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Learning at Floranada
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Reading, writing, math, science, and the arts are all essential skills to develop in children at a young age. The more children learn when they are young, the better they become as adults. We want to teach your children the academic skills they will need to prepare them for their next level of learning.
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Academic Resources at Floranada
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Reading and Writing
Students learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language at an early age. At our school, we provide students with the skills necessary to be successful from their school years through their careers. Our reading and writing instruction helps students use a balance of informational and literary resources. It also provides opportunities to use academic vocabulary in speaking and writing. Students also learn how to write using text-based evidence.
A child's success as a reader begins much earlier than the first day of school. Reading, and a love for reading begins at home.
Recommended Reading and Writing Resources
- Reading Rockets - tips on helping your child become a successful reader
- Florida Department of Education - learn about Just Take 20, Florida's initiative to improve student achievement in literacy
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Mathematics
Our mathematics instruction builds conceptual understanding, develops students’ procedural fluency, and promotes higher-order thinking skills. In learning and understanding mathematics, our students develop “habits of mind”. They learn math strategies, talk about the math they are learning, and solve problems. These mathematical practices help students learn to apply mathematics to real-world situations.
Reflex Math is the most effective system for mastering basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for grades 2 and up. Full of games that students love, Reflex Math takes students at every level and helps them quickly gain math fact fluency and confidence. Teachers love the powerful reporting that allows them to monitor progress and celebrate success.Recommended Math Resources:
- Cool Math - free online addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions math games
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- Cool Math - free online addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions math games
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Science
Science helps our students engage in inquiry-based learning from a critical thinking approach. Engaging lessons allow students to experience science directly or through rich multimedia. Our instructional approach puts students in positions to research and find solutions.
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Social Studies
Social Studies helps our students develop informed and logical decisions for the public good. As citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society, and interdependent world, we teach our students how to be informed citizens. The foundation for Social Studies teaches our students to ask questions and think about topics in areas of American history, geography, economics, civics, and government.
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