Younger students can join in the Summer Reading fun with this FREE printable Summer Reading Pack.
This set includes a READ to 100 chart for students to color in each time they read a book. This is a super fun visual way to track progress over the Summer.
Four colorful bookmarks encourage children to READ and mark their place while reading. Finally, we’ve included a fun Super Reader award you can present to your child when they have read their books.
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Recently, I designed a Summer Reading and a Summer Writing Challenge for my younger kiddos, but my older children were feeling a bit left out. So today I whipped up a simple Summer Reading Challenge for Middle School grades. Because their book sizes are so varied, I thought it might be better to issue a page number challenge rather then a book number challenge. So the goal is to read 5,000 pages (of grade appropriate material) over the Summer Break. Many books include grade recommendations on the back, and you can show children how to research online to see whether or not the book they chosen is grade appropriate. Children keep track of the book title, author and then umber of pages they have read. Hint: During a 90 day Summer Break, 5,000 pages equals about 55 pages a day…..so it is roughly an hour of reading each day.
I’m going to reward my children with a special treat at our local ice cream shop when they finish their charts!
Print Middle School Summer Reading Challenge Sheet Here
Find Elementry Summer Reading Challenge Sheet Here
Try 100 Sentences for Summer for a special Summer Writing Challenge
Summer is around the corner and you might be looking for something simple for children to do over the break! This is a special READ to 100 Challenge you can use, simply print the page and hang in the classroom for children to color in as they read.
Once they have all 100 books colored in, you can reward them with a special bookmark and maybe even a sweet treat!
You can print this adorable set FREE in our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore.
(It’s the FREE Download in the upper right corner)
One of my children is excellent at reading, but his writing could stand some extra practice! I designed this activity pack to provide him with a fun Summer challenge; Write 100 Sentences over Summer Break!
100 Sentences 4 Summer Challenge
This pack includes:
Here is how it works:
Print up the entire notebook (1 for each child) and Bind it together if possible.
Everthing prints in assembly order with the reference charts and vocabulary boxes in the front.
Each day children will choose one picture story prompt, cut it out and paste it to the sentence sheet on the following page
Children then write one small sentence inspired by the picture they chose. (They can choose to draw their own picture as well.)
There are two lines of writing provided, so younger children can write short sentences like, “I am a skunk,” and older children can write sentences with more detail, “The little skunk smells a red flower.”
You can also encourage the children to try to use different end marks (. ! ?) for each page they fill up.
Two printable awards are included but we also recommend having a tangible treat or item for children who do complete this book. Best of all, this pack is print ready! You can bind them and send them home with students over the Summer break and invite them to bring back their completed notebook for a special prize!
Check out more Photos of 100 Sentences 4 Summer Here
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It’s mid-April and you homeschool mom’s know what that means:
Curriculum planning!
I know you are probably knee deep in your Springtime lessons; busy hatching butterflies, pressing wildflowers and dissecting frogs….but I also know you’re silently thinking and planning about what curriculum you will use next year!
Maybe you’re looking for a fun but educational way to keep your kiddos learning over the Summer break?
We’ll today we’re blessed to offer you a chance to relieve some of that burden with a fun giveaway!
Sallie Borrink Learning is offering one winner a $25 gift card to her online store…..and her store is FILLED with high quality teaching resources for pennies on the dollar.
I am seriously in LOVE with her Fun Fact Cards series, and even more in love with the price!
Cards are a quick, flexible, colorful and fun way to expand your unit! Start building interest in your topic each morning with these 30 fascinating fact cards that go beyond the basics.
These cards are used multiple ways by teachers and parents in many grades. I love reading about all the different ways teachers and parents use them!
Quick Fun Fact – Read the fact card each day and store them in a small basket where the students can look at them again and again. Or keep the set on a ring.
Fact of the Day Bulletin Board – Read a fact each day and display the cards on a special bulletin board or foam board.
Hallway Display – One teacher displayed them on the hallway chalkboard outside her door so many students and adults could read them.
Calendar Pocket Chart – Put a fact behind each number on the calendar and have a different student take it out each day. You can then display on bulletin board.
Geography Extension – Put the cards on a wall map with a string that points to where it ties in.
Go Fish – Create two sets and use for a game of Go Fish.
Memory Game – Create two sets and use for a Memory Game.
Scavenger Hunt – Use the cards to create a Scavenger Hunt.
School Bulletin Board – One kindergarten class had two students take the fact of the day down to the office each morning, “teach†the fact to the office staff, and then display the cards on the office bulletin board for everyone in the school to see.
The cards are 3×3 and there are 6 on a page. I made them small so they easily slide behind your date cards on the calendar pocket chart. They are also a good size for small hands if using them for a game. I also made them smaller to find the balance between making them colorful, but not taking too much ink when you print them.
The cards are unnumbered so they can be used in any month and in any sequence. You can use all the cards in the set or only a portion. This provides maximum flexibility for the teacher’s schedule. Use one set all month or use parts of two sets depending on your needs.
Also included is a hyperlinked list of the relevant websites where the facts were located.
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Just a quick post to share some of the adorable
and FREE Summer resources I’ve found floating around the web.
Free Summer of Fun Calendar from Amanda Bennett
Free Summer Fun Activities from Money Saving Mom
Summer Reading Chart from The Crafty Classroom
(use this to keep track of your Summer Reading)
Summer Reading Worksheet from The Crafty Classroom
(use this for extended learning with your Summer Reading)
Reading Challenge Charts from Homeschool Creations
Adorable Printable Summer Calendars from The Brassy Apple
30 Days of Summer Fun from Sew Dang Cute
Summer Merit Badges from The Crafting Chicks
50 Summer Crafts from The Long Thread
Summer Reading Tent from Sew Mama Sew
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