summer assignments carroll isd

Most children experience some “summer slide” regression over the summer months. Our goal for summer work is not to teach new skills, but to help prevent the loss or weakening of skills our children have worked so hard to attain. Thank you for your support!

Students Entering 2nd Grade

Students entering 3rd grade, students entering 4th grade, students entering 5th grade, students entering 6th grade, students entering 7th grade, students entering 8th grade (lincoln), students entering upper 8th & 9th (wayland).

For students entering 2nd Grade...

• For students who attended Carroll this year  ... Below are required assignments plus some summer practice options to help reinforce skills taught throughout the school year.
• For new students coming to Carroll for the first time  ... we do not expect your child to complete summer work as they may not be familiar with, or have access to, some of the tools or strategies (which they'll learn next year). But, feel free to try out the below assignments should your child want to practice.

Language Arts

SUMMER WORK

• Grades 2-5 Summer Reading Assignment Chart
• Reading Fluency: 1000 Most Common Words
• Games to Promote Oral Language

There is no math for incoming 2nd graders.

Academic Software for Summer Practice

For practice, students can sign on to academic software during the summer using their Classlink account (for returning students only). Click here for more information.

For students entering 3rd Grade...

Math practice for incoming 3rd graders:

• Practice: Tens and Ones
• Practice: Before After Between to 100
• Practice: Add/Subtract Combos to 20
• Practice: 2-Digit Add Sub with Regroup
• Resource: Summer Games List

For students entering 4th Grade...

Math practice for incoming 4th graders:

• Start Here: Rising 4th Grade Summer Math Review
• Practice: Multiplying on a Number Line
• Practice: Missing Multiples
• Practice: Arrays
• Practice: Add/Subtract Combo to 20
• Practice: 2-Digit Add/Subtract with Regroup
• Practice: Code Breakers - Level A
• Practice: Code Breakers - Level B
• Practice:  Math Puzzles - Level A
• Practice:  Math Puzzles - Level B
• Challenge: Summer Cooking Challenge

For students entering 5th Grade...

• Summer Reading Worksheet for One and Only Ivan

Math practice for incoming 5th graders:

• Start Here: Rising 5th Grade Summer Math Review

For students entering 6th Grade...

Below are required summer work to help reinforce skills taught throughout the school year.

• For returning AND new students, an email will be shared this summer with instructions.

6th Grade Summer Reading

6th Grade Summer Math

For students entering 7th Grade...

• For returning students, summer work will be posted in Google Classroom.
• For new students, an email will be shared this summer with instructions.

7th Grade Summer Reading

7th Grade Summer History

7th Grade Summer Math

For students entering 8th Grade...

8th Grade Summer Reading

8th Grade Summer History

8th Grade Summer Math

For students entering the Upper School ....

Our goal for summer reading is to have students continue to practice their reading for approximately 30 minutes a day to maintain their reading skills and acquire new vocabulary. We have assigned an “All School Read,” Flying Lessons, and other stories by Ellen Oh, for all students and adults entering or returning to the Upper School. Read and/or print the following detailed information about summer reading:

2024 Summer Reading Assignment for Upper School

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Summer Assignments

All the summer assignments are posted on the CISD website!  Check them out!

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English Summer Assignments

Summer Assignments for all Freshmen

English 10 Summer Assignments Honors English 10 Summer Assignments

English 11 Summer Assignments & Character Description Chart Honors English 11 Summer Assignments AP English 11 Summer Assignments

English 12 Summer Assignments & Annotation Guide Honors English 12 Summer Assignments AP English 12 Summer Assignments

Additional Summer Work 

Please note, more courses coming soon.

Summer Assignment

Summer Assignment, Pt. 1 Summer Assignment, Pt. 2

Summer Assignment (Full Packet)

Precalculus Review

Summer Assignment iWitness Foundation Briefs Reliable Source List

Summer Assignment Topic Samples Performance Tasks

Carroll schools consider generative AI…

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Carroll schools consider generative ai guidelines for teaching and learning.

The public schools’ staff have been working to create instructional guidelines for the use of generative AI in schools since an initial discussion was held in July 2023. In October, the school system formed an AI Guidelines Committee, which worked through January to develop a set of guidelines for the school system.

The committee has been collecting feedback on revisions for the last several months and will present information for the school board’s review Wednesday. The meeting begins at 5 p.m., at 125 N. Court St., in Westminster.

AI technologies have been slowly progressing since the dawn of digital computers , but the recent advancement of neural networks represents a large stride in machine learning. Popular generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, absorb a massive amount of text, using a neural network to store data in a way that is similar to a human brain, then using its understanding of common word and sentence pairings to generate new text. When generating text, an AI is essentially guessing the most likely next word of its own sentence, with help from a dataset so vast it can attempt to mimic a style or tone found in the training data.

ChatGPT’s engine is called Large Language Modeling, but other AI technologies can use a similar process to generate charts, images, audio, video, and more.

Carroll’s public school students may use generative AI to assist with planning or outlining an assignment, suggest revisions, draft an email or letter, and personalize learning. However, the new technology still has limitations for classroom use, according to the presentation. AI-generated text is often less vibrant, more repetitive, and less intentional about use of tone, than human-written text. AI may also produce text that is inaccurate, offensive or insensitive.

A syllabus statement provided in the Carroll schools presentation posted online clarifies that students may not use AI tools to help with assignments unless their teacher grants permission to do so for a given assignment.

A tool in the school system’s online learning portal, Schoology, helps teachers to detect when students have misused AI instead of writing an assignment themselves, according to the presentation. Schoology is used by the system to allow for the online submission of assignments, among other things.

The tool provides the percentage of text likely generated by AI and highlights that text within the document for teachers to view. Middle and high school teachers are encouraged to use the AI detection tool, then carefully consider the results before initiating a conversation with the student.

School board meetings are open to the public and livestreamed on the Carroll County Public Schools YouTube channel and viewable on the right side of the Board of Education’s website at  carrollk12.org/board-of-education/meeting-information , under CETV Livestream. Meetings are also broadcast throughout the month on Carroll Educational Television, Channel 21.

Anyone who wishes to participate during the public participation portion of school board meetings must fill out an online sign-up form at  https://www.carrollk12.org/board-of-education/meeting-information  or call the communications office at 410-751-3020 by 9 p.m., on the Tuesday before a meeting.

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First Grade First Grade Modified First Grade Prerequisite

Second Grade Second Grade Modified Second Grade Prerequisite

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Fourth Grade Fourth Grade Modified Fourth Grade Prerequisite

Fifth Grade Fifth Grade Compacted Math Fifth Grade Accelerated Math Fifth Grade Modified Fifth Grade Prerequisite

Sixth Grade Math Sixth Grade Compacted Math Sixth Grade Accelerated Math Sixth Grade Modified Sixth Grade Prerequisite

Intermediate Math Courses

Grade Mathematics - Grade Mathematics includes all of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) designated for 5th grade during the students 5 th  grade year and 6 th  mathematics standards during the students 6 th  grade year.

• Compacted Mathematics is a comprehensive two-year intermediate school program.  In 5th grade, Compacted mathematics covers all 5th and ½ of 6th grade objectives. In 6th grade, Compacted mathematics covers the remainder of the 6th grade objectives and all of the 7th grade objectives.
• Accelerated Mathematics is a comprehensive two-year intermediate school program.  In 5th grade, Accelerated mathematics covers all 5th and 6th grade objectives.  In 6th grade, Accelerated mathematics covers all of 7th and 8th grade objectives.

Intermediate Compacted and Accelerated Math Placement

Procedures and resources.

6th Grade Accelerated Math students will need a TI-84+ graphing calculator.

Regular communication is sent via email from your child’s math teacher.  This is an excellent way to know exactly how your child is doing in their class.

5th Grade Math Placements are made by CISD’s Pre-K - 6th Grade Math Coordinator using the student’s 4th Grade CoGAT/ITBS scores.  If you do not agree with your child’s placement, you may file an appeal within the appeal window.

If at any time you would like your child to move down a level, please contact your child’s counselor.

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