleasures, and support them in following their interests as they change over time. 2. Resourcefulness furthers intellectual growth, and [...]

6 Tips For A Successful School Year2024-07-30T18:06:40-05:00

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