Additional Summer Resources

Looking for activities to keep your child on track this summer? Check out the following resources:

Lower School

Literacy

• Nonfiction and Fiction Texts https://www.getepic.com/
• https://www.scholastic.com
• http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/
• https://www.funbrain.com/
• Phonics - https://www.starfall.com/h/
• Favorite Books read aloud - https://www.storylineonline.net/
• Games - https://www.abcya.com/
• Games - https://www.arcademics.com/
• Grades 3-5 Reading passages with comprehension questions - https://www.commonlit.org/
• Phonics and Reading - https://dogonalogbooks.com/printables/
• Reading games - https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/
• Brain break practice - https://fluencyandfitness.com/register/school-closures/
• Spelling - https://brainbox.games/
• Kids Learning Tube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7EFWpvc1wYuUwrtZ_BLi9A

Math

• KhanAcademy.com
• https://www.prodigygame.com/
• iknowit.com 
• https://www.funbrain.com/
• http://www.mathscore.com/
• Games - https://www.abcya.com/
• Games - https://www.arcademics.com/
• https://boddlelearning.com/
• Brain break practice - https://fluencyandfitness.com/register/school-closures/
• Math games/puzzles - https://www.mathplayground.com/
• Kids Learning Tube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7EFWpvc1wYuUwrtZ_BLi9A

Middle School

• ArgoPrep Workbooks for Math grades 6, 7, and 8​
• Prodigy - Math Made Fun - Free Subscription
• 6th Grade Reading Passage
• 6th Grade Reading Answers
• 7th Grade Reading Passage
• 7th Grade Reading Answers
• 8th Grade Reading Passage
• Novel and Graphic Novel Reading Lists

Upper School

• 9th Grade Summer Reading
• 10th Grade Summer Reading
• 11th Grade Summer Reading
• 12th Grade Summer Reading

Tools for Online Learning

Digital Tools to support online learning

• Flipgrid: Video Response tool, which became one of the most talked-about tools this past year after launching new features, making it even easier and more fun for students to share their ideas. Students can record up to a five-minute response, add emojis to their photos and access the "grid" quickly through a grid code. It is a great tool for helping students to become more comfortable and confident in sharing their ideas and sparking curiosity with their peers.
• Recap: Recap 2.0 is a free video response tool, which integrates with Edmodo, Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom and Blackboard, making it easy to implement right away. It provides a comfortable way for teachers and students to ask questions by setting them up in a "Queue". Students can submit questions and receive direct feedback, in a safe moderated environment.

Tools to Engage Students in Learning

• Quizlet Live: Quizlet Live is a fun way to encourage student collaboration by playing a team game using a set of Quizlet study cards. Teachers select a set of study cards, launch a Live game by providing students with a join code, and students are divided into teams. To play, you need at least four players and a study set with at least 12 unique terms. Only one member of the team has the correct answer and answering incorrectly bounces the team score back to zero.
• Quizizz: Quizizz has launched some new features, including integrating with Edmodo and Google Classroom, which makes sharing or assigning games and reviewing results much easier. When playing live, students can see the class accuracy reflected as it updates the leaderboard live with each response. There are thousands of games available in the library, making it easy to get started or create your own.
• Kahoot!: Some big changes to the layout and options of the platform make it easier to navigate and review questions in class. Teachers can now assign "challenges" to students as a fun way to practice by sharing a code. The new "Nickname Generator" creates fun and unique usernames such as "Mystery Panda" or "Fantastic Bat" to students. It definitely saves time rather than waiting for students try to come up with their own "creative" names.
•  Kidblog: Blogging has many benefits for helping students to express themselves and begin to develop their online presence. Teachers can provide students with a variety of writing prompts to not only assess student learning, but promote creativity, communication, collaboration and digital citizenship skills. With Kidblog, teachers can even AppSmash (use two or more apps or tools together to complete a task) by embedding other tech tools into the platform, such as Buncee, Flipgrid or by uploading images and documents directly from Google Drive.

Top 200 online learning tools- https://www.toptools4learning.com/