NewsELA is a wonderful program for students! Students can read articles that interest them throughout the summer. Students should be encouraged to complete the activities on the right side of the screen to continue building their reading skills!
Students can learn coding at https://scratch.mit.edu/. They have starter projects that students can use to build their coding experience: https://scratch.mit.edu/starter-projects, as well as tutorials for students who want more step-by-step instruction, https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=all. Students do not need to create an account, but if they want to save their coding projects, they can use their TRECA Google account.
Practice for your State Exams: http://oh.portal.airast.org/users/students-and-families.stml
At this website, students who have Ohio Assessments can complete practice tests! The directions are on the website, so make sure you review them carefully.
myON Reader: https://www.myon.com/login/index.html
Students will log in with the School Name TRECA and their Brightspace username and password. At myON Reader, students will select their interests to get personalized book recommendations!
Study Island is open all summer for students to complete any activities they want: https://app.studyisland.com/cfw/login/
Have fun at CoolMath: http://www.coolmath.com/
Use Khan Academy to practice math facts at every grade level: https://www.khanacademy.org/
Students of all ages can keep a journal. Journals don't have to rely on printed words! Journals can be sketches instead of words, to help students capture how they are feeling or questions they have. Adult Learning Partners can find ideas here https://education.yourdictionary.com/for-teachers/journal-writing-exercises-for-kids.html and here https://www.parents.com/kids/education/30-journal-prompts-for-kids-to-aid-self-discovery/.
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PBS has many wonderful resources on its website. Here's a link to their "Makers" collection with activities that help students learn to create and build items as if they were an engineer: https://westernreserve.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/makers/
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You can find events to attend around the state here: https://ohio.org/wps/portal/gov/tourism/festivals-and-events
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Find a Summer Reading Program in your area by using Google! Here is a search done for the entire state of Ohio. Trying searching by your zip code or town or even county to find programs closer to home: https://www.google.com/search?q=summer+reading+programs+in+Ohio&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab
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If you have older family members who you talk to regularly, interview them and then write a book about what you learned!
Here are some questions you could ask them:
What is your favorite book? Why is it your favorite?
If you could be any character in a book, who would you be and why?
What was your favorite subject in school? What do you like about it?
What hobbies do you have?
What do you like to do in your free time?
What was your favorite TV show growing up? Why was it your favorite?
If you won a vacation to anywhere in the world, where would you want to go? Why would you want to go there?
What’s the most beautiful thing in the world?
Who makes you laugh more than anyone?
What’s the coolest thing about science?
What superpower would you most like to have?
If you were granted three wishes, what would you do with the second wish?
What is your actual superpower?
If you won 100 million dollars, what would you buy first?
What do you want people you meet for the first time to think about you?
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