Middle School Memos
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Middle School Materials List 2010-2011 
Required Summer Reading for Middle School: 
Additional Suggestions for Summer Review:
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Summer Bridge Activities Books - These workbooks can be purchased through local book stores or ordered online. They provide general review in all subjects and they allow parents to pace work and skip, alter or expand activities to meet the individual needs of their children. These are like centers for the summer!
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Level 5-6 (rising 6th grade) Level 6-7 (rising 7th) Level 7-8 (rising 8th)
ISBN 1594417318 ISBN 1594417326 ISBN 1594417334
Word Reading and Spelling Practice:
- http://www.soybomb.com/tricks/words/ (for nonsense syllable practice; Goal: 60 syllables per minute)
- http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/curriculumlearningsupport/elementary/literacy/frys1000wordlist.pdf (for sight word practice; Goal: 95 words per minute before moving on)
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http://www.aaaspell.com/ (letter sequencing learning and practice)
- http://www.prefixsuffix.com/ (click on "Rooty" and "Meany" practice games)
- http://www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html
Grammar and Writing Practice:
Math Practice:
- http://www.aaamath.com
- http://www.mathplayground.com/
- http://www.coolmath.com/ (for prealgebra and up)
- http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=ade&wcsuffix=0775 (pre-algebra video tutorials)
- http://www.factmonster.com/math/roman-numeral-game.html
- http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/
Science Practice:
- http://www.eschoolonline.com/company/examples/eye/eyedissect.html (virtual eye dissection)
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http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00548/DissectionGame.html (virtual salmon dissection)
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http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_14/BL_14.html (virtual earthworm dissection)
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http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html (cow's eye dissection)
Social Studies Practice:
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com (click on world geography and US geography games)
- http://ilike2learn.com
- http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html
- http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3901/
Brain Games:
- http://www.lumosity.com/brain-games (Click on games to play without an account.)
- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/braingames.htm
- http://www.brainmetrix.com/memory/index.htm
Upcoming Middle School Events:
- August 10 - Meeting for New Families 6:30 PM
- August 12 - First Day of School 7:55 AM
- August 12 - BPO Coffee for New Families (TBA)
- August 19 - Parent Information Night "PIN" 7:00 PM
- August 28 - Family Fun Trip (Check with Ms. Uphoff for information.)
- September 1 - 3 - Middle School Retreat to Lakeshore (Information will be coming out at the beginning of school.)
Parents, click below to view:
Parents' Guide to Middle School 2010-2011
Student Work Guidelines and Tools:
Format Guidelines for student work
Virtual Timer - http://www.vickiblackwell.com/timer.html
Tech questions:
For tech. questions, please contact technology coordinator , Ashley Smith, asmith@bodineschool.org.
Study and Review Tips:
Students perform best when they develop and use their own study strategies. Parent should work with middle school students to create a study plan, ensure adequate prep time, and exeriment with strategies to learn which are most effective. Most students perform better when strategies include auditory, visual and kinesthetic elements, and fortunately there is some overlap in most strategies.
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Examples of auditory strategies (hearing-based) include oral repetition, oral quizzing, practicing flash cards aloud with another person, creating songs or oral mnemonic (memory) sentences, using a tape recorder or other listening device to practice how answers sound.
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Examples of visual strategies (sight-based) are reading notes or outlines; flash cards; written quizzes; creating mental or actual pictures that link information; or creating diagrams, webs and flow charts.
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Kinesthetic activities (doing or movement-based) can include any of the above when motion or tactile elements are included - such as pacing or tapping fingers on the table while reciting responses, charades, tracing terms on a rug or other rough surface while quizzing, or writing responses, especially in cursive.
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