| MS Monthly Newsletters | Each month, the Middle School departments will be publishing a newsletter here. |
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Just For
Parents (En Español) |
From the Parent Institute - an online School Success Service. |
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Parent Involvement Family Fun Calendar (En Español) |
This October Calendar from the Florida Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC) is full of ideas to help your children have fun while learning at home. |
| Parentlink | From any internet-connected computer, you can access information about your child's grades and attendance. For full instructions, please follow the instructions on the log-in page. NOTE - Please read log-in page information carefully for updates and information about Parentlink outages. |
| Lee County Public Schools Parent Page | This district page provides information about the Lee County schools, standardized testing information, student registration processes, and much more. |
| VPAA Faculty Listing | From links on this page, you can access your child's teacher's email address, classroom webpage and their monthly newsletter. |
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Interim and Report Card Schedule |
This pages shows the dates for all interim reports and report cards for the 2009-2010 school year. |
| Media Center Pages | Link to the VPAA Media Center where there is a wealth of information available to help you and your child locate instructional resources. |
| Cafeteria Info | This page has information about monthly menus, snack cart item prices, an online account for managing your child's lunch money and forms for applying for the Free and Reduce Lunch program. |
| "Memo to School" Form | Please print a few copies of this form and keep them handy. Use it to notify the school about such things as the reason for your child's absence, to explain funds sent to school with your child, to notify the school about a change of address or phone number, to request a change in the way your child goes home from school, etc... |
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FCAT Practice Tests
FCAT Myths vs. Facts |
The FCAT Sample Test Books, provided by the FL Department of Education, are designed to help students become familiar with FCAT by providing helpful hints and offering practice answering questions in different formats. The Sample Answer Keys are designed to help teachers explain to students the answers and solutions to the questions in the sample test books and to identify which Sunshine State Standards benchmark is being used by the question. |
| FCAT Explorer | FCAT Explorer is an online practice tool designed to help children strengthen the critical skills that are outlined in the Sunshine State Standards and tested on the FCAT. For more information about the FCAT, please click here. |
| FL DoE FCAT Pages | Some "Frequently Asked Questions" about the FL Comprehensive Assessment Test. Also, read this FCAT-FACT sheet... |
| For parents of Elementary and Middle School aged children. | |
| Elementary Grading Procedure | This letter to parents explains the procedure schools use to assign letter grades to elementary students for interim reports and report cards. |
READING RESOURCES |
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Beginning Reading Instruction (En Español) |
Provides practical ideas for parents as well as information on learning to read and activities for you to use to help your children become readers |
| Helping Parents Promote Literacy Skills | An informative article on how to influence a child's reading development at home |
| SUNLINK | A state database of school library media center holdings in Florida's K-12 public schools. |
| Sunrise Skill Builders | A publication from the FL Department of Education that outlines guidelines for physical, language, intellectual and other milestones for ages birth to 5 years. Includes a very comprehensive appendix to additional resources. |
| Helping your Child Become a Reader | A guidebook on how to promote reading at home, with activities from infancy through age 6. Available en Español. |
| Summer Reading Activities Kit | Great tips for reading this summer! |
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A
Guide for Parents (En Español) |
How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One? |
| Clifford Reading Tips for Parents | Clifford the Big Red Dog has some great tips for parents about the five essential components of reading. Thanks to our partnership with Scholastic, we are happy to share these with you. |
| Reading Intervention Curriculum | An extremely useful and comprehensive publication from "Just Read, Florida!" Whether you are a reading mentor, a classroom teacher, or a parent working with your own children, this curriculum is a great guide. It includes an overview of current reading research and weekly lessons for intermediate struggling readers. |
| Spaulding Phonics DVD | This is a movie that shows the movements that go with all Spaulding Phonograms. Click the Spaulding Phonics link at left, then scroll to the bottom of the page. Clcik Spaulding Phonics DVD. It will open in Windows Media Player. |
MATH RESOURCES |
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| Math.Com | Online activities, homework help, tips for parents, advice, answers, and more |
| Figure This! | Math challenges for families - from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Available en Español. |
| AAA Math | 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. Available en Español. |
| Ask Dr. Math | The Math Forum @ Drexel University provides this online resource. Question and answers, access to math tutors, definitions and formulas - and lots more. |
| Math Goodies | Math Goodies is a math education portal with 500 pages of activities for students, parents and educators. This award-winning site is visited daily by people from around the world. Parents and guardians can help their children with math education by using the resources listed. |
| DreamBox |
DreamBox empowers parent involvement in math education - helping parents with ideas for participating in their children’s math learning at home. |
| Math-Drills.com | Parents use the free math worksheets on this website to give their child extra practice with essential math skills. Using the math worksheets over the summer and other breaks allows students to stay sharp for the upcoming school term. |
| Cut-The-Knot.org | Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. |
| SoftSchools.com | Math Concepts, Tips, Games and Worksheets. |
SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES |
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| World'o'Meters | Dozens of statistics, updated in real time. Demographic information from around the world, with background information just a click away. |
| World Mapper | Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. |
| The Newseum Front Pages |
The Newseum
displays these daily newspaper front pages in their
original, unedited form. Some front pages may
contain material that is objectionable to some
visitors. Viewer discretion is advised. Lots more
information on this site.
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| The
Social Studies Textbooks 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade |
These links provide access to full text online version of the textbooks middle school students use in their Social Studies classes at VPAA. |
SCIENCE RESOURCES |
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| Try Science At Home | Your children need a great science education and you can do a lot to help make that happen. The first place to start is right here, where you'll find a world of information, activities, and ideas that are just like science - exciting, useful, and offering something for the whole family! |
| Elementary Education Science Resources on the Internet | This extensive list on the home page of a university professor provides links to virtual field trips and experiences for hands-on activities to try at home, plus links to science museums, lessons and unit plans, education organizations, and more. |
| Bill Nye - the Science Guy | |