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SUMMER SLIDE

IDEA students work hard all year on the pathway to college, and their dedicated families support them every step of the way. All of this effort should be rewarded with a restful summer break, but let’s also protect our students from the so-called “Summer Slide”.

The Summer Slide refers to the loss of academic knowledge that can occur over the summer. Studies show that without any summertime academic work, students can lose up to two months of the previous year’s instruction. Fortunately, there are many ways to make your summer both relaxing and productive. The following section contains suggestions for maintaining your child’s hard-earned knowledge so they can begin school rested and prepared.

READING SUGGESTIONS

A few of our favorite books for you to explore this summer!

Fostering a love of reading in our children is one of the greatest gifts we can give them! Establishing this habit is a shared responsibility between the home and school. We want students to become lifetime readers, and a child who sees reading as a pleasant and relaxing activity is likely to enjoy it. Please encourage your child to read at least 20-30 minutes daily and track it. Below is a list of suggested titles for students to choose from.

Have a great summer and happy reading!

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Your child should have received this magnet before the last day of schools, but ICYMI

here are the logins to IDEA’s softwares you can use throughout the year to get your

#IDEASummerLearn on!

Prevent Summer Slide & SummerLearn!

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Use the log in information to access the appropriate software throughout the summer(until July 31st)

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Username: school ID #Password: abc123

Username: school ID #Password: school password

Software available May 25 - july 31st. Find it at www.Ideapublicschools.org.

Enjoy it but keep reading & learning!

This summer, My goal is to read words over the summer

and complete lessons/objectives on the math software.

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www.hosted274.renlearn.com/2406896

www.clever.com/in/ideapublicschools

www.rmcity.org

www.tumblebooks.com

www.web.stmath.com/entrance/

www.lms.thinkthroughmath.com/users/sign_in

www.khanacademy.org/

www.portal.achieve3000.com/index

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Username: school ID #Password: school password

Login through gmail, facebook or clever (www.tinyurl.com/zjnmduw)

Contact campus individual learning specialist.

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We cannot wait to hear about your # i d e a s u m m e r l e a r n journey! Be sure to take a lot of pictures and post them to social media so we can follow your summer experience as you read tons of books and enhance your math skills.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your campus AR or Hotspot Facilitator or email individualizedlearning@ideapublicschools.org

Remember, There will be a celebration for students who become millionaire readers over the summer or read one million words in the summer. So take the AR quiz right after you �nish each book.

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FUTURE 1ST GRADE SUGGESSTED READING LIST

Barton, Byron. The Little Red Hen. 1993. The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it. Capucilli, Alyssa. Biscuit Plays Ball. 2012. Biscuit is excited to be at the ball game, but no dogsare allowed to play. Can the determined puppy find a way to join in the fun?

Dewdney, Anna. Llama, Llama, Home with Mama. 2010. Llama Llama’s mother takes good care of him when he is home sick, so when Mama gets sick, Llama Llama knows just what to do. Henkes, Kevin. Old Bear. 2008. When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

Kulka, Joe. Wolf’s Coming. 2007. All of the animals in the forest go into hiding because the wolf is coming, but why they are hiding is the big surprise. Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. 1989. An

alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

Morris, Jennifer. Please Write Back! 2010. A sweet and very simple tale of a young alligator who writes to his grandmother, imploring her to write back, and his daily wait for the letter. Freeman, Don. Corduroy. 1968. The heart-warming adventures of an endearing toy-store teddy bear who found a little girl to love him.

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Duck! Rabbit! 2009. Two unseen narrators lead readers through their comical, differing interpretations of the same simple drawings.

Rathmann, Peggy. Good Night, Gorilla. 1994. The hilarious adventures of a mischievous gorilla who “borrows” the zookeeper’s keys.

Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon. 1947. In this modern classic, little Bunny says good night to all his favorite things.

Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. 1985. Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child’s day. Ernst, Lisa Campbell. The Letters Are Lost. 1996. Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

SUMMER READING LIST Academy students are required to read these books by the first day of school (August 15th).

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FUTURE 2ND GRADERSUGGESSTED READING LIST

Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School, by Herman Parish (AR 2.2)Bear’s Loose Tooth, by Karma Wilson (AR 2.2)Biscuit, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (AR 1.4)Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, by Doreen Cronin (AR 2.3)Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell (AR 1.2)Danny and the Dinosaur, by Syd Hoff (AR 2.3)Duck on a Bike, by David Shannon (AR 2.0)Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown (AR 1.8)Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss (AR 1.5)Hi, Fly Guy!, by Tedd Arnold (AR 1.5)If You Give a Pig a Pancake, by Laura Numeroff (AR 2.5)Lola at the Library, by Anna McQuinn (AR 2.2)One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr. Seuss (AR 1.7)The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss (AR 2.1)

FUTURE 3RD GRADERSUGGESSTED READING LISTA Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon (AR 3.8)Amazing Grace, by Mary Hoffman (AR 3.5)Big Nate: In a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce (AR 3.1)Diary of a Spider, by Doreen Cronin (AR 2.5)Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume (AR 3.1)Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty, by Nick Bruel (AR 3.6)Jigsaw Jones #6: The case of the Mummy Mystery, by James Preller (AR 3.1)Miss Nelson has a Field Day, by Harry Allard (AR 3.0)Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon (AR 3.5)The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss (AR 3.1)The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka (AR 3.0)

SUMMER READING LIST Academy students are required to read these books by the first day of school (August 15th).

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FUTURE 4TH GRADERSUGGESSTED READING LISTAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst (AR 3.7)Any of the books from the Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce (AR 3.0-4.5)Any of the books from the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis (AR 4.0 –5.0)Any of the books from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pop Osborne (AR 3.0 – 5.0)Bad Kitty for President, by Nick Bruel (AR 4.5)Because of Winn-Dixie, by (AR 3.9)Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett (AR 4.3)Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae (AR 4.2)Donavan’s Word Jar, by Monalisa DeGross (AR 4.1)Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown (AR 4.0)Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume (AR 3.3)

FUTURE 5TH GRADERSUGGESSTED READING LIST

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer, Choldenko (AR 3.5)Any books by author Lemony Snicket (AR 4.0-6.0)

Any books by author Margaret Peterson Haddix (AR 4.0 – 5.9)

Any of the books from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney (AR 5.0 – 5.9)

Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen (AR 5.2)The Chocolate Touch, by Patrick SkeneCatling (AR 4.7)

The Homework Machine, by Dan Gutman (AR 4.8)The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (AR 5.1)

True Tales of Animal Heroes, by Allan Zullo (AR 5.0)US Capital Commotion, by Josh Greenhut (AR 5.1)

Wonder, by R.J. Palacio (AR 4.8)

SUMMER READING LIST Academy students are required to read these books by the first day of school (August 15th).

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SUMMER READING LIST College Prep students are required to read these books by the first day of school (August 15th).

COLLEGE PREP SUMMER READING At the college prep level, Summer Reading will be driven by student choice this year, as students will be able to choose from approximately 40 different works per grade level for their Summer Reading text. The list of books was created by looking at various research-based resources, including all of the books referenced on the AP Literature & Composition exam for our students in grades 9-12, as well as lists published annually for educators as guides to works of literary merit. Each grade level represents a wide range of Lexile levels and interests (both fiction and nonfiction). Some titles you will see include:

6TH GRADE: Esperanza Rising, Wonder, & Matilda

7TH GRADE: Monster, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, & The House on Mango Street 8TH GRADE: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents & Angela’s Ashesf

9TH GRADE: Always Running & The Poisonwood Bible

10TH GRADE: Animal Farm & The Handmaid’s Tale

11TH GRADE: Up from Slavery & East of Eden

12TH GRADE: One Hundred Years of Solitude & Age of Innocence

We encourage our College Prep students to keep a Log for each book read, as well as analyze literary elements throughout the school year for all independently-read texts. The Summer Reading kicks off the IDEA Lighthouse initiative that emphasizes

student choice in independent reading and a high-level of text analysis.

We can’t wait to learn about your summer reading choices!