Summer Learning Rising Grade 5

Join Us in Our All-School Summer “Big Read”

In continuing a Carmel Campus tradition, all PK-8 students and their families are invited to read and learn together through a dynamic engagement with literature. When we return to campus in August, our learning community will engage in a range of campus-wide activities associated with these books in ways that support our School’s mission and core values. 

This summer’s “Big Read” will focus on the works of Jacqueline Woodson, an award-winning author best known for her National Award-Winning memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming.

Rising Grades 5–8 (one book selection):

Before the Ever After

Brown Girl Dreaming

Harbor Me

Locomotion

Miracle’s Boys

Guidelines for Success

  • Create a daily reading routine

  • Give your child choice in the books they select

  • Use family involvement to encourage and monitor reading

  • Promote a love of reading by balancing high interest books, audiobooks, and family read alouds with books at your child’s independent reading level.

  • Make Summer reading fun and help children sustain their reading skills.

Find Books for Your Child’s Independent Reading Level

Here are some resources to help you find the right book for your child’s independent reading level (where the reader knows most of the words without too much difficulty).

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Summer Math Learning

Stevenson will facilitate the Online Summer Math learning through  Khan Academy to allow a more cohesive and structured format for students to complete the assignments and faculty to assess the work. Students will be able to work on their assignments and retry problems as needed. Videos are provided for additional support.

Rising grade 5 math students will practice previously learned skills throughout the summer months in order to stay on pace within our Middle Division Math curriculum. Students are expected to complete each unit test, quiz, or video assigned for summer work completion. There is an optional Extended Thinking section for students who would like to work beyond what is required.

Access to Kahn Academy

Each student received access instructions via Stevenson email account. Follow the prompts to login to Kahn Academy and create an account. You can join by using the Google link and connect it to your Stevenson account. Kahn Academy requires Stevenson Google credentials, i.e. yourname@stevensonschool.org,

Assignments

  • Place Value
  • Rounding Whole Numbers
  • Multi-Digit Addition
  • Multi-Digit Subtraction
  • Fractions
  • Comparing Decimals
  • Multiplication
  • Division

Extended Thinking

(Assigned but optional)

  • Area
  • Volume

Suggested Pacing Plan

  • Month of July, no weekends
  • 15 minutes a day for 21 days (315 minutes = about 5.5 hours)

Pace your work based on this plan or you can spread it out over the entire summer break

Assessment

All summer work assignments will be assessed as school resumes in the fall. Students will be assessed on the completion of time spent on assignments (315 minutes).

Need Help?

Please contact Andy Graham, Middle Division Mathematics Program Lead with ‌questions (andygraham@stevensonschool.org).

Please note: All students were onboarded in their math classes for summer. New families will receive communications regarding summer onboarding no later than July 1, 2022.

Summer Spanish Learning

To help prepare new students for the coming year, Spanish teachers ask that rising Grade 5 students and all new students (Grades 5-8) use Duolingo regularly over the summer to learn basic words and phrases in Spanish.

How to Use DuoLingo:

  • From a laptop or desktop computer, go to the following link to establish an account and join the 2022 New Student Spanish Summer Duolingo class: (www.duolingo.com/classroom/pbqcrq)
  • Complete at least the seven of the assigned “skills”. Each “skill” has multiple lessons.