tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74734283133530727422024-03-05T06:47:13.476-08:00NEWSLETTERMrs. Michelle Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602537230722208924noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473428313353072742.post-17164357531428726832021-05-01T10:47:00.001-07:002021-05-06T13:56:13.100-07:00May 2021<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">Appleton Area School District’s (AASD) Elementary English Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum is based on Wisconsin’s State Standards. This month’s Literacy Corner will focus on how parents can support their child with summer reading. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">Summer is a great time for students to relax and recharge. One great way for them to spend time relaxing is by enjoying great books. While children often feel that reading is just for school, it is important that they continue to read throughout the summer months to avoid what many call summer slide. Summer slide refers to the loss of reading skills over the summer months that happens when children don’t continue to practice reading and using the strategies they learned over the course of the school year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">Providing interesting reading material over the summer months will help to keep your child engaged in reading. This can mean reading books, magazines and even online articles. Keep in mind, it isn’t enough to just provide material, it is also important to match your child with just right text on topics that they will enjoy reading about. Also, talk with your child about what they are reading to promote comprehension and read along with them! </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 125%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">As a parent, you may sometimes struggle to keep learning lively and exciting outside of the virtual classroom—and most kids aren’t thrilled about the idea of extra practice for school. Of course, there’s also the parental goal of encouraging <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/5-ways-summer-school-can-benefit-students/" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">learning over the summer</a>, when your children have more appealing options like playing video games or splashing in a pool. How can a parent compete with summer fun?</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">The good news is that there is a simple and fun way to <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/resources-enrich-homeschool-curriculum-connections-academys-resource-list/" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">supplement your student’s learning</a>! By downloading educational yet enjoyable apps on an iPhone, an iPad, or an Android device, your student can engage with a wide range of school subjects—in the car, at the grocery store, or from the comfort of home.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">To help you get started on your educational app search, here are a few recommendations from currently enrolled virtual school families<span style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*</span>:</span></div>
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Elementary–Middle School</span></h3>
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<li><span style="color: #783f04;">If your child enjoys watching movies, BrainPop Jr. is the perfect app for him or her! Not only does the app provide interactive movies about science, social studies, reading, writing, math, health, arts, and technology, but also it comes with quizzes and bonus features. BrainPop Jr. is a fun way for students to <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/encourage-student-think-deeper/" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">practice their critical thinking skills</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #783f04;">Reading Eggs is an engaging platform to keep young readers practicing and motivated. Developed by educational experts, the app includes tons of reading activities and games. You’ll be surprised by how much fun your child can have while learning how to read!</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #783f04;">Help your student learn all about the fifty states with Stack the States! The app combines games with challenging questions that cover state identification, capitals, geographical features, and flags. Try it together. You may even end up learning something, too!</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #783f04;">Learn how to spell with Vocabulary SpellingCity! Through exciting activities like HangMouse, Missing Letter, and Spelling TestMe, the app can <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/help-students-write-think-clearly/" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">help your student build his or her vocabulary and writing skills</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></li>
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Middle–High School</span></h3>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #783f04;">Does your student have an important exam coming up? Use Quizlet to </span><a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/8-ways-students-can-improve-test-grades/" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">p</a></span><a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/8-ways-students-can-improve-test-grades/" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">repare for the big day</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">! The app makes studying easy by allowing users to create virtual flash cards, and providing helpful study reminders.</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #783f04;">Hola, bonjour, ciao, hallo. Looking to <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/learning-foreign-languages-in-online-school/" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">enhance your student’s education with a new language</a><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">? Try Duolin</span></span><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">go! W</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">ith stimulating lessons, the app helps students learn how to read, write, listen to, and speak several different languages, including Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. PhotoMath</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/how-can-parents-with-math-anxiety-help-their-kids-learn-math/" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Math isn’t always the easiest subject to grasp</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">—that’s why PhotoMath was created to walk students through a math problem, step by step. All you have to do is take a picture of the math problem on your phone and the app will do the rest!</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #783f04; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Easy Bib</span><br />
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">Citing sources for a school paper no longer has to be a tedious and confusing process! With Easy Bib’s advanced citation tools, students can quickly and easily create a citation. To ensure accuracy, all citations are reviewed by librarians and teachers.</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">Why buy a graphic calculator when you can use a high-quality virtual one for free? Using the Desmos Graphic Calculator, students are able to conveniently <a href="http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/slow-down-to-support-math-learning/" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">solve challenging math equations</a><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> by creating tables, adding sliders, plotting functions, and more.</span></span></li>
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All Grades</span></h3>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">Learning doesn’t have to stop just because the school day or week is over! Through practice exercises and instructional videos, Khan Academy offers extra support in several different courses, including math, science, computer programming, and history.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">Educational apps are a great and engaging way to continue reinforcing, sharpening, and developing learning skills after the school day or during the summer.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #783f04;">Which educational apps are helpful—and entertaining—for your student? Share your tips with us in the comments!</span></div>
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<a href="https://wcanewsletter.blogspot.com/p/wisconsin-connection-academys-4k.html" style="color: #f48d1d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;">WCA Offers 4K</a></div>
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Mrs. Michelle Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602537230722208924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473428313353072742.post-634592901726927792021-02-01T09:51:00.005-08:002021-02-03T12:50:48.004-08:00February 2021<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: x-large;">Let Your Voice Be Heard</span></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht7nzyJb9h0/X_SqHHSHofI/AAAAAAAAAXE/F0BuBWiaK18l4-AlqAJOw7Dc3ZqdYWMUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s310/Survey%2BPic.png" style="clear: right; color: #f48d1d; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="174" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht7nzyJb9h0/X_SqHHSHofI/AAAAAAAAAXE/F0BuBWiaK18l4-AlqAJOw7Dc3ZqdYWMUQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h174/Survey%2BPic.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">In January, you should have received an</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19.4922px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">email with regards to our Parent Satisfaction Survey. This email will contain a link to the survey. </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19.04px;">This is your opportunity to let the school and Connections Academy know what is going well or not so well. Please take the time to complete the survey. The survey will close on February 26.</span></span></h3>
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Mrs. Michelle Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602537230722208924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473428313353072742.post-49289515886447692602021-01-06T12:54:00.009-08:002021-01-07T14:27:32.949-08:00January 2021<div class="MsoBodyTextIndent3" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-indent: 0pt;">
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Mrs. Michelle Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602537230722208924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473428313353072742.post-41646560751690424662020-12-04T14:14:00.060-08:002020-12-07T10:04:49.940-08:00WCA First Virtual Field Trip<h4 style="text-align: left;">
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Mrs. Michelle Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602537230722208924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473428313353072742.post-5426537540304663982020-10-01T14:18:00.003-07:002020-10-09T11:32:38.610-07:00October 2020<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Electives give the student another opportunity to expand upon his or her core academic studies. It is our desire to ensure that your student had enough time to become comfortable with the core curriculum before adding elective coursework. This is why electives are not offered sooner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzS6syrlkJlXabEUzn_HoAh4S1doiihU2N16KMYQUy_JqfPJMt9l6OVg5LU-AS35r4iADrwpBcJDx3tPA4z7ivNmiz2Z6smDQGjbf27L07UtkvYL5FaJGqu-lf_H783IhgEyg4rHjADa4/s1600/HOLA.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="597" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzS6syrlkJlXabEUzn_HoAh4S1doiihU2N16KMYQUy_JqfPJMt9l6OVg5LU-AS35r4iADrwpBcJDx3tPA4z7ivNmiz2Z6smDQGjbf27L07UtkvYL5FaJGqu-lf_H783IhgEyg4rHjADa4/s200/HOLA.png" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%;">Grades 3-8 students do have the opportunity to sign up for a foreign language elective. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 119%;">Please note that WCA has a Spanish teacher, Mrs. Plantiko, on staff.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%;"> Students who take a different language will be working with a National Connections Academy teacher. All foreign languages do require additional live virtual class time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your student is required to meet the following eligibility requirement before s/he can participate in an elective:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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