Academics

Summer Bridge 2023

Casady’s Summer Bridge Activities 2023

The following summer activities have been prepared by the Casady faculty to help students maintain their learning and keep their minds active during the summer months. Teachers worked together across grade levels to identify strategic activities that would support students’ readiness for next year. These activities are not “new learning” for next year’s grade.  Instead, they are targeted skills students can be practicing over the summer in order to stay sharp and ready for their return to new grade levels in the fall.

You’ll notice that as the grade levels increase, some of the activities shift from being recommended to required.  This includes 4th Grade English, Middle Division History and English, and Upper Division English courses. If an assignment is required, teachers will have also communicated with students about those expectations. 

List of 11 items.

  • Pre-Kindergarten

    • (Recommended) Focus on reinforcing early literacy skills over the summer.  Here are some recommended summer language practice activities.
  • Kindergarten

    • (Recommended) Focus on reinforcing early literacy skills over the summer.  Here are some recommended summer language practice activities.
    • Rising K students can also practice their Lexia at home over the summer. For information on how to access your student’s Lexia account and for recommendations about summer usage, check out this Summer Lexia information.
  • 1st Grade

    • (Most Recommended) If you can only do one thing this summer focus on reading.  Have an adult read books aloud to you for 15-20 minutes a day.  If it makes it extra fun for you, you can keep track of your reading in this summer reading log which you can bring to school when you return.  Here are some grade-level books that we suggest.  Want some fun new ways to do your reading?  Here are some reading challenges you can try. 
    • Here are some printable (and colorable!) decodable readers that are great practice for emergent readers. 
    • As you and an adult read together, support fluency development with some of these fluency activities.  
    • Practice recognizing high frequency Trick Words.
    • Explore math concepts by engaging in some of these fun Math activities
    • Students can also practice their Lexia at home over the summer to reinforce literacy skills. As a target goal, we recommend focusing on 20 minutes of Lexia a week or completing 3-4 units, whichever comes first. For more details, check out this Summer Lexia information.
  • 2nd Grade

    • (Most Recommended) If you can only do one thing this summer, focus on reading.  Read a book of your choice for 15-20 minutes a day.  If it makes it extra fun for you, keep track of your reading in this summer reading log which you can bring to school when you return. Need some ideas? Here are some grade-level books that we suggest. Want some fun new ways to do your reading?  Here are some reading challenges you can try. 
    • (Recommended) Here are some printable (and colorable!) decodable readers that are great practice for emergent readers. 
    • (Recommended) As you read, support fluency development with some of these fluency activities.
    • (Recommended) Practice your writing by choosing one of these fun journal prompts each week.  You could even keep your work in a special summer journal!
    • (Recommended) Practice instantly recognizing high frequency Trick Words.
    • (Recommended) Explore math concepts by engaging in some of these fun Math activities.
    • (Recommended) Continue practicing your keyboarding at Typing.com. Practice coding using a coding platform of your choice. We have used www.code.org, the Daisy the Dinosaur and the Lightbot app in the Launchpad.
    • Students can also practice their Lexia at home over the summer to reinforce literacy skills. As a target goal, we recommend focusing on 20 minutes of Lexia a week or completing 3-4 units, whichever comes first. For more details, check out this Summer Lexia information.
  • 3rd Grade

    • (Most Recommended) If you can only do one thing this summer, focus on reading.  Read a book of your choosing for 15-20 minutes a day.  If it makes it extra fun for you, keep track of your reading in this summer reading log  which you can bring to school when you return. Need some ideas for some books to read?  Here are some grade-level books that we suggest. (Rising 3rd and 4th Graders might want to work toward earning a reading award next year by choosing chapter books from the Sequoyah Lists and taking an AR Test.) Want some fun new ways to do your reading?  Here are some reading challenges you can try.  
    • (Recommended) As you read, support fluency development with some of these fluency activities.
    • (Recommended) Practice instantly recognizing and spelling high frequency Trick Words.
    • (Recommended) Practice your writing by choosing one of these fun journal prompts each week.  You could even keep your work in a special summer journal!
    • (Recommended) Reinforce math concepts by engaging in some of these different Math activities.
    • (Recommended) Continue practicing your keyboarding at Typing.com. Practice coding using a coding platform of your choice. We have used www.code.org, and the Cargobot App in the Launchpad.
    • Students can also practice their Lexia at home over the summer to reinforce literacy skills. As a target goal, we recommend focusing on 20 minutes of Lexia a week or completing 3-4 levels, whichever comes first. For more details, check out this Summer Lexia information.
  • 4th Grade

    • Want some fun new ways to do your reading?  Here are some reading challenges you can try. (Rising 3rd and 4th Graders might want to work toward earning a reading award next year by choosing chapter books from the Sequoyah Lists and taking an AR Test.)
    • (Recommended) Reinforce math concepts by engaging in some of these different Math activities.
    • (Recommended) Continue practicing your keyboarding at Typing.com. Practice coding using a coding platform of your choice. Students are familiar with www.code.org and the Hopscotch, Cargobot apps to name a few!
    • Students can also practice their Lexia at home over the summer to reinforce literacy skills. As a target goal, we recommend trying for 20 minutes of Lexia a week or 3-4 units, whichever comes first. For more details, check out this Summer Lexia information.
  • 5th Grade

  • 6th Grade

  • 7th Grade

  • 8th Grade

  • 9th - 12th Grades

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