Thursday, May 19, 2022 Volume 16 Issue 31
Summer is just six short weeks away, but we still need to maximize ALL our students’ learning time! We know that students tend to experience a loss of skill over the length of a typical summer. We need to keep our children engaged in learning throughout the end of the school year and into the summer and we need your help to do this!
Join us for our final Academic Parent Teacher Team Meeting tonight! You should have received a link and the meeting time from your child’s teacher. If not, please be sure to reach out directly to them. The games we share with you this week, along with the games from the first 2 sessions can be practiced all summer long to keep your child’s skills sharp and ensure they are ready for the next grade this fall.
Extended Summer Learning – If you received an enrollment survey from the district last week, please be sure to fill this out and return it right away so your child can participate in Summer Staircase. If you do not, a space will not be reserved for you child.
IXL – our online math learning website remains available to your child all summer! This resource is not inexpensive for us to provide, but it is worth it as it is an easy way for your child to keep practicing math skills. Consider a goal of having your child practice 3-4 times a week for just 10-15 minutes per session.
Reading- One of the most important things our students can be doing is reading every day. This should continue throughout the summer. Thirty minutes per day is a great goal. All our students will be provided with free summer reading books thanks to Page Ahead, a non-profit organization dedicated to children’s literacy. Mr. Zetterberg will be running a summer library program on Tuesday evenings from 4-7 PM, as he does each summer. Our goal is to keep books accessible to students so that each student can read at least 4 books over the course of the summer – the amount said to keep summer slide from happening.
Writing – there are lots of ways to incorporate writing into your child’s summer. This is the skill our TM students are least likely to keep practicing during summer months and this shows when they return to school in the fall. Depending on the age of your child, have them write your grocery list, draw pictures, and then create a story to go with it, send an email or letter to a relative, create signs or posters for your neighborhood, or create a comic to share with a friend. You may get even more creative and have them start a blog to share with your extended family.
Help us keep the learning at TM going now – and ALL through the summer!
