This week’s 15-30-60 post is full of resources to keep your kids engaged over the summer by encouraging them to work on educational activities. The following resources (All Free!) will help students from elementary to high school build up their knowledge of language arts and math during the summer. Even just 15-30- or 60 minutes is enough for your students to build up their skills. Just follow the links below to get started.
Local Highlights – Challenges and Initiatives from our local partners
Stay Safe Stay Connected – Virtual Tutoring Initiative
To encourage middle school and high school students to continue their learning throughout the summer, we are inviting 30 students to participate in our Virtual Tutoring Incentive Program. Students must be incoming 7th through 12th graders to participate. Participants will use BrainFuse, a live online tutoring service, and complete 6 sessions before August 31st. Once students have completed all 6 sessions, they’ll be eligible for a $60 digital gift card!
To submit interest in this program for your student, please fill out the below interest form (available in English and Spanish). A member of our UWSL staff will reach out to you once completed for more information or next steps.
Other Highlights:
• Dyad Reading- A form of At-home partner reading
• Salt Lake County Library Events
My Student is in:
Elementary School Middle School High School
Elementary School Learning
Language Arts/Reading
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| Storyline Online
About: (For K-4) – Videos from the Screen Actors Guild featuring celebrated actors reading more than 50 popular children’s picture books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Each book has accompanying lesson plan ideas and activities. |
Starfall
About: (For K-3) – Provides interactive games and free resources for parents and students. Skill: phonemic awareness, phonics, common sight words, decoding practice, word recognition, fluency. |
Start With a Book
About: (For K-3) – Start with a Book offers parents, caregivers, summer program staff, and librarians lots of engaging ideas for getting kids hooked on reading, exploring, and learning all summer long — and beyond. |
Math
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| Math Playground
About: Fun-filled math games for grades 1-6. |
Kodable
About: Coding activities for young learners |
Figure This!
About: Math challenges and games for families |
Middle School Learning
Language Arts/Reading
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60 minutes |
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| Road to Success
About: Students K-8 sign up and log their reading hours to earn incentives. |
English Worksheets Land
About: Teacher approved English worksheets for grades K-10 |
ReadWriteThink
About: Offers resources and ways to encourage children to work on their reading and writing over the summer |
Math
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| Arcademics
About: Educational games dealing with math, language arts, and more. Can choose middle-school subjects such as fractions/algebra. |
SumDog
About: Personalized math and spelling lessons and games for ages 5-14. |
Learn @ Home with You
About: A curated list of educational video channels and a schedule of live educational events. |
High School Learning
Language Arts/ Reading
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| Teaching Tolerance
About: Resource for teaching social justice, civil rights, etc. for families and promote family discussion. |
CommonLit
About: CommonLit is a nonprofit organization on a mission to ensure that all children have the reading and writing skills to succeed in college and beyond. Browse the free collection of available reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres. |
Utah’s Online Library
About: Online resources for students of all ages and levels. |
Math
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60 minutes |
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| Shmoop for School – Math
About: Study guides, AP & ACT test prep and more |
PhET Interactive Simulations
About: Interactive animations to learn math concepts. |
Precision Exams
About: Earning certifications in CTE subjects that can help you earn a job. |
For more resources, visit uw.org/distance-learning-support.
By Ashmita Shanthakumar, Stay Safe Stay Connected Assistance
