West Vancouver Schools
Summer Learning Newsletter
Nothing in this newsletter has a cost associated with it, although some websites or apps will have both a free and paid version. We hope this helps you and your kids thrive in the summer of 2020!
District Tools You Can Use During The Summer!
MATH IXL
Math IXL will continue to be accessible over the summer, for those students who have accounts. If your child does not have a school account, see below for other Math choices.
Discovery Education
This site is mostly about Science but there's lots here to keep your curious learners interested! Students will have a username and password from their teacher if they have been using it in class.
Fresh Grade
Current classes usually exist for the first week or two of the summer and then they are archived. Once archived, they can be viewed but not changed.
Google
Google accounts for students who have them (Intermediate grades) will continue to be available.
Google Read and Write
As above
Dreamscape
Accounts will remain active and for those who don't have an account and want one, see below for information on creating an account!
Literacy Sites and Activities
West Van Memorial Library's Summer Reading Club!
Registration started on Monday, June 15th. Here is the link to the website with all of the information!
EPIC! Books
Start With A Book
Dreamscape
Dreamscape is free. You can sign up here.
Dreamscape does offer paid "memberships" that allow students to access extra content and game accessories but it is not necessary to have a membership!
Summer Reading Lists!
The Horn Book High School List
The Horn Book Middle School List
The Horn Book Intermediate List
The Horn Book Easy Readers and Primary Grades
The Horn Book Past Summer Reading Lists
Imagination Soup Summer Reading List for kids from 5 to 18
30 Books To Help You Talk To Your Kids About Racism
West Van Memorial Library BLM Books for Primary Grades
Numeracy Sites and Activities
Game Based Math for Grades 1 to 8!
If your child already has an account through their teacher, encourage then to continue to use that account. If not, you can create a free account for them by going here.
NOTE: Prodigy is free. They do offer paid "memberships" that allow students to access extra content and game accessories but it is not necessary to have a membership!
Prep for Grade 7 and 8 Math
The offerings are somewhat limited, as it's their first year but they have a Prep (Review) for Math 7 and a Prep (Review) for Math 8. The courses are based on the American curriculum but there is a fair amount of carry-over. And it's all free! And even better....there is a parent handbook to. help those of us who might not remember how to do Math!
Games That Encourage MATH Thinking!
If you have a child who loves math and loves puzzles, try games like Sudoku or Kenken. These games can start off easy and get harder!
STEAM Sites and Activities
Camp Kinda
Tynker's Summer Code Jam!
Tinkercad - Computer Assisted Design for Everyone!
Start by going here and creating an account. Students will need to enter a parent's email to create an account.
To get started, this blog post has some "how to" videos to help kids get started.
Physical Literacy Sites and Activities
Go Noodle!
Get Out and Hike!
15 Easy Family-Friendly Hiking Trails
The Best Playground
Every few days we would head out to a new playground, snacks, sunscreen and checklist in hand. We spent lots of time together, found new places to discover and had a great time!
You and your kids could create your own discovery project or do they same one we did! Want to add in some learning? Have them keep a journal. Create a graph showing the ratings for each playground. Take a tape measure and measure the approximate height of the highest element in the playground or the length of the longest slide!