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Involving Family Members in Learning: The Past is Connected to the Future

I didn't drive until I was 20 years old.  To most people, it seems like I waited a long time. My reason?  I was too scared to drive. I guess I never do anything until I've studied up on it and I just didn't feel ready.  When I finally decided to transfer to a college located 160 miles away from home, however, I needed to make it official.   Before that though, I got rides everywhere.  Back and forth to work, back and forth to school--if I needed to go there, someone else was taking me.  One of the people carting me around was my grandpa.  I lived with my grandparents until I was 15 years old. It just worked out that way. Anyway, most of the time after I moved in with my mom and siblings and I needed a ride, he would be there for me.  Even when I needed to commute to and from the small local branch of Kent State at odd hours, he was the taxi.  I miss those rides.   I saw a tweet recently that got me thinking about how much histo...

5th Grade OAA Info Day!

As part of our preparation for "the big tests" in April, we invited our families to come in at the End of March for a student-run information session.  The presentation stations around the room included: What is the OAA? Why do I, as a student, have to take the OAA? What is my school data from the last OAA test? Are you smarter than a Fifth Grader OAA question challange. Hey Mom, did you know I practice at home? If you would like to plan your own OAA Info Day, you can download the planning guide by clicking the link below:  OAA Info Day Planning Guide Watch the 30 second clip below to catch a glimpse of our day! Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.