Academic Challenges

Central Valley Charter Schools want to encourage our students to take pride and ownership in their educational journey. We are offering opportunities and incentives for our students as they work towards mastery of essential skills, such as Sight Words, Math Facts, Writing, and Reading. Your student will be given an award certificate as they accomplish the grade level goals throughout the year, receive special recognition at the end of the school year for completing the academic challenge, and earn a ticket for a Grand Prize Raffle drawing each semester. Students are welcome to participate in any challenge that promotes their academic growth. If your student would like to participate, please let your IST know so that they can support your efforts by verifying progress and documenting participation.

To participate in the challenge, use the sight words from your curriculum or from our CVCS word list to learn new words each learning period. Keep track of your student's progress on the Sight Word Bingo Card and show it to your IST at the end of each learning period.

Grade Level Goals:

TK: 3 words each Learning Period for a total of 24 at the end of the year

Kindergarten: 5 words each Learning Period for a total of 40 at the end of the year

1st & 2nd: 10 words each Learning Period for a total of 80 at the end of the year

Resources:

Sight Word Bingo Card

Sight Word Activities

Become a Math Facts Master with daily practice. To participate in this challenge, choose a timed method that works best for your student: math fact worksheets, flashcards, online games, etc. As your student masters the progress goals throughout the year, cross it off on the Math Facts Bingo Card and show it to your IST at the end of each learning period.

Grade Level Goals (under 3 minutes):

TK/K: Identify & Write Numerals

1st/2nd: Addition/Subtraction

3rd/4th: Multiplication/Division

5th/6th: Mixed Operations

OR - ask your IST to help you personalize a goal for your student

Resources:

Math Fact Bingo Cards

FactMonster.com

Math Fact Practice Pages

All students are encouraged to participate in the Writing Challenge this school year. Keep track of the writing genre that your student focuses on during each learning period with our Writing Genre Bingo Card. Be sure to share your student's writing with your IST! The goal is to complete at least 1 assignment in each genre throughout the school year.

Writing Genres:

Narrative

Informative

Opinion

Research

Resources:

Writing Genre Bingo Card

CVCS Primary Writing Schedule

Reading is FUN! Encourage your student to read daily by participating in our Reading Challenge. Students should read (or be read to) for 20 minutes each day. Use a Reading Log to keep track of the book titles, dates, and minutes spent reading. Goal for all students is 300 minutes each learning period. Keep track of your student's progress on the Reading Bingo Card and show the Reading Log to your IST.

Resources:

Reading Log

Reading Bingo Card

This is your opportunity to receive DOUBLE the rewards for reading! Nothing Bundt Cakes is inviting Pre-K through Elementary students to participate in their youth reading program, "Books & Bundts." Just enter 400 minutes on their provided reading log, turn it into the Fresno or Clovis location, and receive a FREE Bundtlet! Be sure to take a picture or make a copy of the reading log to show your IST and keep track of your progress on the Reading Bingo Card in order to document your participation in our Reading Challenge as well.

Books & Bundts Information

Books & Bundts Reading Log - Fresno

Books & Bundts Reading Log - Clovis

Books & Bundts Reading Log - Visalia

We have created a chart with 24 important skills to master for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade students. Check these skills off throughout the year to monitor your progress toward the end of the year goals. Be sure to show your chart to your IST each learning period.

Goal: 12 skills each semester

Your IST will be giving you the Big List of Goals chart during LP1.