Time

Activity

8am - 9am

Breakfast/Get ready (Yes. Change out of PJs)

9am - 9:30am

Khan Academy Kids (ideally doing it while sitting next to a parent or older sibling giving them positive feedback for effort). Khan Academy kids starts at the basics of letters, numbers, and social emotional learning and goes through the first grade standards in math, reading, writing and social emotional learning.

For students with stronger literacy and motor skills:

Khan Academy  Kindergarten, 1st grade and  2nd grade math can be appropriate. Ideally a parent or older sibling sits next to them while doing this. One practice that we’ve seen teachers use to great effect is to have all students start on Kindergarten and then move to 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc. This helps ensure that older students are filling in any knowledge gaps that may have accumulated. It also helps build momentum and confidence.

Course challenges and unit tests can be used to accelerate through material. For students with minimal gaps, they should be able to get through a previous year’s content in 1-3 hours.

9:30am - 10am

Play. Ideally outside if weather permits.

10am - 10:30 am

Reading time. Ideally this would be time to read next to a parent or sibling. If students are ready, they can read on their own.

Suggested books (by reading level):

• There are 100+ books that students can read or have read to them on Khan Academy Kids
• The ALSC summer reading list is also a great resource

10:30am - 11:20am

Break. Ideally run around and play outside. Have a snack.

11:20am - 12pm

Writing practice

• Write and illustrate a story about someone having a funny adventure when they stay home sick.
• Draw a picture of what you think a virus looks like. Tell about the different parts and how you think they work.

12pm - 1pm

Lunch - Listen to an educational podcast! Try Wow in the World! If you like science, Stories Podcast or Circle Round to hear a story, or Noodle Loaf to learn about music!

1pm-7pm

Relax, go outside, work on passions, time with family.

7-8pm

Lights out, time to sleep!

Time

Activity

8am - 9am

Breakfast/Get ready for an awesome day! And yes, change out of PJs

9am - 9:40am

Assuming you’ve gotten a good night of sleep, your thinking will be sharpest in the morning so let’s start the day strong with some math! Whoo hoo!

Khan Academy math practice has got your back. Depending on your confidence and grade level, one of the following courses are likely good for you:

• 2nd grade math
• 3rd grade math
• 4th grade math
• 5th grade math

One practice that we’ve seen teachers and students use to great effect is to start, regardless of age, on Kindergarten and then move to 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc.

Course challenges and unit tests can be used to accelerate through material. If you don’t have too many gaps, you should be able to get through a previous year’s content in 1-3 hours. If you do have gaps, it may take a bit longer, but that is good!  This is your chance to fill in those gaps that might otherwise hold you back in the future.

You’ll see that if you are able to put in at least a solid 30 minutes a day of math practice and keep leveling up skills, you’ll see big gains and, most importantly, really see the world in new and exciting ways!

One you are at your grade level, try to set a goal of leveling up at least 3 skills a week.

9:40am - 10am

Play. Ideally play outside. Get that heart pumping.

10am - 10:30 am

We just released the first version of reading comprehension practice on Khan Academy. It is grouped by grade level:

• 2nd grade
• 3rd grade
• 4th grade
• 5th grade
• 6th grade
• 7th grade
• 8th grade

We recommend starting at your grade level and doing 1-2 practice sets per day (or 10 practice sets per week). This should take about 10-20 minutes per day.  If you find it difficult, completely okay to start at an earlier grade level. Likewise, if you find the passages and questions to be easy, feel free to move to higher grade levels.

10:30am - 11am

Silent reading. Curl up with a favorite book or magazine. Here is a great list of titles that you might want to get your hands on:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/summer/alsc-2019-summer-reading-list-grades3-5.pdf

11am - 11:20am

Break/walk/play. Try to get that heart pumping again!

11:20am - 11:40am

Khan Academy Grammar: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar

Recommend starting by taking the course challenge a few times to figure out what you know and don’t know.

11:40 am - 12pm

Journaling/writing. Things to write about/prompts:

• Write a funny or exciting adventure story about what happens when school is closed.
• What are you excited or worried about?
• Write a letter to yourself 10 years in the future. What do you want to tell your future self?
• How do you think the world will be different after the novel corona virus?

12pm - 1pm

Lunch -  Listen to an educational podcast! Try Brains On! If you like science, Forever Ago if you like history, or Story Pirates to hear funny stories written by kids.

1pm-2pm

Enrichment: Khan Academy computer programming

Programming computers is far more fun and creative than you probably ever imagined. Start by creating fun cartoons and animations and work your way up to creating fun games that your friend can play.

2pm-8pm

Relax, go outside, play, time with family.

8-9pm

Lights out, time to sleep!

Time

Activity

8am - 9am

Wake up, make your bed, eat breakfast and get ready for an awesome day! And yes, change out of PJs

9am - 9:40am

Let’s start strong with some serious math brain training. Remember your brain is like a muscle, the more you use it the stronger it gets!

Khan Academy math practice. Depending on level, one of the following courses are likely appropriate:

• 6th grade math
• 7th grade math
• 8th grade math
• Algebra I
• Geometry

One practice that we’ve seen teachers and students use to great effect is to start, regardless of age, on Kindergarten and then move to 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc.

Course challenges and unit tests can be used to accelerate through material. If you don’t have too many gaps, you should be able to get through a previous year’s content in 1-3 hours. If you do have gaps, it may take a bit longer, but that is good!  This is your chance to fill in those gaps that might otherwise hold you back in the future.

9:40am - 10am

Go for walk/run. Youtube JustDance/workouts if weather is bad. Maybe 15 minutes of Yoga with Adrien?

10am - 11am

Reading time. Here is a list of good books for grades 6-8:http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/summer/alsc-2019-summer-reading-list-grades6-8cor.pdf

Here is another list.

Sal Khan’s favorite science fiction books that he read around your age include:

• Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
• Ender’s Game,by Orson Scott Card
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

11am - 11:20am

Break. Walk/run outside if possible.

11:20am - 12pm

Khan Academy Grammar: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar

Recommend starting by taking the course challenge a few times to figure out what you know and don’t know.

Journaling/Writing

Things to write about/prompts:

• What would you do? Research how the virus spreads and different plans that leaders have made to slow it or stop it. Then imagine you are an elected official. Write a plan of your own to slow or stop the virus in your own town.
• What are you excited or worried about?
• Write a letter to yourself 10 years in the future. What do you want to tell your future self?
• How do you think the world will be different after the novel coronavirus?
• What part would you play? People in many, many different jobs play a role in managing this outbreak. Make a list of jobs that can contribute to a solution, and write about which job you’d want and why.

12pm - 1pm

Lunch - Listen to an educational podcast! Try RadioLab If you like science, Forever Ago if you like history, or Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls if you like biographies

1pm - 2pm

Science and social studies. Khan Academy high school biology could be used. Do research on what a virus is and how it spreads. Keep track of the news and how the various countries are responding to the pandemic. Khan Academy resources:

• High school biology
• American history
• Computer science principles

2pm-2:30pm

Walk/break

2:30pm-3:30pm

Enrichment: Khan Academy computer programming

3:30pm-9pm

relax, go outside, work on passions, time with family.

9-10pm

Lights out, time to sleep!

Time

Activity

8am - 9am

Wake up, make your bed, eat breakfast and get ready for an awesome day! And yes, change out of PJs

9am - 9:40am

Khan Academy math practice. Depending on level, one of the following courses are likely appropriate:

• Algebra II
• Geometry
• Precalculus/Trigonometry
• AP Calculus AB or BC
• AP Statistics

9:40am - 10am

Go for walk/run. Youtube JustDance/workouts if weather is bad. Maybe 15 minutes of Yoga with Adrien?

10am - 10:40am

Official SAT Practice (math, reading and writing)

10:40 - 11am

Break/walk

11am - 12pm

Science practice on Khan Academy (high school or A.P. level):

• Biology (high school, A.P.)
• Chemistry (high school, A.P.)
• Physics (high school, A.P.)
• Economics (micro, macro)
• AP CS Principles 

12pm - 1pm

Lunch - Listen to an educational podcast! Try This American Life If you like storytelling, or RadioLab or Science Friday if you like science!

1pm - 2pm

Social studies or second science  

• American history (high school, AP)
• Government and politics (high school, AP)
• World History
• Art history
• Any of the sciences above

2pm-2:30pm

Walk/break. Maybe a guided meditation?

2:30pm-3:30pm

Journaling/Writing

Things to write about/prompts:

• What do you think will be the short term implications of the pandemic and the school closures?
• How will society be different post pandemic? Why?
• How is this virus different from the flu? Why does that matter?
• What is the social impact on you of school closures? What is positive and what is negative?
• Is the governmental response that you are seeing adequate? What would you do differently if you were the mayor, governor or president?

3:30pm-11pm

Relax, go outside, work on passions, time with family.

11pm

Lights out, time to sleep!