Did you know all students experience some “brain drain” during the summer, most notably in reading and math? What can you do? This summer, find ways to maintain and boost your child’s learning by incorporating educational activities into your regular routines. We will be sending out a summer connections newsletter to elementary parents seven times throughout the summer by e-mail with fun and easy ideas to incorporate reading and math activities into your summer activities along with grade-specific reading and math practice sheets.

Reading is a smart summer activity

The best way to keep strong readers strong and help struggling readers improve is to have your child reading regularly over summer.

Select a book that you can start reading aloud with your child this summer, or that your child can read independently. Check out the lists from our King County Librarian— book recommendations for Summer 2019 for some good ideas.

Up, Up and Away! A Singing Celebration

Monday, July 1, 2019 (7:00PM – 8:00PM) Issaquah Library. All ages.

From a tribute to Sally Ride to weird inventions and an exploration of the

solar system, sing songs that will send you to the nonfiction section to

learn more.

Late Play Date At the Museum!

Thursday, July 4 and August 1, 2019 (6:00p.m.–8:00p.m.)White River

Valley Museum. On the first Thursday of every month (through October)

drop-in for FREE admission and themed activities perfect for families with

children ages 3-12.

4th of July Family Picnic, Fireworks, Pie Baking

Thursday, July 4th, 2019 (4:00PM—fireworks at 10:00PM) Lake

Wilderness Park. There is food for sale, a pie baking contest, sack races,

water balloon tossing, face painting and more! Then at 10:00PM the

Maple Valley Youth Symphony will fill the air with music as a firework

show lights up the sky.

Targeting Summer Learning Loss

Keep skills sharp over the summer!

We need your current e-mail address

In order to verify/update your email address you will need to login to Skyward Family Access. After you’ve logged into Family Access, on the top right-hand side you will see a button called “Account Info.” When you click on this button you will have the opportunity to choose the “Change My Email” button. Please verify your email address and update if needed by clicking on the Email box. If you don’t know your Skyward Family Access password you can check in with the main office staff at your child’s school or the district Central Services staff.

Questions or Comments?

Tahoma Teaching and Learning

425-413-3400

See other editions of Learning Connections at

www.tahomasd.us

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LEARNING CONNECTIONS

July 1, 2019 Summer Newsletter

T a h o m a S c h o o l D i s t r i c t N o . 4 0 9

IN THE COMMUNITY

Stop summer learning loss by exercising your brain

Raz-Kids (Grades K-3)

Keyboarding (Grades 2-5)

Raz-Kids is a wonderful world of leveled books that helps students improve their reading skills as they listen to books read for modeled fluency. Then, students can read the book to themselves or aloud for practice. Finally, they complete quizzes to check

for understanding. Many of our students have been accessing this resource throughout the year. Students access their account by going to www.raz-kids.com and logging in with their teacher’s username and their computer password. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Keyboarding is an important 21st century skill, and one students get proficient at through practice. Type to Learn 4 is the online program we use with students. Students use their school computer username and password to login. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Think Central (Grades K-5)

Students can practice their math skills by accessing the Mega Math games. Students can also access their activity book and use iTools to help answer math problems. Students use their school computer username and password to login. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Look Up! Stories in the Sky

Monday, July 8, 2019 (7:00PM – 8:00PM) Issaquah

Library. All ages. Hear stories and music about the

constellations, moon and planets.

Planetarium Shows

Registration begins July 9, 10am. Monday, July

22, 2019 (1:00PM – 1:45PM or 2:00PM – 2:45PM or

3:30PM – 3:45PM). Maple Valley Library. Ages 5 to

12. Explore the universe, identify constellations and

learn astronomy terms at this night sky show held in

a portable planetarium.

The Jammin' on Jupiter Show

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 (2:00PM – 3:00PM)

Enumclaw Library. All ages. Sing, dance and laugh

with the band as they blast off to the moon! Explore

strange new worlds and meet a few hilarious aliens.

Kids SummerStage

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (12:00PM - 1:00PM). Les

Gove Park in Auburn. ***In the event of rain, location

will move to the Auburn Community & Event Center.

An exciting children's outdoor concert series that

includes music, live animals, magic and LOADS of

fun! Spray park and playground close by. 2019 Line-

up:

July 10 - Reptile Isle July 17 -

The Magic of Jeff Evans

July 24 - Recess Monkey July 31 - Ruth &

Emilia

August 7 - Charlie 'The Noiseguy' Williams August 14 -

Joanie Leeds

Kids' Free Dance Classes

Thursday, July 11 and August 8, 2019 (6:30PM–

7:30PM) Tacoma Art Museum. On the second

Thursday of each month, Kara O’Toole will guide

participants through dance phrases and relate

movement to works of art. Plan to stay for the hour

and wear comfortable clothes and shoes/socks you

can move in. All ages and experience levels are

welcome. Children under the age of 8 must be

accompanied by a participating guardian. If you have

any questions, contact T.U.P.A.C.: (253) 327-1873

Star Wars Yoda and Friends

Saturday, July 13, 2019 (11:00AM – 12:00PM).

Enumclaw Library. Ages 2 to 7 with adult. Learn

about flying through space and make friends with

Yoda and his friends Luke and Leia. Construct your

own origami Yoda.

100’s of opportunities in the

Greater Seattle Area through the

King County Library and other sponsors.

PLANNING for MORE FUN and EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ...

Students not yet reading at grade level in the Reading Assistance Program (RAP) and Special Education students in grades K-5 are participating in a summer book club.

Just before school ends, students selected 10 high interest books and magazines at their independent reading level.

Parents are asked to ensure their child reads daily

Summer Book Club (Grades K-5)

Summer math practice = Fall class success Students can lose up to 3 months of math learning over the summer. Help keep this from happening by checking out the hints sent in each newsletter and encouraging your child to complete the skill practice sheets. There are lots of great math websites, and we’ll send you links with each newsletter. Please know that we have tried to find websites that don’t have too much advertising. Finding ones that are advertising free is almost impossible. Be sure and check out the website yourself just to make sure it meets your expectations before having your child play the math games.

It’s summer! Get out and play Some kids look at summer as one long TV/videogame/social media session. It is important to keep your child involved in physical activities, talking with others and engaged in activities outdoors. Consider some fun summer time activities that encourage physical fitness. Remember that we have some great public parks for use!

Have lots of chats with your kids Summer is also a time when kids may go to camp or spend more time out of the house with friends. The best way to know what’s going on with your child is just to ask!

What did they do today? What was the best part of the day? What was something interesting that happened today? What did they read? What did they observe?

Summer Newsletter Schedule 7 Distribution Dates

Learning Connections Summer Newsletters are published with skill worksheets for grades 1-6. If you would like access to another

grade level please go to the Tahoma website.

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Did you know that you can make any level book successful by the kind of support you give?

R d h h ll i b k

This week

Read the most challenging books to your child. Encourage your child to join in and gradually assist you more. For books with less challenge you assist by

our focus is: giving strategy prompts. Soon your child will be using the strategies to read a book at their level with only occasional help from you.

Try to do at least one of these every day! ENJOYR d l d t hildo Read aloud to your child

o Read with your child and share the tasko Listen to your child read an easy or familiar book alone

1) Talk about the pictures, title, or subject of a book to build anticipation and practice predicting

2) Echo reading – you read a sentence and your child repeats it.  

3) Alternate reading – take turns reading sentences, paragraphs or pagesparagraphs, or pages.  

4) Fill in the blank ‐ read along normally and then pause for your child to fill in the word.  Stop on a word encouraging your child to use the letter/sound clues along with the context to fill in 

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letter/sound clues along with the context to fill inthe word.  

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Skip the word, and come back to it. 

Substitute a word that makes sense.

 

 

 

Think about the story. What would make sense?

Reread the sentence. What word would sound right?

 

 

Take a running start.

Look at the beginning letter(s). Get your mouth ready.

 

 

 

This week

our focus is:

o Solve addition & subtraction problems

within 20 including addition of 3 whole

numbers. (1.OA.1-2)

o Add & subtract within 20, showing fluency

for + and - within 10. (1.OA.6)

Count…count…count!

Counting strengthens number sense

and improves math fluency. This

week (and every week!) ask your child

to count for you. Count by ones, tens,

fives, twos, and count backwards.

Counting can be practiced nearly

anytime and anywhere!

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Dream Box: <you’ll need to click on your class list from last year>

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For_Students_Folder/Learning_Links/Math

math fluency week1 grade 2

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Addition (C) 3 Score:

5 1 1 7 3

+ 3 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 3

2 + 3 = _____ 0 + 3 = _____ 3 + 8 = _____

3 2 9 3 1

+ 4 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 9

4 + 0 = _____ 4 + 3 = _____ 3 + 1 = _____

3 3 8 3

+ 5 + 7 + 3 + 2

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Addition (C) 3 Score:

5 1 1 7 3

+ 3 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 3

2 + 3 = _____ 0 + 3 = _____ 3 + 8 = _____

3 2 9 3 1

+ 4 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 9

4 + 0 = _____ 4 + 3 = _____ 3 + 1 = _____

3 3 8 3

+ 5 + 7 + 3 + 2

math fluency week1 grade 2

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Addition (D) 3 Score:

1 3 8 4 8

+ 3 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1

3 + 7 = _____ 9 + 3 = _____ 1 + 5 = _____

3 3 6 2 1

+ 0 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 9

2 + 3 = _____ 3 + 9 = _____ 3 + 4 = _____

3 5 0 3

+ 8 + 3 + 7 + 1

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Addition (D) 3 Score:

1 3 8 4 8

+ 3 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1

3 + 7 = _____ 9 + 3 = _____ 1 + 5 = _____

3 3 6 2 1

+ 0 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 9

2 + 3 = _____ 3 + 9 = _____ 3 + 4 = _____

3 5 0 3

+ 8 + 3 + 7 + 1

math fluency week1 grade 2

math fluency week1 grade 2 sub

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Subtraction (C) 3 Score:

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– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 2

6 – 3 = _____ 7 – 3 = _____ 3 – 2 = _____

8 4 5 10 9

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

3 – 1 = _____ 6 – 3 = _____ 7 – 3 = _____

8 4 3 3

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 0

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Subtraction (C) 3 Score:

9 3 10 5 4

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 2

6 – 3 = _____ 7 – 3 = _____ 3 – 2 = _____

8 4 5 10 9

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

3 – 1 = _____ 6 – 3 = _____ 7 – 3 = _____

8 4 3 3

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 0

math fluency week1 grade 2 sub

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Subtraction (D) 3 Score:

9 7 10 8 3

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 1 – 3

6 – 3 = _____ 5 – 3 = _____ 8 – 3 = _____

4 6 5 8 4

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

6 – 3 = _____ 3 – 1 = _____ 3 – 2 = _____

7 10 9 3

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

Math Fluency Name:

Date:

Subtraction (D) 3 Score:

9 7 10 8 3

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 1 – 3

6 – 3 = _____ 5 – 3 = _____ 8 – 3 = _____

4 6 5 8 4

– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

6 – 3 = _____ 3 – 1 = _____ 3 – 2 = _____

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– 3 – 3 – 3 – 3

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6. ■ - 6 = 3

Solve the story problem.

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9. Vito has 7 grapes. He gets some more grapes. Now he has 10 grapes.How many grapes does he get?

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4 + 6 + 5 = ■ 6.

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