Summer Learning ...August is coming! - Grandview Preparatory School

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Summer Learning ...August is coming! - Grandview Preparatory School
Summer Learning
...August is coming!
Summer Learning ...August is coming! - Grandview Preparatory School
SUM M ER L EARNI NG                        Table of Contents
While we love the adventures summer brings, it is important to understand what research tells us about
summer skills practice. At Grandview, our goal is to promote an intrinsic love of learning, but every
family differs with what works at home to inspire their learners. Many families appreciate assigned
mandatory reading, math practice and writing assignments because those tools provide the desired
structure for their family. Other families prefer a more ?free range? parenting style and seek to create
conditions for the learner to practice on his or her own.

Grandview has set the guidelines seen in the next few pages that you and your family can administer as
you see fit.

As you consider your approach, the following facts are supported by research:
   -   Students who read 100 minutes a week have stronger vocabularies;
   -   Practicing math and writing skills over the summer helps to solidify what has been learned the
       previous year;
   -   Reading hard copy books and limiting screen time for young people helps their brains develop
       properly;
   -   Being outside in nature promotes healthy brain development;
   -   Playing, eating healthy, and exercise are good for the mind, body and soul.

In an effort to align Grandview?s achievement goals with this research, but to preserve family and
student preferences, our summer learning plan involves considerable choice within the framework of
regular skills practice for reading, writing and mathematics. Parents are asked to encourage this in ways
that work for their family and to verify in the fall that students have practiced according to the
guidelines.

                     ENJOY YOUR SUM M ER!

       CARPE DI EM
Summer Learning ...August is coming! - Grandview Preparatory School
EARLY CHI L DHOOD
Early Childhood
100 minutes per week reading with a
parent
                                            Help the family cook dinner, measure and
                                            count ingredients, take a walk and count
                                            the different flowers you see?
                                                                                        Building Fine Motor Skills:
                                                                                        - playdough
                                                                                        - legos
Recommendations for ages-3-5
                                            ABC Mouse.com                               - any type of small manipulatives

                                                                                        ABC Mouse.com

K I NDERGARTEN
100 minutes per week reading with a         Play math games, build with blocks, make    Trace letters in the sand on the beach, use
parent/or on own                            patterns, cook together, explain concepts   imaginative words, tell stories, sing the
                                            of money with coins, count everything...    alphabet, play with legos, daydream, keep
Good Reads: Kindergarten                                                                a travel log....
Additional suggestions:                     Khan Academy Instructions
Frog and Toad Are Friends, Alexander                                                    Activities for ages-3-5
and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day, Emily's first 100 Days of
School, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,
Biscuit series- Alyssa Satin Capucilli,
Clifford series- Norman Bridwell,
Skippyjon Jones series- Judy Schachner,
Click Clack Moo- Miss Spider's ABC-
David Kirk, Eating the Alphabet- Lois
Ehlert, and of course, Dr. Seuss books

GRADE 1
100 minutes per week (10-15 minutes a       Fr ee Apps:                                 Fine M otor Activities:
day) reading with or to a parent and
                                            - Splash Math                               Cutting, gluing, tracing, tearing, and
reading independently
                                                                                        molding
                                            - Math Bingo
Book finding tool: Leveled book tool
                                                                                        Pr actice: proper grip, pressure, and
                                            - Math Quiz Interactive
Other recommendations: Books written                                                    proper letter formation (Wet-Dry-Try
by Arnold Lobel, Tomie dePaola, Tedd        Fr ee Websites:                             App)
Arnold, Leo Lionni or Eric Carle. The
                                            - ABC YA: www.abcya.com                     Keep a summer journal
National Geographic Kids Series and I
Can Read Books Level 1 and 2.               - Fun Brain: www.funbrain.com
                                                                                        Useful website: Activities for ages-6-7
Apps: Read Me Stories, Rocket Speller,      - www.mathplayground.com
Storia, Word Bingo, LAZ Reader (Level
D and higher), Story Patch                  - www.education.com

Websites: Intro the Book:
www.reading.ecb.org
ABC YA: www.abcya.com
Fun Brain: www.funbrain.com
PBS Kids: www.switcheroozoo.com
Star Fall: www.starfall.com
Storyline Online: www.storylineonline.net
GRADE 2
Reading:                                        M ath:                                    Mrs. Darden?s online writing camp at
                                                                                          Online writing camp
Continue reading 30 mins a day if possible as   You can continue to use Prodigy this
well as using RAZ-Kids. Student access has      summer. You have your own
already been administered but feel free to      username and password, which you          Keeping a daily journal of the activities
email me for administrative questions.          have used this entire school year.        that you have done throughout your day or
                                                                                          week will be a great way to continue with
                                                https://www.prodigygame.com/              your writing.
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login
                                                                                          Activities for ages-6-7

GRADES 3-5
Suggested Books for Summer Reading           You can continue to use Prodigy this         Mrs. Darden?s online writing camp at
Grades 3-5                                   summer. You have your own username           Online writing camp
                                             and password, which you have used this
                                             entire school year.
2018-2019 Book Winners for Grades 3-5                                                     Keeping a daily journal of the activities
                                             https://www.prodigygame.com/                 that you have done throughout your day or
Winning books                                                                             week will be a great way to continue with
                                                                                          your writing.
                                             Study your multiplication facts and
Please r ead to your level or above          division facts.. Even if it is for only 10   Activities for ages-8-10
                                             minutes a day.
We invite students to use the ?Find a
Book? tool to identify books geared
toward their interests. You do not need to   Review your Math Bridges workbooks
                                             over the summer, so you don?t forget the
know your lexile level to choose.            concepts.
https://www.lexile.com/fab/fl/

Other books to enj oy (5th Gr ade):
Holes, Al Capone Does My Shirts,
Fearless, Inside Out and Back Again,
Walk Two Moons, Esperanza Rising

M I DDL E SCHOOL
Suggested Books for Summer Reading           M ath:                                       M iddle School Spanish Pr actice:
We invite students to use the ?Find a                                                     http://studyspanish.com/grammar
Book? tool to identify books geared          https://www.ixl.com/math/
toward their interests. You do not need to
know your lexile level to choose.            Get acquainted with Khan Academy             https://quizlet.com/latest
https://www.lexile.com/fab/fl/               Instructions
                                                                                          Activities for ages-11-13
Please read to your level or above.
                                                                                          See ideas for Upper School that may apply
                                                                                          to you!
UPPER SCHOOL
 We invite students to use the ?Find a        M ath:                            Ideas:
 Book? tool to identify books geared                                            Journaling, Creative writing, poetry, song
 toward their interests. You do not need to   Khan Academy Instructions
                                                                                lyrics, write about your summer travels,
 know your lexile level to choose.            https://www.ixl.com/math/         create your own lesson plan to host a book
 https://www.lexile.com/fab/fl/                                                 club for the book you read,
                                              Students entering Algebra 1
                                              Students entering Geometry        Write either a prologue or epilogue for the
 YALSA Ten Best Fiction Books for
 Young Adults                                 Students entering Algebra 2       book. Describe events that could have
                                                                                taken place before or after the plot.
 YALSA's Ten Best Paperbacks for Young        Students entering Pre-Calc/Trig
                                                                                Newsletter - one page summary of the
 Adults                                       Students entering Calculus        plot.
 YALSA's Ten Top Recommended Graphic
 Novels for Young Adults                                                        Snap Chat conversations from the point of
                                                                                view of various characters. Screenshots
 Download a free book-finder app from the                                       of those images can be added to other
 Young Adult Library Services                                                   technology mediums to reference the
 Association!                                                                   reading to present in meaningful ways.
 Additionally - A Very Long Engagement
 (Sebastien Japrisot), Song of Solomon                                          Create a movie trailer for the chosen book
                                                                                to be presented to the class upon return.
 (Toni Morrison); ; The Pact, 19 Minutes -
 (both Jodi Picoult); Unbroken: a WWII
 Story of Survival, Resilience, and
 Redemption (Laura Hillenbrand);
 Identical (Ellen Hopkins); The Stand
 (Stephen King); Catalyst (Laurie
 Anderson); Why We Broke Up (Daniel
 Handler); The Wedding (Nicholas
 Sparks); Monster (Walter DEan Myers);
 Glass Castle Jeanette Walls; A Thousand
 Splendid Suns - Khaled Hasseini

PARENTS
Parents resources
How to Raise Kind Kids by Thomas Lickona
Best Books for Thinking Parents

T EACHERS
Understanding By Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
Blended Learning in Action, by Tiffany Wycoff, Caitlin Tucker and Jason Green
Innovator's Mindset by George Couros
Launch by John Spencer
Amplify by Kristin Ziemke
Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler
The Space: A Guide for Educators by Rebecca Hare
The Hungry Mind by Susan Engel
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