Winthrop Recommended Summer Learning Activities
Accessing Clever Digital Backpack
Go to www.bostonpublicschools.org/backpack and click on “Log in as a student”
Older students log in using their BPS email and Password through “Log in with Google” while younger students with access to a webcam log in with “Clever Badge log in”
Homeroom teachers will share email/password and badge info with families in their room. Student passwords for their BPS email is their 8-digit birthday (MMDDYYYY).
Please note that we don’t have subscriptions to all the applications listed on the Clever homepage. You can learn more about the BPS Clever Backpack here. The BPS is already working with additional companies to secure more resources for your child during this time to ensure continuity of learning.
Reading Activities
Independent Reading- Grades K-5
Research supports that independent reading is the largest driver to student success. As always, we need all students to read a minimum of 30 minutes per day at their “just right” book if they are reading at grade level and up to 90 minutes for students reading below grade level. Teachers will share book levels to support families in finding appropriate books for students.
Lexia Core5 in Clever- Grades K1-5
Lexia® Core5® Reading supports educators in providing differentiated literacy instruction for students of all abilities in grades pre-K–5. Lexia’s research-proven program provides explicit, systematic, personalized learning in the six areas of reading instruction, targeting skill gaps as they emerge, and providing teachers with the data and student-specific resources they need for individual or small-group instruction.
Depending on your students performance level in Lexia, the system will inform you the number of minutes per week they recommend. It ranges from 20 - 100 minutes per week.
Starfall- Grades K1-1
Starfall offers literacy and math activities for students to engage in.
Raz Kids in Clever- Grades K-2
Raz-Kids is a reading program that provides comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. Raz Kids provides eBooks at a variety of different levels of reading difficulty. Students will access their leveled text through an interactive learning portal designed to keep them motivated and engaged. After reading, students take a corresponding quiz complete with an extended answer response to test comprehension and determine future instruction needs. Students can complete texts and question sets daily.
Achieve 3000 in Clever- Grades 3-5
Achieve 3000 supports students with practices to deepen literacy instruction, both by providing teacher-facilitated learning and by pushing students to extend their learning through critical thinking and reflection. Each student receives text at their level to read, write, and answer questions.
Math Activities
ST Math- Grades K1-5
(Penguin Icon in Clever)
ST Math is a new Math program for students at the Winthrop! ST Math is a visual math program that leverages reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems. ST Math provides students access to learning through challenging puzzles and non-routine problem solving, and helps to build students' conceptual understanding of grade level math concepts. Enjoy!
IXL- Grades 3-5
IXL supports students to practice standards aligned math skills previously taught in school. Students in grades 3-5 will need their username and password to access.
Splash Learn- Grades K2-2
Splash learning supports students with online math games to support students with math skills.