An Overview of IXL
Empower your children with learning that works-- whether it's to catch up, stay on track, or get ahead with what they're learning! All Sutter Peak Students have free access to IXL for Math, ELA, Science (3rd+) and Social Studies (3rd+). Student MAP scores are also uploaded to IXL to provide targeted learning in the areas they need. Many curriculums are also supported in IXL! See pictures below for examples. Click here for Textbook Skill Plans. Ask your teacher if you need any help getting started with this exciting resource!
Some Pics of Options Available in IXL:
An Overview of LEXIA
Lexia Core 5 and Lexia Power Up are available for Sutter Peak students to practice important literacy skills in conjunction with their core curriculum. Lexia has been supporting literacy since 1984, and 40 years later, continues to be a proven method for increasing student literacy. Lexia is a computer program that helps children develop their literacy skills independently and at their own pace. It is one of the most researched and respected reading programs in the world. All of Lexia’s products are designed according to the latest scientific findings in education and are centered on empowering children by helping them to learn independently. Lexia has a personalized approach to learning for each child: it tracks each child’s progress, targets strengths and weaknesses, and even has printable certificates for when a child has passed a milestone achievement.
All of Lexia’s products are designed according to the latest scientific findings in education. According to The National Reading Panel of the US, there are five critical skills that students must master in order to become proficient readers: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Lexia helps children develop in all these areas in a fun, engaging and interactive way. Lexia also helps with students ready to accelerate beyond their grade levels! See image and videos for more info!
An Overview of Reading Eggs
utter Peak students have access to Reading Eggs/Reading Eggspress through Clever!
Reading Eggs was created by expert educators with over 30 years of experience for children aged 2-13 years.
The multi-award winning early learning resource supports your child’s learn to read journey with carefully designed online reading games and activities that are easy to follow, self-paced, and highly engaging for young children. Reading Eggspress makes reading real books, improving spelling skills and building reading comprehension highly engaging for kids aged 7–13.The online reading program is packed with hundreds of interactive reading activities, online children’s books, and literacy games. The reason why over 91% of parents report a noticeable improvement in their child’s reading skills after using Reading Eggs is because the program is based on solid scientific research. Using the five essential keys to reading success, the program unlocks all aspects of learning to read for your child, focusing on a core curriculum of phonics and phonemic awareness, sight words, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading for meaning.
Here are some great things about Reading Egss/ Reading Eggspress:
The lessons use colorful animation, fun characters, songs, and rewards to keep children motivated.
The program is completely interactive to keep children on task.
When children start the program, they can complete a placement quiz to ensure they are starting at the correct reading level.
The program includes over 4,000 online books for kids – each ending with a comprehension quiz that assesses your child’s understanding.
Parents can access detailed progress reports as well as hundreds of full-color downloadable activity sheets that correspond with the lessons in the program.
An Overview of Measuring Up
All Sutter Peak students in grades 3-8 were provided a Measuring Up to the California Standards Math workbook at back to school! We would love to share more about this resource! Measuring Up is one way students can learn, review, and practice state standards in the way in which they will need to demonstrate mastery on the annual CAASPP exams. Each workbook is divided into units which can be aligned with your student's personal curriculum, or can be used to target specific standards for more support. Each lesson follows the following sequence-
Introduction: connecting students prior knowledge to what will be covered in each lesson, and includes key academic vocabulary students will encounter throughout the lesson
Guided Instruction: building knowledge by offering opportunities to review skills and standards and apply them to practice test items that are similar to those that are seen on CAASPP
Independent Practice: Gives students a chance to show they understand the content by answering questions on their own.
Exit Ticket: Provides an end of lesson check point to make sure students will understand content
There are video lessons available for each grade level created by Sutter Peak Teachers, as well as answer keys! Ask your child's teacher to share them with you.
Measuring Up to the Common Core Mathematics helps students develop the conceptual understanding and the strong math skills they’ll need, through consistent, research-based instruction and skill application. Working on real-world problems develops critical thinking and reasoning skills while ample practice allows students to build stamina and develop confidence in their abilities.
Measuring Up to the California Common Core Mathematics offers:
Instruction in all eight mathematical practices-- builds a solid foundation
Guided questions providing step-by-step scaffolded instruction
Multi-step problems develop deep conceptual understanding
We hope you find this to be a helpful resource and a successful personalized support.
**Ask your CT for Answer Keys if Needed!
**Workbooks are leveled with letters-- 3rd Grade- Book C, 4th Grade- Book D, 5th Grade- Book E, 6th Grade- Book F, 7th Grade Book G, 8th Grade Book H.
Check out Lesson Videos for all Measuring Up Lessons
Taught by Sutter Peak Teachers!
All Sutter Peak Mountaineers have access to Discovery Education through Clever! Discovery Education is an edtech platform that features a vast library of videos, virtual field trips, lesson plans, and other interactive teaching resources in topics ranging from STEM to English to history.
Inspired and formerly owned by Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education reaches an estimated 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide who live in more than 100 countries and territories. You can use this tool to enhance your student's learning, selecting resources that match your topics of study. More will be shared about this exciting resource, but to get started and try it out today, check out the video to the left!
Discovery Education offers a variety of content, including:
Videos
Books
Virtual field trips
Interactive content
Pre-made lessons
Quizzes
Activities
Digital textbooks
Sutter Peak Students have access to Edmentum's Exact Path to support their learning, fill gaps, and accelerate! Exact Path is a program that offers personalized learning and data-driven tools for K-12 students in math, reading, and language arts:
Adaptive diagnostics: Normed assessments that identify students' skill gaps
Personalized learning paths: Mobile-optimized paths that adjust to students' needs
Automatic remediation: Helps students fill skill gaps and accelerate learning
Each lesson is self-guided, allowing students to progress at their own pace.
To Learn more about Exact Path you can watch the video overview above, then click here to read the research studies: https://www.edmentum.com/products/exact-path/
More Supplemental Overviews and Resources coming soon!