It’s that time of year – time to round up some simple, easy to use resources for kids to take home for summer practice. Maybe your kids (or their parents) want some review work to take home. Maybe you are required to send home some practice work to help students keep their skills current. Either way, some reading and writing practice activities can come in really handy right about now!
Here are the summer review resources offered by Classroom in the Middle. Click on any of the images to read more about it and to see the preview.
Summer Stay in Practice Packet – Reading and Writing
The reading part of this packet includes six one-page reading review lessons and a novel response packet for use with any novel.
Each of the six one-page lessons begins with a vocabulary warm-up. For the lessons, students use a magazine, newspaper, or other reference source to complete various reading assignments such as reading an article and completing a chart, searching for specific items to cut and paste, and researching to create an informational poster.
For the novel packet, students read a novel of their choice, complete daily responses, and answer follow-up questions.
The writing part of this summer practice packet contains 10 one-page lessons to provide students review of their written language skills during summer vacation. Each lesson begins with a review of editing, grammar, and spelling, followed by a short writing exercise. The writing exercises include journal writing, editing and revising.
This is a simple, ready-to-go packet for students who need a little something to keep up their writing skills over the summer months. Students only need paper, pencils, and a dictionary to complete the writing lessons.
Summer Practice Task Cards
This set of 30 half-page cards would also make a great summer practice booklet. It includes five each on six summer topics:
1. At the Beach
2. Life on the Pond
3. Low-Tech Fun
4. The Ball Game
5. Picnic Time
6. Vacation
With this summer set, each group of five cards includes of the following:
Reading Skills
Writing Practice
Vocabulary
Fun Puzzles
Follow-up Activity
Also included is a black and white outline cover page that students can color and a checklist for students to keep track of the cards they have completed.
UPDATE: Digital versions of these task cards, on TPT’s Easel or on Google slides, are also available now! They is ready with student use with text boxes for their answers. These versions have one card per slide for ease of use, and each one comes with the printable PDF version as well!
For more information about any of these summer resources, click on the image above to see a preview and to read more about it.