AMS Summer Learning 2025

We hope your summer is off to a great start. While you ease into your summer routine, we encourage you to support your child in preparing for the upcoming school year. Setting aside half an hour to an hour a day can help students close learning gaps and perform at higher levels. Summer is a great time for students to sharpen their academic skills while still having plenty of time for those beloved summer activities! AMS teachers have provided resources in math and reading for all students. Please click on the links below to access recommended summer readings and math activities.

Have a wonderful and safe summer.

Amy Kendziorski and Julie Ramey

Please note the following:

• Summer math is required of all Aspen Middle School students entering Grades 5 -12.

• This work should be completed on a weekly basis, if possible. Notice the hour on the due date, it separates assignments into hour-long chunks. Summer math is to be completed prior to the first day of school. One plan would be to complete an hour of math each week.

• Student progress and proficiency will be saved each time a student logs in to their Khan Academy account, teachers will begin the school year with this information.

• Summer math is intended to reinforce and deepen understanding of prerequisite skills necessary to enter specific math classes.

• Although these problems are presented online, they are not intended to be done solely with mental math. Use a notebook to record notes and to show all work.

• If you have questions or problems, contact Kris Kaplinski, kkaplinski@aspenk12.net, Aspen Middle School Math Specialist, or your current math teacher.

• Know your multiplication facts. You can and should practice these at any time.

• Some families may want to engage in more than 1 hour weekly. If so, have your child do the entire “Entering _ Grade Level Math” course in Khan, not just the assigned exercises.

To access the Summer Math Exercises, please click the appropriate link below, determined by the math class that you plan to enter in August 2025:

Please follow this Tutorial Video to walk you through the process.

Once you join the class on Khan, look on the left side for the course, and that is where you will find all the assignments.

*Entering 5th Grade Math - Click here to join the Khan Academy class (“AMS Summer Math 2025 - Entering 5th Grade Math”), where you will find the assigned videos and problem sets.

*Entering 6th Grade Math - Click here to join the Khan Academy class (“AMS Summer Math 2025 - Entering 6th Grade Math”), where you will find the assigned videos and problem sets.

*Entering 7th Grade Math - Click here to join the Khan Academy class (“AMS Summer Math 2025 - Entering 7th Grade Math”), where you will find the assigned videos and problem sets.

*Entering 8th Grade Math - Click here to join the Khan Academy class (“AMS Summer Math 2025 - Entering 8th Grade Math”), where you will find the assigned videos and problem sets.

*Entering Algebra 1 - Click here to join the Khan Academy class, where you will find the assigned videos and problem sets.

STUDENTS - WATCH VIDEOS PRIOR TO COMPLETING EXERCISES. The videos are important so that you practice skills correctly.

Having issues joining the above Khan class?

Troubleshooting

Do you see the following message when trying to join a Khan Academy class? “Cannot join this class, coach’s class: cannot_Modify_Coaches” Your account was most likely set up by a parent, and you will need your parent to log in to their parent account and allow for you to add more ‘coaches/classes’ to your student account. Directions here. If all else fails, please follow the links above to access the Khan Academy activities.

Troubleshooting

For new students, if you do not yet have an aspenk12.net email account. Log in from your personal email for this summer.

Dear AMS & AES 4th Grade Teachers and Staff,

Please click HERE for the updated AMS Summer Reading Expectations for incoming 5th–8th graders. The slides include the reading expectations and various book resources to support summer learning.

Happy summer reading!