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Summer Schedule
Reading
Read at least 20 minutes a day!
“Reading a minimum of 20 minutes a day allows children's vocabulary to grow and expand, exposing them to 1.8 million vocabulary words a year.” -Elizabeth Barnes, Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia.
Did You Know?
From the Children's Reading Institute
For children in kindergarten, assist them with exercises that help develop skills in sound recognition, letter recognition, simple blending and simple rhyming.
Blending may not be a term you are familiar with. It is when children can smoothly join the individual letter sounds together when sounding out words. For example, smooth blending of simple words is when a child is sounding out the word like cat as /ccaat/ instead of a choppy or segmented /c/ .... /a/ .... /t/.
In the first and second grades, there is additional focus on the three primary sub-areas of reading: accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.
By third grade, most children are reading by themselves. It is important to continue reading aloud to further develop essential skills with more challenging reading material. Plus it is a positive, rewarding experience.
When you read aloud, you can read books at the child’s listening level, which is higher than his or her reading level. This provides the opportunity to expand a child’s vocabulary. The wonderful, unique words found in children’s literature are often words we do not use in everyday conversations. A large vocabulary will improve the child’s comprehension as he or she reads more sophisticated books.
Math
Practicing math skills at least two to three times a week can make a HUGE difference. To help students retain the gains they have made or help with the gaps they might have, please encourage your children to complete at least two or three twenty minute math review sessions each week.
Click HERE to use the Khan Academy Getting Ready Courses to help your child review and prepare for next year's math class. This great resource is for all grade levels.
Click HERE to join the Camp Khan Kids for children 2-8 years old.
Check back soon for our updated calendar and important fall dates and deadlines.
Happy Summer!
Reading
Read at least 20 minutes a day!
“Reading a minimum of 20 minutes a day allows children's vocabulary to grow and expand, exposing them to 1.8 million vocabulary words a year.” -Elizabeth Barnes, Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia.
Did You Know?
- If a child reads for 20 minutes every day, they are exposed to about 1.8 million words of text every year. 1 That is 137 new words per minute!
- If families read together for 20 minutes a day, 7 days a week, they get more than 121 hours of bonding time every year!
1 Anderson, R.C., Wilson, P.T., Fielding, L.G. (1988). “Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of School,” Reading Research Quarterly, 23(3), pp. 285–303.
From the Children's Reading Institute
For children in kindergarten, assist them with exercises that help develop skills in sound recognition, letter recognition, simple blending and simple rhyming.
Blending may not be a term you are familiar with. It is when children can smoothly join the individual letter sounds together when sounding out words. For example, smooth blending of simple words is when a child is sounding out the word like cat as /ccaat/ instead of a choppy or segmented /c/ .... /a/ .... /t/.
In the first and second grades, there is additional focus on the three primary sub-areas of reading: accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.
By third grade, most children are reading by themselves. It is important to continue reading aloud to further develop essential skills with more challenging reading material. Plus it is a positive, rewarding experience.
When you read aloud, you can read books at the child’s listening level, which is higher than his or her reading level. This provides the opportunity to expand a child’s vocabulary. The wonderful, unique words found in children’s literature are often words we do not use in everyday conversations. A large vocabulary will improve the child’s comprehension as he or she reads more sophisticated books.
Math
Practicing math skills at least two to three times a week can make a HUGE difference. To help students retain the gains they have made or help with the gaps they might have, please encourage your children to complete at least two or three twenty minute math review sessions each week.
Click HERE to use the Khan Academy Getting Ready Courses to help your child review and prepare for next year's math class. This great resource is for all grade levels.
Click HERE to join the Camp Khan Kids for children 2-8 years old.
Check back soon for our updated calendar and important fall dates and deadlines.
Happy Summer!
Tips to Help Your Students
- Establish a bedtime routine a few weeks before school begins to help students adjust to a school schedule.
- Establish a morning routine as well to help students adjust to waking on time and preparing for the school day.
- Set up a place where your students will work on school each day.
- Stock up on essential school supplies: pencils instead of pens, eraser, crayons or markers, spiral notebook for math and other subjects, graph paper, protractor, and ruler.
- Students should get into a school routine where most school days they are working when their teachers are on duty. Begin this routine on our first day, and continue it throughout the school year.
Haven Virtual Academy
CALENDAR AND CONTACT INFO:
CALENDAR AND CONTACT INFO:
Click HERE to download a copy of the updated HVA Calendar.
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
The calendar is subject to change. Check back for updates throughout the school year.
The 23-24 school calendar will be added here soon!
Additional Information:
Student Attendance and Progress Requirements:
Closely follow the due dates each day in each course. Take time to read through each section of the lesson before answering the questions in the lesson. Remember to check your answers by referring back to the material provided in the lesson. You should always take your time to learn the most and do your best.
High school and middle school students should find they need to spend an average of about 30 to 45 minutes per assignment to do well. Longer assignments could take up to one hour or more. Younger students should spend an average of about 30 minutes per lesson with some taking longer. All students should spend enough time to learn the material and do their best.
Students are encouraged to have regular attendance and start on time each school day. Any illness, absence, or late start time notification should be emailed to Mrs. Wilt from the parent or guardian for the student's file. Mrs. Wilt will notify all the student's teachers so they are aware. If a different schedule is needed for your child, please speak with Mrs. Wilt to arrange it.
Student Attendance and Progress Requirements:
Closely follow the due dates each day in each course. Take time to read through each section of the lesson before answering the questions in the lesson. Remember to check your answers by referring back to the material provided in the lesson. You should always take your time to learn the most and do your best.
High school and middle school students should find they need to spend an average of about 30 to 45 minutes per assignment to do well. Longer assignments could take up to one hour or more. Younger students should spend an average of about 30 minutes per lesson with some taking longer. All students should spend enough time to learn the material and do their best.
Students are encouraged to have regular attendance and start on time each school day. Any illness, absence, or late start time notification should be emailed to Mrs. Wilt from the parent or guardian for the student's file. Mrs. Wilt will notify all the student's teachers so they are aware. If a different schedule is needed for your child, please speak with Mrs. Wilt to arrange it.
Haven Virtual Academy
Contact Information:
Haven Virtual Academy
Attention: Mrs. Wilt
P. O. BOX C- Mailing Address
400 East 5th St - Shipping Address
Haven, KS 67543
Phone - 620.960.3745
School Coordinator: Mrs. Wilt - pwilt@havenschools.com
Check For Additional Resources Below:
Move with Purpose
Boost Productivity. Improve Behavior. Relieve Anxiety
Students of all ages should take short BRAIN BREAKS between assignments. Studies show students who get up and move for a few minutes between classes/lessons do much better than those who remain sedentary. BRAIN BREAKS boost productivity, improve behavior, and enhance focus so students can do their best.
Click on the link below to visit GONoodle to find short videos with good MOVES to use during BRAIN BREAKS. Bookmark it to use throughout the day. This site is especially good for K-8th but really these things or these types of movement are great for all ages. A second link is included below with a specific video that can help students learn to relieve anxiety. Have your student gives these links a try.
Click HERE to visit GONoodle!
Click HERE to view Anxiety Relief located on the GONoode website. This video is designed to help students relieve anxiety. It would also be excellent to use for an occasional BRAIN BREAK.
Boost Productivity. Improve Behavior. Relieve Anxiety
Students of all ages should take short BRAIN BREAKS between assignments. Studies show students who get up and move for a few minutes between classes/lessons do much better than those who remain sedentary. BRAIN BREAKS boost productivity, improve behavior, and enhance focus so students can do their best.
Click on the link below to visit GONoodle to find short videos with good MOVES to use during BRAIN BREAKS. Bookmark it to use throughout the day. This site is especially good for K-8th but really these things or these types of movement are great for all ages. A second link is included below with a specific video that can help students learn to relieve anxiety. Have your student gives these links a try.
Click HERE to visit GONoodle!
Click HERE to view Anxiety Relief located on the GONoode website. This video is designed to help students relieve anxiety. It would also be excellent to use for an occasional BRAIN BREAK.
High School Students-
Click HERE to access the ACT Website. It is recommended that high school students take the ACT a few times during high school. Visit the website to learn more and to find the schedule of test days and locations. You will need the school code to sign up. HVA's code is: 171-433. Contact Mrs. Wilt if you have questions.
Resource List:
Use these things for practice anytime.
Language Arts and English
Click HERE to visit Storyline Online. "Storyline Online streams videos featuring actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations." This site is designed for younger students where there are many choices of books to listen to.
"Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing, and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading."
Math-
Visit Visit Khan Academy to view videos and reinforce math skills.
Visit Flash Card Math to for practicing math facts.
History-
Practice websites: Map Quiz Games, Name That State, USA Capital Match, Beginners Map Practice.
Science-
Visit the following sites to view science videos and ideas for experiments.
Experiment Videos, Neo K12 Science Experiments, Coffee Cups and Crayons
Spelling-
Visit Spelling City and choose a spelling game. Visit Spelling City Test Me and choose your grade level. Spelling City Test Me includes levels through high school.
Handwriting -
Click HERE for a cursive handwriting sheet to print for reference. Keep a copy in view for your student to use for help when writing on paper. Make extra copies of the assigned handwriting sheets for your student to use for practice. Ask Mrs. Wilt for practice sheets if needed.
Keyboarding-
Use this to practice proper hand placement and improve your keyboarding skills.
Visit Typing Club to get started.
K-8 Students and Parents-
Click HERE to check out Khan Academy Kids where you will find things in various subjects that can be used as a resource or enrichment.
Click HERE to access the ACT Website. It is recommended that high school students take the ACT a few times during high school. Visit the website to learn more and to find the schedule of test days and locations. You will need the school code to sign up. HVA's code is: 171-433. Contact Mrs. Wilt if you have questions.
Resource List:
Use these things for practice anytime.
Language Arts and English
Click HERE to visit Storyline Online. "Storyline Online streams videos featuring actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations." This site is designed for younger students where there are many choices of books to listen to.
"Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing, and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading."
Math-
Visit Visit Khan Academy to view videos and reinforce math skills.
Visit Flash Card Math to for practicing math facts.
History-
Practice websites: Map Quiz Games, Name That State, USA Capital Match, Beginners Map Practice.
Science-
Visit the following sites to view science videos and ideas for experiments.
Experiment Videos, Neo K12 Science Experiments, Coffee Cups and Crayons
Spelling-
Visit Spelling City and choose a spelling game. Visit Spelling City Test Me and choose your grade level. Spelling City Test Me includes levels through high school.
Handwriting -
Click HERE for a cursive handwriting sheet to print for reference. Keep a copy in view for your student to use for help when writing on paper. Make extra copies of the assigned handwriting sheets for your student to use for practice. Ask Mrs. Wilt for practice sheets if needed.
Keyboarding-
Use this to practice proper hand placement and improve your keyboarding skills.
Visit Typing Club to get started.
K-8 Students and Parents-
Click HERE to check out Khan Academy Kids where you will find things in various subjects that can be used as a resource or enrichment.
