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		<title>Half Way Through Summer&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And what has your child been learning? Teachers know that summer break sets most children back several months in their achievement.  That&#8217;s why they spend September and October reviewing last year&#8217;s concepts.  For some children, the first few days of school are like starting all over again from scratch! Don&#8217;t let your child be one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2011/07/half-way-through-summer/</link>
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		<title>School&#8217;s Out!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is over so Virtual Summer School Online will be out of session until May. When Summer School is back in session we will be ready for you with make up courses and a bunch of extracurricular summer fun courses. See you in May!!]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/09/schools-out/</link>
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		<title>DIY Math Word Problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a way to bring math to life for reluctant learners.  Instead of presenting your student with a page of math problems, try turning the tables and challenging the child to create math problems for you to solve.  Many children will rise to the bait and quickly set to work making the most devious problems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/07/diy-math-word-problems/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading: Frankenstein</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary Shelley&#8217;s Frankenstein can be an outstanding way to coax a reluctant reader into a summer project.  Many teens are drawn to book versions of popular movies, and this piece has many movie interpretations.  Some are more true to the book than others, and some don&#8217;t even go by the same title!  The reading level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/07/summer-reading-frankenstein/</link>
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		<title>Expectations are Key</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading status updates on a social media site that I frequent, and happened to see a post by a young friend of mine saying she was headed to the library to get a book to begin summer reading.  A mutual acquaintance (also a teen) responded, &#8220;Why are you doing that? Haven&#8217;t you heard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/06/expectations-are-key/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading: Holes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Upper elementary and middle school students will enjoy the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. With a reading level of 5.2, the book is accessible to upper elementary students and interesting to middle schoolers.  It&#8217;s a Newberry Award winner and has been made into a popular movie. Holes is the story of a boy named Stanley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/06/summer-reading-holes/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harper Lee&#8217;s To Kill a Mockingbird shows up on a LOT of high school reading lists, and with very good reason.  The book tackles racism, being a social outcast, and many other very deep subjects through the eyes of a child.  In between, there are themes of maturation and lost innocence.  The book will cause [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/06/summer-reading-to-kill-a-mockingbird/</link>
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		<title>Try Studying With Graphic Organizers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need to organize information from class so you can learn it in a hurry?  Try a graphic organizer. This highly-visual method of studying works well for chapters that have subheadings and many smaller skills or sections.  It&#8217;s also a great way to show how information is interconnected. Try a web organizer to go over material [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/05/try-studying-with-graphic-organizers/</link>
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		<title>Does Your Child&#8217;s Reading Measure Up?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How is your child&#8217;s reading?  Are you sure that he or she is reading as well as needed for grade placement?  Too many parents assume that reading skills are developing normally, only to find out that skills are far below grade level when the grades start to drop.  Now is a great time to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/05/does-your-childs-reading-measure-up/</link>
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		<title>Plan Now for Summer Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Only a few more weeks of school in many areas, so now is the time to plan for summer learning opportunities.  Teachers the world over know that the extended vacation over summer might be fun, but it&#8217;s downright damaging to many kids&#8217; academic progress.  Don&#8217;t let your child lose ground this summer!  Keep learning alive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualsummerschoolonline.com/2010/05/plan-now-for-summer-learning/</link>
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