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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:blue">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Earlier this week, I learned about ODE’s Oregon Summer Learning Challenge:
<a href="https://sites.google.com/oregonlearning.org/summerlearningchallenge/home">
https://sites.google.com/oregonlearning.org/summerlearningchallenge/home</a>. Oregon joined a national effort to keep students engaged in reading and math over the summer. The challenge part of the math section is clearly explained on the website. It’s not
as clear what the challenge is on the reading section, other than encouraging students to read.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Of course, you most likely have your own summer reading program, but you may be interested in promoting the Summer Math Challenge, which is designed for students who just finished grades 1 through
8. This explains the program to parents: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Math Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Summer Math Challenge is a free, six-week email-based math skills program for children who have just completed grades 1 through 8. Register now to receive daily emails between June 19 and July 28, with
fun activities and resources designed to help kids retain the math skills learned during the previous school year. When the program ends, you can print an award certificate to celebrate your child's summer math accomplishment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Details and resources: <a href="https://sites.google.com/oregonlearning.org/summerlearningchallenge/summer-math-challenge">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://sites.google.com/oregonlearning.org/summerlearningchallenge/summer-math-challenge</span></a> and
<a href="https://www.quantiles.com/content/summer-math-challenge/"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.quantiles.com/content/summer-math-challenge/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">One idea is to download and print their poster (8.5 x 11; 11 x 17) and hang some up in your library, especially around the area where folks sign up for your summer reading program. Sorry, but I
believe that the poster is only available in English. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Or, maybe add the Summer Math Challenge logo to your website and have it link to this page:
<a href="https://www.quantiles.com/content/summer-math-challenge/">https://www.quantiles.com/content/summer-math-challenge/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">If you have questions, please ask.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style="color:black">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a> | 503-378-5011 |
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/ld"><span style="color:black">www.oregon.gov/osl/ld</span></a>
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