Summer Academic Practice Rationale: Students can lose as much as one to two months of learning during the downtime of summer. All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities year-round. Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer (White, 1906; Heyns, 1978; Entwisle & Alexander 1992; Cooper, 1996; Downey et al, 2004). Though summer vacation should be a time for leisure and fun that only summer can bring, we require our students to read and engage in math practice to counter potential academic regression.
Choose one book to read each week during your summer break. You can visit your local library or ask a parent to find a read-along on.
Draw a picture of your favorite book to share on the first day of school.
2025 Entering Pre-Kindergarten 4 Reading
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
Choose one book to read each week during your summer break. You can visit your local library or ask a parent to find a read-along on.
Draw a picture of your favorite book to share on the first day of school.
2025 Entering Kindergarten Reading
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
Turn in your choice board with at least 9 squares colored in on the first day.
Be ready to share with your new friends on the first day of school:
1. Your favorite book that you read over the summer.
2. A picture of you in your favorite place to read (ex. outdoors, under the stars, on your bed, etc).
2025 Entering First Grade Reading
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
Turn in your choice board with at least 9 squares colored in on the first day.
Be ready to show your new friends on the first day of school:
(1) Your favorite type of reading material that you read over summer break (ex. comic, magazine, recipe, poem).
(2) A picture of you in your favorite place to read (ex. outdoors, under the stars, on your bed, etc).
2025 Entering Second Grade Reading
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
Turn in your choice board with at least 9 squares colored in on the first day.
Be ready to show your new friends on the first day of school:
(1) One writing activity you completed from the board.
(2) A picture of you in your favorite place to read (ex. outdoors, under the stars, on your bed, etc).
2025 Entering Third through Fifth Grade Reading & Language
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
30 Minutes per Week Suggested
1. Click the Green Learning Tab
2. Choose Language Arts
3. Choose View by: Skill Plans
4. Your Pinned Skill Plans Will Appear as Personal Texas NWEA MAP Growth Study Plan
5. Choose Language
6. Work through the Assigned Skills by Clicking on the Blue Links on the Right
These align to your Spring NWEA test growth opportunities.
Completion/SmartScore
A 50 Bonus Points Card Will Be Awarded if Goal (420 Minutes) is Met by the First Day of School that Can Be Used During the 2025/2026 School Year on Any ELAR Classwork Assignments, Homework Assignments, or Quizzes.
2025 Entering Sixth through Eighth Grade Reading & Language
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
30 Minutes per Week Suggested
1. Click the Green Learning Tab
2. Choose Language Arts
3. Choose View by: Skill Plans
4. Your Pinned Skill Plans Will Appear as Personal Texas NWEA MAP Growth Study Plan
5. Choose Language
6. Work through the Assigned Skills by Clicking on the Blue Links on the Right
These align to your Spring NWEA test growth opportunities.
Completion/SmartScore
A 50 Bonus Points Card Will Be Awarded if Goal (420 Minutes) is Met by the First Day of School that Can Be Used During the 2025/2026 School Year on Any ELAR Classwork Assignments, Homework Assignments, or Quizzes.
