#mysummerwvlearning County Grants (funded by the WVDE)

Reading books that are of interest, along with writing, drawing, and using math, are important summer activities that can help minimize and even eliminate the learning losses that often occur during the summer months.  As a result, the WVDE Office of Early & Elementary Learning is excited to announce a grant program to help counties support children’s use of reading, writing, drawing, and mathematics during the summer months.  The launch of this program will encourage children to

  • read, draw, write (or dictate),
  • use math during the summer,
  • allow counties the opportunity to provide children exiting Grades Pre-k -11 with resources (ex.: books, journals, services, etc…).

Each county received $2,600 from the WVDE to assist with these efforts.

West Virginia Library Commission & Public Libraries

  • Collaborative Summer Reading: A Universe of Stories Summer Program – https://www.cslpreads.org/
    • Early Literacy Program,
    • Children Programs; and,
    • Teen Programs
  • Public Libraries offer many books/reading experiences for students at all grade levels
  • Supplemental grants from the West Virginia Library Commission will be available to enhance STEM materials in the public library

MetaMetrics Summer Math Challenge and Literacy Resources

  • Use the helpful resource found at https://fab.lexile.com/ to find books that are appropriately leveled for children in Grades 1-12.
  • Visit www.quantiles.com/summer-math to enroll, receive daily fun activities and resources, read about weekly math concepts, and earn badges!

Pre-K—Grade 12 County/School Summer Math Challenges

Counties and/or schools are encouraged to develop their own summer math challenges to help increase children’s use of mathematics over the summer months.  Funding (Division of Teaching & Learning, Title 1, Step 7-A, etc.) may be used to assist with these efforts.