Prevent Summer Slide!

Prevent summer slide with some of these simple activities.

Visit the Learning Commons Online, eslibraries.blogspot.com.

Read, Read, Read!

Listen to audio books, read magazines, books, websites, street signs… whatever you can find. Read with a buddy, read to your dog, read to a neighbor, just keep reading!

1. Sign up for the summer reading program at your local public library.
2. Read all of the books that are nominated for the Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8) or the Chickadee Award, grades K-4.
3. Visit the South Learning Commons website for links to these free sites
1. StoryNory
2. Story Line Online
3. The Story
4. Open eBooks (Each student should have a personal username and password for this. It only works on an iPad.)
5. Tumblebooks (paid for by South School)
6. Our library has digital books that you can read on any device. Just go to the online library catalog and click on Destiny Discover. At the top right click on “Collections” and choose eBooks. Each child has a district username and password they can use to sign in with.
4. Get a subscription for Reading Rainbow’s Skybrary and read online.
5. Subscribe to a children’s magazine from Cricket Media.

Write about it!

1. Keep up on your writing and keyboarding skills. Use some of the free keyboarding apps that are linked to the Learning Commons Website. Try to practice 10-15 minutes per day. Links are near the top on the right side.
2. Login to your Google Drive account and create an online journal of all of your summer activities. Upload pictures and describe each event. Your district login is your 9 digit student number followed by @rsu13.org (no spaces) and your password is your district password, the same one you use for Lexia and Moby Max.
3. Send emails to family and friends and keep in touch.

Learn new things! Explore new worlds!

1. Learn more about the world outside your door. Create a nature journal and learn more about what you see on Pebble Go or Britannica. To use Britannica you will need to login with your public library card number and your last name.
2. Watch the daily featured video on Brain Pop or Brain Pop Jr. Take the quiz and play some of the learning games.
3. Explore the many links on the Learning Commons website and take a digital field trip! Travel to the San Diego Zoo or Seaworld. Visit distant planets and galaxies with NASA.
4. Get crafty with Made by Joel or Deep Space Sparkle.
5. Take that lemonade stand to a new level! Bake some cookies instead. Or, better yet, visit Super Healthy Kids (link is on the Learning Commons Website under the Health section) and find some recipes to make dinner for the whole family! Be sure to get an adult to help you in the kitchen!

Practice, Practice Practice.

Continue to practice those skills that you have learned in school this year.

1. Visit Lexia and keep up with your learning. Try to get in 20 minutes a few times a week. The first time you log in it will ask you for your teacher’s email address. It’s ok to fill that in. You can use mine if you want, dtibbetts@rsu13.org. Your login is your district username and password.
2. Visit Moby Max and do your fact fluency activities. Your login is your school ID number and your district password.
3. There are also math game links for the iPad and other devices on the learning commons website.
4. Our math curriculum, Everyday Math is available online. Link to it from the RSU13.org website. The login is the letter m plus your district ID number and your district password. There are math games as well as digital tools you can use here.

Visit me on the learning commons website all summer long! Enjoy your time off and keep learning!

Mrs. Tibbetts