Summer Break Worksheets
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Summer Activities and much more, just scroll down.
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Reading and Writing Activities for your child.
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Top education experts have a few tips for parents to help their children avoid the summer brain drain and make warm weather reading easy and a lot of fun!
Explore your local library. Find out when it is open and how to get a library card. Many libraries even have free summer programs and offer online books. The American Library Association has great tips to make the most of your student's trip to the library.
Encourage your child to read at least four to six books over the summer break. Research shows that reading just six books during the summer may keep a struggling reader from regressing. Make sure the material is age appropriate and match the child's interest and abilities. Libraries often run summer reading programs that motivate kids to read, so find out what's available in your area.
Read daily. Encourage your child to read something every day. Parents can help identify opportunities such as the newspaper, a magazine, TV guide, recipes, arts and crafts book, read to a sibling or friend, share a comic strip, while out in the car select a billboard or ad, even a license plate. You don't have to search far. The opportunities to read are endless.
Read to your child. Reading aloud benefits all children, especially those who need help improving their reading skills. Listening will help a child build listening comprehension skills with grade-level and above books. This will knowledge and expand their experience with text. This will help them when reading alone.
Make it fun. Parents of students ages 5-12, to get involved in the The Scholastic Summer Challenge. It’s a free global reading program aimed at encouraging students to read throughout the summer months. Kids read books, log their minutes, and earn virtual rewards all summer Active Bodies, Active Minds.
Explore your local library. Find out when it is open and how to get a library card. Many libraries even have free summer programs and offer online books. The American Library Association has great tips to make the most of your student's trip to the library.
Encourage your child to read at least four to six books over the summer break. Research shows that reading just six books during the summer may keep a struggling reader from regressing. Make sure the material is age appropriate and match the child's interest and abilities. Libraries often run summer reading programs that motivate kids to read, so find out what's available in your area.
Read daily. Encourage your child to read something every day. Parents can help identify opportunities such as the newspaper, a magazine, TV guide, recipes, arts and crafts book, read to a sibling or friend, share a comic strip, while out in the car select a billboard or ad, even a license plate. You don't have to search far. The opportunities to read are endless.
Read to your child. Reading aloud benefits all children, especially those who need help improving their reading skills. Listening will help a child build listening comprehension skills with grade-level and above books. This will knowledge and expand their experience with text. This will help them when reading alone.
Make it fun. Parents of students ages 5-12, to get involved in the The Scholastic Summer Challenge. It’s a free global reading program aimed at encouraging students to read throughout the summer months. Kids read books, log their minutes, and earn virtual rewards all summer Active Bodies, Active Minds.
Websites for kids
Elementary School: Grades K-5 These sites are robust enough to be used across the grade levels. Of course younger students will need some help navigating and reading instructions. FunBrain.com – FunBrain offers something for every student. Educational games have different levels so the practice can be customized. The site has areas dedicated to math and reading. Smithsonian Institute for Kids – Take a closer look at these engaging online exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution covering art, science & nature, history & culture and people & places. Houghton-Mifflin Math – A fun place to play games to strengthen your math skills. Arranged by grade level.
Lower Elementary: Grades K-2 Fishing with Phonics – Help Garfield catch the most fish, and in the process practice your beginning and ending sounds. PBSKids.org – Be sure to check out all your favorite PBSKids shows like Word Girl, Between the Lions, Super Why, Sid the Science Guy, Maya and Miguel and more. Many activities don't require reading abilities, but some do. PictureMatch – Sort the pictures into the correct box based on the beginning-letter sounds, short-vowel sounds or long-vowel sounds. StarFall Phonics – Perfect for pre-readers and beginning readers, this site takes a systematic phonics approach and combines it with phonemic awareness practice. Up to Ten – Fun site for kids “up to 10.” Solve jigsaw puzzles, color online, improve your coordination and more.
Upper Elementary: Grades 3-5 America’s Story – Presented by the Library of Congress, students will get caught up in the interactivity of the site as they Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play and See, Hear and Sing. Check it out. FactMonster – Discover this well-organized, kid-friendly resource for fun facts and outstanding games and quizzes. KidsReads – Looking for a few good books this summer? Check out this site with reviews and recommendations as well as sections devoted to popular book series. MathPlayground – Created by a math teacher, this site offers games that require specific and complex skills, logic puzzles and an amazing supply of word problems. The games use manipulatives to help make even the most abstract math concepts clear. PBSKids Go! – While it shares some content from the PBSKids site geared toward younger elementary students, this site has a look and feel to engage the over 8 crowd. In addition to PBS character sections (Maya and Miguel, Word Girl) there are terrific sections dedicated to the American Experience: Wayback, Democracy Project, History Detectives and more. National Park Service Web Rangers – Complete more than 4 dozen activities—puzzles, mysteries, quizzes, etc.—to earn your “WebRanger” status. The activities vary in difficulty level and topic (parks, animals, nature, people, history, science and puzzles).
Lower Elementary: Grades K-2 Fishing with Phonics – Help Garfield catch the most fish, and in the process practice your beginning and ending sounds. PBSKids.org – Be sure to check out all your favorite PBSKids shows like Word Girl, Between the Lions, Super Why, Sid the Science Guy, Maya and Miguel and more. Many activities don't require reading abilities, but some do. PictureMatch – Sort the pictures into the correct box based on the beginning-letter sounds, short-vowel sounds or long-vowel sounds. StarFall Phonics – Perfect for pre-readers and beginning readers, this site takes a systematic phonics approach and combines it with phonemic awareness practice. Up to Ten – Fun site for kids “up to 10.” Solve jigsaw puzzles, color online, improve your coordination and more.
Upper Elementary: Grades 3-5 America’s Story – Presented by the Library of Congress, students will get caught up in the interactivity of the site as they Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play and See, Hear and Sing. Check it out. FactMonster – Discover this well-organized, kid-friendly resource for fun facts and outstanding games and quizzes. KidsReads – Looking for a few good books this summer? Check out this site with reviews and recommendations as well as sections devoted to popular book series. MathPlayground – Created by a math teacher, this site offers games that require specific and complex skills, logic puzzles and an amazing supply of word problems. The games use manipulatives to help make even the most abstract math concepts clear. PBSKids Go! – While it shares some content from the PBSKids site geared toward younger elementary students, this site has a look and feel to engage the over 8 crowd. In addition to PBS character sections (Maya and Miguel, Word Girl) there are terrific sections dedicated to the American Experience: Wayback, Democracy Project, History Detectives and more. National Park Service Web Rangers – Complete more than 4 dozen activities—puzzles, mysteries, quizzes, etc.—to earn your “WebRanger” status. The activities vary in difficulty level and topic (parks, animals, nature, people, history, science and puzzles).
Reading Lists
NEA Booklists
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Parent Article for students with learning disabilities.
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Write in a Summer Journal.
SUMMER WRITING IDEAS FOR KIDS
- What’s the most important thing you would like to do this summer?
- Summertime great for the outdoors. Go for a walk. Write a sentence about the walk you went on.
- What is your favorite thing to do when you play outdoors in the summer?
- What is your favorite thing to do when you play inside? Why do you play inside in the summertime?
- If you could go on a summer vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- Make a list of groceries that you think mom or dad should buy for you from the store.
- Tell about an animal you would like to have for a pet.
- What would you do if there was a dragon stuck under your bed?
- What is the funniest thing that you have ever seen?
- What is something you would like to learn more about?
- What kind of pet do you think a teacher should get for their classroom?
- What is the best movie you have ever seen?
- Tell about your most favorite book.
- Tell about your favorite holiday. Explain why it is your favorite.
- Tell about your favorite restaurant. Why is it your favorite?
- Write a poem about what you think next school year will be like.
- What is something you love about yourself and why?
- If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be and why?
- Make a list of the things you are most thankful for in your life.
- Which season do you like the most?? Why??
- Which season do you like the least, why????
- You just won $1,000,000. What are you going to do first?
- Tell about a time when you were kind to someone.
- Tell about your favorite song.
- Write a story about the mysterious zizzybaloobuh that you just found in your bathtub.
- What is something that makes you ANGRY!!!!! and why?
- Tell about your favorite sport.
- Tell about the last time you cried.
- What are you scared of and why?
- You found a magic wand! What would you do with it?
- Tell about your favorite food and why it is so good.
- Have a family member write something about you in your journal today.
- What would happen to you if you never went to school?
- In first grade (or second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth grade…), I want to learn about…
- This is a list of things I like to do when I can’t watch television or play video games.
- What would you like to say to President Obama?
- If a cat or dog could talk, what would they say?