Title: QISS December 2015 PEP Talk
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Parent Education Program
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
TOPIC Strategies and Toolkits for Maintaining
Learning Progress During Holidays
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Presenters
Mr. Matthews QCIE Program Coordinator
Dr. Teston QISS Director
Mrs. Kumbier Grade 3 Teacher
Ms. Cox Grade 1 Teacher
Mrs. Nicklas Upper School Art Specialist
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Outline
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The importance of daily reading for academic
success
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6- As well as vocabulary, through reading students
encounter new grammatical structures, phrases,
idioms etc. - They also learn new ideas, encounter moral
problems that they need to work through on their
own and get exposed to different ways of
thinking. - Reading for pleasure is something every parent
should encourage their child to do as much as
possible.
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Holiday Homework and Ideas for Lower School
8Holiday Homework and Ideas for Lower School
- Festival of Words
- Spelling Bee word list
- Lower school Grades 1-2, 3-5
- Upper school Grade 6-8, 9-12
- Bookmark Competition
9Maintaining Literacy
- www.BrainpopESL.com
- username qingdao_admin
- password student
- Holiday writing journals
- Holiday reading ideas
10Math
- IXL.com
- TenMarks.com
- Ask your childs teacher for login details.
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Holiday Homework and Ideas for Upper School
12Keep a journal
- Use visual prompts or sentence starters.
- Describe your day to day activities
- Try free writing!
- Encourage students to write at least every other
day. A good time is in the evening before heading
to bed or first thing in the morning. - Remember to illustrate
- your work.
13Flex your brain with visual thinking strategies
- Visit a museum or find a work of art online.
- Ask the following questions
- What is happening in this artwork?
- What makes you say that?
- How does this artwork make you feel? Why?
- VTS is a proven way to support literacy through
the decoding of visual images. - http//www.vtshome.org/
14Play a writing game together or online
- Exquisite corpse is a writing game devised by the
surrealists - It involves writing a sentence on a piece of
paper and then folding the paper so that the next
person can only see the last word of the
sentence. Keep writing until everyone has had a
turn. Open it and read! - You can also play this online and read other
stories by visiting foldingstory.com
15Play Madlibs
- Mad libs involves filling in the blanks of a
story only knowing the parts of speech. - You can find free printables online or visit the
madlibs website and buy online versions. - http//www.madlibs.com/
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How to balance learning needs while giving
children important holiday relaxation time
17Life Experiences gt Study , study, study
- Dont weigh children down with excessive amounts
of academic work - Maintaining academic progress is important, but
so is being a child. - Learning through life experiences is crucial to
development.
18Holiday Homework Balance
- Focus on areas that need development
- Set aside specific times for study
- Ensure that work they must do isnt done on the
last Sunday of the break
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Parent Education Program
Thanks for coming!