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Lower School Summer Math Practice (PK-4th Grade)
Students are challenged to complete a certain number of minutes of IXL Math this summer to be eligible for a popsicle party in August. All minutes will be tracked between May 20-August 10, 2016.
- Current preschool & kindergarten students: Complete at least 200 minutes of IXL work in the grade level just finished or higher
- Current 1st-3rd graders: Complete at least 400 minutes of IXL work in the grade level just finished or higher
*To be eligible, work must be done in the grade level just finished or higher. Work in a previous grade level is fine to do for review, but it will not count in the accumulated minutes. For example, a student who just finished first grade must do work at a first grade level or higher. If he/she goes back to any kinder/PK work, those minutes would not count.
* For minutes to count, students must be logged in to their school account. This is the only way minutes are logged and reported to the appropriate teacher. Usernames and passwords are the same as they were during this school year. Please understand that minutes cannot be tracked if a student goes to the open IXL site without logging in.
Middle School Summer Math Practice (5th-8th Grade)
We recommend students complete 600 minutes (10 hours) of math in their grade level or higher. Students who struggle would benefit from completing 120 minutes of work in the grade level below their current grade.
Option I: Work in IXL at your grade level. There is no need to go beyond unless you are self-motivated to do so. Practice regularly so that your work is spread out evenly over the summer. We advise you to do weekly practice. (NOTE: User names and passwords are the same as they were the previous year.)
Option II: Utilize Summer Bridge Activities workbooks. Complete each of two sections of daily math activities, totaling “40 days” as it is divided out in the book, and bring the book to show your teacher. Please make sure your student is using the correct book for his/her grade level. For example, rising 6th graders would choose the “Bridging 6th to 7th Grade” book. (NOTE: Books are available online and at Barnes and Noble Booksellers.)
Upper School Summer Math Practice (9th-12th Grade)
WCS students are asked to complete a Summer Math Program using the ALEKS textbook resource. Teachers gave students their username and password before the end of the school year. If you forget your username and password or are a new student to WCS, please email [email protected] for assistance.
When you log in, go to the ALEKS program. The ALEKS program will ask you to complete about 30 problems for a beginning assessment. If you cannot complete this assessment in one sitting, you can save and ALEKS will start where you left off.
After you complete the assessment the ALEKS program will present you with an Objective Pie designed by your teacher this year. You can click any objective in the pie to complete the related assignments. All summer you can continue working on mastery of all the pie’s objectives.
If you wait a long time to work on the pie, ALEKS will again ask you to complete a 30-question assessment. Do not wait too long to access ALEKS. Occasionally ALEKS will give you a 10-20 problem check-up assessment to see how you are mastering the objective.
We highly recommend that you complete the Summer ALEKS Math Program before the school year starts, so that you can be sure you are ready. A report on the time that you spent on each objective and the objectives mastered will be sent to your teacher on Friday, August 5.
All math classes will have a diagnostic assessment in the first week of school to determine if students have maintained the skills necessary to be successful in math. Your results from the Summer ALEKS Math Program will be used to analyze your strengths and weaknesses and assist your teacher in helping you grow mathematically throughout the year.
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