Manatee Bay Parents,
Summer vacation has arrived! Yahoo!! Unfortunately, so is that dreaded Summer Slide. We've all worked hard to get them so very far, and then summer break comes and a good portion of it is lost.
To negate this effect, thank goodness the county and our fantastic school has provided your student with 4 wonderful resources to combat this: TenMarks, NEWSELA, iReady and myOn. To access these summer slide defector tools, have students login to their Broward SSO account and select each from the launchpad. (Need help? Emailtonia.wood@browardschools.com)
#1 myOn (Grades K-5)
This reading treasure is basically a digital library with quizzes. All students will need to do is select a book from the "Recommended" section of the Library tab and start reading. (As students perform well on the recommended quizzes, it will begin to recommend higher level books.) If you are planning to be without wi-fi, simply download up to 20 books ahead of time, read/take quizzes and all will be updated once the device gets wifi access again. As for devices, myOn will work to full capacity on any device, except for cell phones. Sounds familiar? Yes, we did have myOn last summer as well.
#2 NEWSELA (Grades 2-5)
NewsELA is a great way to practice informational reading skills. Students select an article related to current events to read and then take a quiz.
#3 iReady Reading (K-5) iReady Math (K-2)
Through each student's final diagnostic, work has already been differentiated and is ready to go. It's recommended to complete one lesson a week. An iReady log is attached, but this is for personal use only. (Manatee Bay is not requiring it to be filled or returned at the start of the school year in August.)
#4 TenMarks (Grades 2-5)
Similar to iReady, your student has been given lessons to help prepare for their next grade level and/or help them to continue to work on this year's challenging areas. In addition, there's also those great Jam Sessions!
One final resource...Don't forget the Broward County Public Library. So many great books and lots of happenings!! Be sure to check out their summer plans at the address below. While there, grab several books for Florida's Teacher of the Year and First Lady's Summer Literacy Adventure 2017.
