Summer Reading Fun
Read All Summer Long
SUMMER READING Challenge
Summer is here and it's time to READ! Below you will find summer reading programs, reading recommendations, audio book information, and reading response activities that encourage your child to use technology in productive ways in order to enrich their summer reading experience.
Read 10 picture books or 2 chapter books this summer, then bring the list of books to library when school starts in August and choose a prize from treasure box.
Summer Reading is ESSENTIAL
The single home activity with the most impact on your child's academics is encouraging reading. Whether it's
- bedtime read alouds,
- pass-the-book shared reading,
- a family book club,
- a mini research project,
- or independent reading,
your child's time with "eyes on text" is so important to maintaining the growth they made this school year. Please, expect reading this summer!
Summer Slide
EARN FREE BOOKS
Barnes & Noble has a reading program running from May through August. Visit the store for a reading journal or download below. Log 8 books read, and return the reading log for a free book.
Students in grades 1 through 6 are eligible to participate in Barnes & Noble’s Summer Reading Program.
- Read any eight books this summer and record them on the Summer Reading Journal (paper attached).
Tell which part of the book was your favorite and why. - Bring your completed journal to a Barnes & Noble store between July 1 and August 31, 2023.
- Choose your free reading adventure from the books listed.
- See attached reading log
A Fun, Free Program for Kids!
From May 4 through September 7, kids can visit the summer zone in Scholastic Home Base, a completely free digital destination which offers stories, characters, games, and a community of readers. Home Base is moderated for safety 24/7.
Celebrate Juneteenth With Kids
FREE ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES
- https://www.mobymax.com/families Moby Max (K-8-all subjects) Free for 30 days, then $7.99 per month
- https://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy (all ages and content area practice)
- https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/ Prodigy Math Games K-8
- https://www.fcrr.org/student-center-activities/kindergarten-and-first-grade Phonics printable activities for grades Pre-K-5
- https://heggerty.org/summer/ free recorded phonemic awareness lessons for Pre-K-1 grade
- https://iwonder.infohio.org/category/math-problem Infohio Math activities for older kids
- https://iwonder.infohio.org/category/want-to-find-the-perfect-book-for-you Infohio Finding the Perfect Book for kids (adolescent/young adults)
- https://smartsocial.com/online-activities/ 100 At-Home Educational Activities for Students
- https://code.org/ Free leveled coding lessons and activities for elementary school and up.
READWORKS FREE SUMMER PRINTABLE READING PACKETS
Keep your child reading all summer long with Readwoks FREE printable summer reading packets.
Packets include high-quality nonfiction and fiction passages with optional question sets and answer keys. Just create an account and click on Summer Reading Packets.
NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION
Activities to Learn Letters and Sounds
Here are some fun activities to practice letters and sounds over break.
- · When driving in the car, play games such looking for letters such as HEB, CVS, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Walmart, etc. Have child say the beginning letter they see and say the sound it makes.
- · Look or toys and objects in your home and ask the sound they hear and the name of the letter. Such as what sound do you hear at beginning of batman? What letter makes that sound? This can also be done in the kitchen while cooking, or any activity.
- · When dressing, brushing teeth, washing hands, bathing etc. talk about the beginning sounds. For example, what sound do you hear at beginning of tooth? What letter makes the /t/ sound?
- · Outside, write letters with sidewalk chalk or a 2-inch paintbrush and water, then have him say the sound the letter makes.
- · Play the “I Spy Game” I spy something that begins with the letter h. After the child identifies the object, ask what sound they hear at the beginning.
- · Use magnetic letters and have him place letters in ABC order on cookie sheet or refrigerator. Then randomly as name and sound of different letters.
- · SWAT the letters! Give them a fly swatter. Now add a large piece of paper with some letters on it and call out letters for them to swat. Let him tell you what letter sound he swatted.
- · Make letters out of playdough, and then say the sound of letter.
- · Write the letters in the air using arm, then say the sound
- · Read a short children’s book daily, to student. Teach them how we take care of books, talk about what they see/hear in story. Have students locate letters in book and say the sound of letter.
- · Find letters in newspaper and magazines. Find a picture of something that begins with that letter. Cut and paste pictures and letters.
- · There are many free ABC apps, which can be used for short time periods.
- · OCCard Deck and Phonogram Sounds are helpful free apps to check pronunciation of sounds.
Bonnie Villarreal
STEM Academy
Email: bonnie.villarreal@ectorcountyisd.org
Website: https://www.ectorcountyisd.org/Page/5322
Phone: (432) 552-2580