MICS MS/HS Independent Summer Enrichment 2015
Summer Enrichment Activities
What is the purpose of
assigning Summer Enrichment Activities?
Our goal with the optional
Independent Summer Enrichment program is to inspire students to prepare
and review for Common
Core based literacy and
math skills for the next
grade level.
Why do students have to
read and practice math
skills over the summer?
According to NEA, students
will lose three months worth
of learning if they have a
summer without practicing
reading and math skills. That
has proven to have an impact
on cumulative loss for the
new school year.
ready assigned summer reading assignments for students
who are already registered in
their classes. These students are welcome to complete the Summer Enrichment Reading as well.
How do students submit
their responses?
USA Test Prep and IXL responses will already be automatically submitted based on
student activity. We encourage students to read nonfiction and fiction sources
from CommonLit. On
www.commonlit.org, students
can choose downloadable articles, research, poetry, and
short stories and use the
Google Form to respond to all
of the questions.
How often should students
complete the Google Form
to respond to ?
Mountain Island
Charter School
The form is organized for
students to respond once a
week.
When should students complete Summer Enrichment?
All entries must be submitted by September 2, 2015.
 Provides a skill-based and
data-driven curriculum aligned with current state
standards
What incentive will they
receive for completing
these assignments?
Includes rigorous evaluation,
including standardized testing
and individualized learning
plans
Students will receive one
homework pass in ELA and
another homework pass in
Math.
 Prepares students for the
next grade level
 Self-Directed Interactive
Activities
 Three months of retaining
information to prepare for
the next grade level
Our Honors English II, III,
IV, AP English, and Spanish
III and IV classes have al-
 Instant feedback on results
in USA Testprep and IXL
6-12 Math
IXL
IXL is a web-based pro-
gram that targets MATH
for all grades K-12 with
problems based on the
common core standards.
The math problems have a
Benefits of Reading
and Math Summer
Enrichment
previous year.
wide variety of question
types, from word problems to interactive graphing.
Students can spend 15
minutes day to practice
skills in their rising grade
levels or upcoming math
courses.
Simply log on to
www.ixl.com
Username: firstinitiallastname@micharter

dduck@micharter
Password: Same as the
For password assistance,
contact Cherie Chandler
@micharter.org
Note: For HS courses, you
can do the following for
practice:

Algebra I for Math I

Geometry for Math II

Algebra 2 for Math III
English Language Arts
More Information
How often should students read
daily?
We recommend that students spend
30-45 minutes using the following
sites we offer: USA Testprep and
Commonlit. Both of these sites offer a variety of activities on informational and literature texts.
USA Testprep
We recommend that students spend
30 minutes a day on USA Testprep.
Rising 6-12 students have already
been programmed in to receiving their
assignments beginning June 11th.
Rising 7-12 students have already
taken benchmark exams from this
program. Thus, they should still have
the same username and password
from this past school year.
They will not be completing benchmarks on USATestprep for this summer. They will only be engaged in
interactive activities to improve reading comprehension in the following
areas:

10 Practice Questions
Students are assigned a literature or informational passage to
read. Then, they are provided textevidence based questions aligned with
the grade level Common Core Standards.

Performance Based Assessments
These exercises ask students
to apply their understanding of a
concept by classifying, ordering, or
labeling items properly.

Games
This consists of one and two-
player games, arcade bonus rounds,
and more.

Vocabulary
Students use context clues to
figure out an unknown word.
Here are the recommended weekly
submission dates for reading and
math:
For each assignment, students are
able to retry up to three times.
Just log into www.usatestprep.com

School Code: raptors84

Username: Firstname.lastname

Example: Barney.rubble

Password: same as the one given
this year for benchmarks.
Rising 6th grade students received
emails with the usernames and passwords. For assistance with password,
contact Cherie Chandler at [email protected]
CommonLit
COMMONLIT is a collection of
poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and
literature for classrooms.
Students can click on the “Get
Started” bottom to select a
theme they want to focus on.
From there, they select the grade
level appropriate, based on a
theme, to download a PDF file
that consist of the passage and
questions. Students are to use
the Google Form to respond to
questions for that week. Click
here for a text example on alter
egos.
Book Reading Response
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Public
Library System is offering a Teen
Reading Program to encourage
students to read more books.
Brochures were given to English
teachers to distribute. For more
information, click here. If students select books to read, they
can respond weekly to the Google
Form.
Week 1-June 21
Week 2-June 26
Week3-July 5
Week 4-July 12
Week 5-July 19
Week 6-July 26
Week 7-August 2
Week 8-August 9
Week 9-August 16
Week 10- August 23
If you have any questions, feel free
to contact Cherie Chandler at
[email protected].
Happy Enrichment!
MICS MS/HS Team