How can Distance Education benefit students who struggle in
Math and Reading over the 8 weeks of summer when they are not in
school?
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Students from three elementary schools are chosen to
participate in an 8 week online program designed to improve math
and reading skills. The 8 week program would take place over summer
break and could be completed entirely online.
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Broadneck Elementary School Fourth grade MSA Scores for 2011:
Reading: Basic 5.5%, Proficient 40.4%, Advanced 54.1% Mathematics:
Basic less than 5%, Proficient 20.2%, Advanced 78.9% Rippling Woods
Elementary School Fourth grade MSA Scores for 2011: Reading: Basic
11.9%, Proficient 56.4%, Advanced 31.7% Mathematics: Basic 14.9%,
Proficient 32.7%, Advanced 52.5% Maryland City Elementary School
Fourth grade MSA Scores for 2011: Reading: Basic 8.7% Proficient
69.6% Advanced 21.7% Mathematics: Basic 21.3% Proficient 42.06%
Advanced 36.2%
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CategoryCommentsCost Licensing EdmodoClass assignment and
communication site Free Ticket To ReadReading Intervention and
Assessment Program $200.00 per 25 students = $600.00 Math
ReflexMath Intervention and Assessment Program $35.00 per student =
$2,100.00 Total:$2,700.00 Training Staff Training on math
technologiesWebsites and Math Reflex Training$500.00 Staff Training
on reading technologies Websites and Ticket to Read Training$500.00
Staff Training on EdmodoFor building liaisons$500.00
Total:$1,500.00
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CategoryCommentCost Hardware & Software Net books for each
studentAcer Net books from Best Buy$300.00 per student = $18,000.00
Microsoft Office Student SuiteMicrosoft Office Student Discount
Program $120.00 per student = $7,200.00 Norton Antivirus1-year
subscription$45.00 per student= $2,700 USB 4-G Internet
Connection/Service Fee Verizon Wireless$80 per student=$4,800
Total:$32,700.00 Staffing Development of Program Compensation 4
teachers = $8,000.00 Ticket to Read Compensation$1,000.00 Math
Reflex Compensation$1,000.00 Survey Monkey Compensation$1,000.00
Edmodo Compensation$1,000.00 Maintaining Summer Camp Compensation
$1,000.00 Total:$13,000.00
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CategoryCommentCost Technical Support
http://resources.oswego.org/games/math magician/maths1.html Math
GameFree http://www.pluralmath.com/Math Word ProblemsFree
http://www.storylineonline.net/SAG Story SiteFree
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math. htm Math GamesFree
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/s crapbook/ Book Character
ScrapbookFree http://www.tv411.org/reading/understand
ing-what-you-read/reading-charts-and- graphs Graphing
ActivitiesFree http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagrap h/ Create a
Graph SiteFree http://www.gigglepoetry.com/Poetry WebsiteFree
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/funny poems-sw.htm Poetry
CreatorFree Total:Free Miscellaneous: Pamphlets, Ink, Snacks for
trainings, meetings, and parent meeting/laptop pick-up night
$100.00 Total:$50,000.00
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The course runs eight weeks from June until August Ticket to
Read and Math Reflex will be the main intervention tools Ticket to
Read Math Reflex Supplemental activities will be used to reinforce
reading and math skills which will be posted on EdmodoEdmodo
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DateMain ActivitySupplemental Activity June 18Ticket to Read
Timed Math Game Practice- Click and play as many games as you would
like from http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmag
ician/maths1.html http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmag
ician/maths1.html June 25Math Reflex Create a PowerPoint about your
fourth grade year using the attached rubric. Post to website ( see
below) Answer the survey question on Edmodo July 2Ticket to Read
Choose 10 math problems to work on from this site:
http://www.pluralmath.com/ Post one math problem on the discussion
board and then answers someone elses.http://www.pluralmath.com/
July 9 Math Reflex- complete survey on summer camp website
http://www.storylineonline.net/http://www.storylineonline.net/
Choose a story to listen to and then write a summary on today's
blog that reviews the story. July 16Ticket to Read Choose any 2
math games to play and write a review in the blog about why you
chose those two games and what you liked about them.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
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DateMain ActivitySupplemental Activity July 23Math Reflex Take
one of your Ticket to Read stories or a story from
http://www.storylineonline.net and create a scrapbook using this
link http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scr apbook/ and
create a scrapbook about a character in the story. Post the link.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scr apbook/ July 30Ticket
to Read http://www.tv411.org/reading/understandi
ng-what-you-read/reading-charts-and- graphs Complete a graphing
activity http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ to create a
graph based on the data from the class website and post it into the
forum August 6Math Reflex
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Read 2
poems and then go to http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/funnyp
oems-sw.htm and create your own silly poem to post under that
assignment forum
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Type a final blog entry at the end of the course and respond to
the following questions in the blog: What were some of your
favorite parts of being in the summer camp? Why did you like it?
What didn't you like and why? What was hard for you? Do you think
other fourth graders would like to participate in something like
this?
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(2009). Voyager: Ticket to read. Available from
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N. C., & Miller, B. M. (2008). Stemming Summer Learning Loss.
New England Journal Of Higher Education, 23(1), 19-20. Education
Development Center. (2012). Reading charts and graphs. Retrieved
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http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/reading-charts-and-graphs
Simonson, M., Albright, M., Smaldino, S., & Zvacek, S. (2012).
Teaching and learning at a distance. (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn
& Bacon. Explore Learning. (2011). Reflex: Math fact fluency.
Retrieved from http://www.reflexmath.com/http://www.reflexmath.com/
Hoadworks Inc. (2000). The poem machine. Retrieved from
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/funnypoems-sw.htmhttp://www.surfnetkids.com/games/funnypoems-sw.htm
Maryland State Department of Education. (1998). 2011 Maryland
report card. Retrieved from http://www.mdreportcard.org/
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Meadowbrook Press. (2004). Giggle poetry. Retrieved from
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ National
Center for Education Statistics. (2005). Create a graph. Retrieved
from http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Oswego School
District. (2002). Math magician games. Retrieved from
http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/maths1.html
Scholastic. (2012). Character scrapbook. Retrieved from
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ Screen Actors
Guild Foundation. (2001). Storyline online. Retrieved from
http://www.storylineonline.net/http://www.storylineonline.net/
Selva Smart Works LLC. (2012). Math word problems. Retrieved from
http://www.pluralmath.com/http://www.pluralmath.com/ Sheppard, B.
(n.d.). Fun kids online math games. Retrieved from
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htmhttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm