Introducing the Summer Math & Reading Challenges!
Dear Fabulous Nova Families,
Summer is here – a time for our scholars to have a break from school and spend more time outside and engaging in relaxing activities. It is worth noting that studies show the summer is when our students are at risk to lose some of the academic skills they learned during the school year.
To that end, we are pleased to introduce a Summer Math Challenge and a Summer Reading Challenge! Upon successful completion of each of these challenges, students will earn a certificate for a non-uniform day when we return to school! See below for more details about each of these challenges. This information was also sent home with your child the last week of school, but I am fully aware that this may have not made it home with them!
Happy Learning!
-Brooke Tousignant
Lower School Principal
Summer Reading Challenge!
With the Find-a-Book website, your child can find books that will help them continue learning – and further nurture a love of reading. This site uses a student’s Lexile reading measure to determine appropriate reading books for your child. Please note: Due to not taking an end of year reading assessment, you will most likely not have a Lexile measure for your child.
- Enter the student’s Lexile measure. If you don’t know a student’s Lexile measure, you can search for books based on their comfort with grade-level materials.
- Select the student’s interest categories.
- View and refine the search results. As you browse books, click the “Find This Book” button next to the book title to check for availability at the local public library.
- Add books to the student’s reading list. You can print the custom list for reference.
Here is another resource, including a free assessment, to determine your child's reading level.
Students entering Grades K-2: Record the book titles that you read this summer and turn the list in to your new teacher when the school year resumes. (A blank reading log can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.)
Students entering Grades 3-5: Complete a book report on two of the books within your reading level. (A blank book report form can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.)
Students can turn in their completed reading list and/or their book reports to their homeroom teacher when we return to school to receive a certificate for a non-uniform day!
Summer Reading Resource Newsletter
Keep reading and earn prizes all summer with the St. Paul Public Library!
This newsletter describes the SPPL Summer Reading Program to earn prizes and join events. You can track your reading hours online or pick up a reading and activity log at any neighborhood location (even if you do not live within the St. Paul city limits).
In case you forgot, Nova students can check out materials in the library or online at sppl.org using your LibraryGo card number that is built as follows:
- Nova's number (2209190300) + (your child's 4-digit lunch PIN number)
- Password: Your child's birthday written MMDDYY, for example, January 26, 2012 would be 01262012
Contact Ms. Gabor if you need your student's Lunch PIN or any other assistance with accessing your child's LibraryGo card.
Summer Math Challenge!
PLEASE NOTE: The information that was previously sent home is not correct. The website is no longer in service.
Here are a few other options for math practice over the summer:
Tang Math - This website has a gameboard with activities for students to complete and a certificate to print at the end.
Khan Academy - You can create an account for your child and work through grade-specific or concept-specific lessons and track progress along the way.
IXL: Every student that was in Grades 1-4 in the 22-23 school year also has an IXL account. We have created a summer leaderboard where students can practice skills in their 22-23 grade level, the grade level prior to and 2 grade levels above their 22-23 grade level.
- Login: first initial, last name, and the last 2 digits of their graduation year (i.e. btousignant29)
- Password: abc123
Once logged in, navigate to "Math" and complete exercises and games.
Practice will be tracked and logged on the "Leaderboard" tab
At the end of the summer, a certificate can be printed from the "Certificates Center" under the "Awards" tab.
If you have trouble logging in, please contact Missy Johnson at mjohnson@novaclassical.org.
Workbooks/worksheets from The Curriculum Corner - organized by grade, students should complete a few sheets/week
Students can turn in their award certificate, unit quizzes, or some sort of proof of their math progress to their homeroom teacher when we return to school to receive a certificate for a non-uniform day! We will not be picky, just show us that your child has been engaging with math over the summer! :)
Nova Classical Academy
It's a great day to be a knight!
Email: btousignant@novaclassical.org
Website: novaclassical.org
Location: 1455 Victoria Way, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: 651-209-6320