The Musk Ox Memo Summer Edition is here to provide you one location of ideas and resources available to you this summer to help your child continue with their academics. There are a lot of other resources out there for parents as well that are not listed here. These are the ones that students use at school, recommended by teachers and your child may be familiar with already.

Effective July 1st, the Alaska Reads Act will impact students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade specifically. Click here for more information: https://education.alaska.gov/akreads

As we move into next school year more will be shared with our parents.

The GoGuardian Parent app is a mobile app designed to provide parents/guardians insight and control over their student's online activity when on school-managed devices and accounts.

The GoGuardian Parent app provides you with an additional set of internet controls that you can set for out-of-school hours. GoGuardian Parent was created to help provide students with additional educational support and is a companion to the classroom engagement and internet filtering tools that our schools use.

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On the district webpage there is a student tab on the right hand side. After clicking on the student tab, students can log into Clever. Some of our programs use Clever to log them in automatically so they do not have to log in each time. From the student's Clever account, students will find the link for LEXIA, i-ready (math) and Moby Max. They may also find a teacher page in which their classroom teacher has provided other resources for them.

To log into clever students need to know their student login and password. They should know this information or their classroom teacher may have sent it home. If they cannot remember their login information you can call the district help desk at 761-HELP

This past year, all of our K-3rd grade students used Lexia® Core5® Reading—a fun, computer-based program that has helped millions of students improve their literacy skills. It is available for all of our students k-5 regardless of if they used it during the school year or not. Students that did not use it during the School year will take a placement test so they will receive lessons on skills they need practice on as it is individually tailored to their needs.

The activities in Core5 support and build on your child’s classroom curriculum and focus on developing reading skills in six areas: phonological awareness, phonics, structural analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Here’s how Lexia Core5 Reading works:

• Your child begins Core5 at a starting point that fits his or her needs and then engages in online activities throughout the week.

• Online activities include direct instruction and immediate feedback as your child learns new skills.

• Progress and performance in the program are reported directly to teachers so that they can provide assistance when needed.

• Paper-and-pencil activities are also used for practice and may be completed in school or brought home.

• Achievement certificates may be sent home to celebrate success and to show progress in the program. Students who earn any certificates during the summer will receive them when we return to school in August.

To find a scope and Sequence of the skills taught in Lexia click here: https://www.lexialearning.com/sites/default/files/resources/Core5_Scope_Sequence_21_level_2020.pdf

Students can log into Lexia after signing into their CLEVER account under the students page on the district website. All students should know how to do this as they did this in school each day.

Our math program, iready math provides an individualized learning path for students based on their diagnostic test they took at the end of April/beginning of May. Students have access to their learning path throughout the summer. They also have access to the Learning Games that work on the skills they are learning.

If students are working on the individualized learning path and do not pass a lesson multiple times it will turn off the pathway for them. Encourage your student to let you know when they do not pass a lesson so that you can sit with them and provide them some additional support. This is also a great way for you to see what skills your child is working on in math.

If your family would like an additional summer math learning opportunity or an alternative to online learning, please see the math packets below. They contain practice problems and activities tied to the key learning from each grade to ensure students are ready to start strong in the Fall.

Packets can be downloaded and printed or your child can access the packets on a screen and solve the problems on paper or in a notebook. Answer Key packets are linked as well, so that you can support your student and help them to review and check their work. These packets do not need to come to school in the fall but are instead meant for at home practice.

All students took a diagnostic placement test prior to the last week of school. Students will have an individual learning path to work on skills in the following areas:

• phonological awareness
• phonics
• high frequency words
• vocabulary
• Comprehension:
• literature
• informational text

Students will have access to their individual pathway throughout the summer and are able to work on the skills they need.

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Students in 2nd -5th grade have a REFLEX account where they can practice math fluency and fractions. Students fill their "green circle" when they have met their target practice time for the day. (about 20 minutes)

students login here: https://apps.explorelearning.com/account/reflex/login/student?_ga=2.5723443.1894233781.1654283794-759130260.1654283794

K-3rd grade literacy skills

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storybooks brought to life:

www.vooks.com

Math games:

Prodigy Math- some teachers have accounts and students know how to access this. Otherwise students can create a free account and have limited access to math games or you can purchase a monthly subscription for more access. more information for parents can be found here: https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/

Wasilla Public Library Summer Reading Program

https://www.smore.com/z9gkj

You can go into the summer zone on Scholastic’s free app. The app provides books, games, music, and opportunities to connect with other readers. Kids read books on the app and earn digital experiences as they continue their “reading streak.” It’s available from May 9th to August 19th. Bonus: Scholastic will donate books as kids keep up their “reading streaks.”

Check out Mrs. McClain's summer newsletter here: https://www.smore.com/ndcsq

Each student that receives speech services from Mrs. Gallagher has a google classroom with individualized activities to work on the skills they are practicing. Students can log into their google account and access their speech google classroom for these activities.

Kids Kupboard provides thousands of free meals each day at year-round site locations and in collaborative partnerships with 14 other community organizations who make meals available to children in their afterschool and summer programs.

Final teacher assignments will be made available by noon on August 14th prior to open house. You will be able to view this in your ParentVUE account.

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Website: www.matsuk12.us/mze
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Phone: 907-864-2300
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