Summer Reading Activities Calendar for Students Entering 1 st Grade - June

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1 Summer Reading Activities Calendar for Students Entering 1 st Grade - June 1. Read a story 1 8. Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 2. Read a story 1 9. Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 3. Read a story to to a story read by an week 1 question on the 10. Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 4. Read a story Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 5. Read a story Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 6. Read a story Read a story Read a story Read a story 4 7. Read a story to to adult Read a story to to adult Read a story to to adult Read a story to to adult. 4

2 Summer Reading Activities Calendar for Students Entering 1 st Grade - July 1. Read a story 5 8. Read a story Read a story Read a story 8 2. Read a story 5 9. Read a story Read a week 7 question on the 23. Read a story 8 3. Read a story to to a story read by an week 5 question on the 10. Read a story Read a story Read a story 8 4. Read a story Read a please answer the week Read a please answer the week Read a please answer the week 8 5. Read a story Read a story Read a story Read a story 8 6. Read a story Read a week 6 question on the 20. Read a week 7 question on the 27. Read a week 8 question on the 7. Read a story to to adult Read a story read by an week 6 question on the 21. Read a story read by an week 7 question on the 28. Read a story read by an week 8 question on the

3 Recommended Reading List for Entering First Grade Students may read these books to an adult or listen to them read by an adult. Encourage 20 minutes of reading each day. Have fun and enjoy these and other books! Fix-It Duck by Jez Albrough (2002) All in a Day by Anno (1999) Arthur s Tooth by Marc Brown Danny and the Dinosaur by Hoff Strega Nona series by Tomie depaola Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson Splash by Ann Jonas (1995) What Pete Ate from A-Z by Maria Kalman (2001) While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee (2003) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff Kite Flying by Grace Lin Are You My Mother? By Eastman (or any book in the series) Bill and Pete Stories by DePaola (or any book in the series) Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber (1965) Happy Birthday Moon by Asch Clifford Books by Norman Birdwell Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke (2003) Bark, George by Jules Feiffer One Bean by Rockwell Favorite Authors/Illustrators Jan Brett Marc Brown Eric Carle Lauren Child Mirlam Cohen Donald Crews Jamie Lee Curtis Tomie depaola Lois Ehlert Don Freeman Paul Galdone Kevin Henkes Pat Hutchins Ezra Jack Keats Grace Lin Leo Lionni Jonathan London James Marshal Bill Martin Robert McCloskey Jane O Connor Peggy Parrish Dav Pikey Richard Scarry Maurice Sendak Dr. Seuss Davvid Shannon Rosemary Wells Mo Willems Audrey Wood

4 Week 1 Week 2 Primary Reading Homework Worksheet Who were the characters in the story? What was the setting of the story? What was your favorite part of the story? Why did you like that part?

5 Week 3 Week 4 What lesson did you learn from the story? What happened in the end of the story?

6 Week 5 Week 6 What was the character s problem in the story? How did the character solve the problem in the story?

7 Week 7 Week 8 Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? What was your favorite book that you read this summer? Why was it your favorite book?

8 Summer Math Activities Calendar for Students Entering 1 st Grade - June 1. Go to a store or market with an adult. Make a list of all the fruits you would eat. Sort them by color. Make a graph to show your sorting. 8. Take a walk outside. Record on paper how many insects, birds, and mammals you see. 15. Play a board game that uses dice. Does any one of the numbers get rolled more than others? 22. Write a story sentences to show this 8 4 =. solve the problem. 2. Keep track of the weather this week. How many sunny days? Rainy days? Cloudy days? How many more sunny days than rainy days? 9. Count how many steps it takes to get from your room to the kitchen. Then try giant steps. How many more regular steps did it take? 16. With chalk, make a repeating pattern design on a sidewalk or driveway near you. Ask an adult first. 23. Write a story sentences to show this =. solve the problem. 3. Build something with blocks or Legos. Decide how many you will use. Tell someone about the shapes you have made. 10. Sort the laundry (by owner, by color, by size, by item type). Who in your family had the most socks in this load? 17. Tell a friend a story problem for 3+2. Then try a story to go with Write a story sentences to show this 10 3 =. 4. Help set the table for a meal. How many people are there? How many forks, spoons, and knives do you need? 11. Count 25 objects (Cheerios? raisins? rocks?). Now make a pile of 15 from that 25. How many are still left? 18. Jump 3 times, once like a bunny, once like a frog, and once like a child. Measure each jump. Which jump was the shortest? Longest? 25. Write a story sentences to show this =. 5. Swing 50 times or jump 50 times. How long did it take? Can you count backwards? 12. Count 62 objects (Beans? Crayons? Pennies? Legos?) Sort the group into 6 tens and 2 ones. 19. Try a game like basketball, bowling, or mini golf. Help keep score. Who had the most points? Is that the winner? 26. Write a story problem using sentences to show this 16 8 =. Draw a picture to solve the problem. 6. Make a picture using 2 circles, 3 triangles, and some rectangles. Explain how you made it to a friend. 13. Write your first and last name. How many letters in each? How many more letters in your long name than in your shorter one? 20. Read Two Ways to Count to Ten by Ruby Dee. How many ways can you count to ten? 27. Write a story sentences to show this =. solve the problem. 7. Look in your food storage. Find 5 boxes of different sizes in your kitchen (cereal? pasta?) Line them up from tallest to shortest. Now, line them up from thickest to thinnest. 14. Play a game that uses dice. Practice your addition facts that equal Are there more? 21. Play the game Collect 20 * How many nickels can you use to make 20? How many pennies? How many dimes? 28. Write a story sentences to show this 20 9 =. *How to Play Collect 20 : Roll a dice. Take that number of pennies. Roll the dice again and add to the coins you have. Trade pennies for nickels and dimes until you get to 20.

9 Summer Math Activities Calendar for Students Entering 1 st Grade - July 1. How many utensils do you think you have? Make a picture graph to show how many forks, knives, and spoons you have in your utensil drawer. 2. Read Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges. Instead of fireflies in a jar, count the veggies going into your mouth tonight. 3. Look at a calendar. How many days are left until school begins? How many weeks? Predict how many will be sunny, rainy, snowy or cloudy. Can you find a way to keep track? 4. Make a picture using 3 circles, 4 triangles, and a shape with more then 4 sides. Can you make it symmetrical? 5. Play Bobbie Bear on the web: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. K-2. Search. Select Bobbie Bear Select: Customize How many outfits can you make with 2 shirts and 3 pants? 6. As you walk or drive in the car, try to find all the numbers 0,1,2,3 in order. How many do you see along the way? How high can you go? 7. Bring different size containers to a place with sand or dirt. Fill them up and compare their weights. Build a sand castle. How many hands high is it? 8. Read Benny s Pennies by Pat Brisson. What would (or could) you do with your pennies if you had some. 15. Play the game Collect 20 * with a friend. Try counting by tens forward and backward. 9. Play the game Make 10 * Practice skip counting by 2s to 40 (2, 4, 6,..) 16. Count by 2 s and record how high you can count. Count by 5 s and record how high you can count. Count by 10 s and record how high you can count. 10. Play the game Make 10 * again. This time write down all the possible combinations that equal Use different shaped containers and wet sand or dirt to build a repeating pattern design. Can you label the pattern? ABAB; AABAAB; ABCABC 11. Read Inch by Inch by Leo Leonni. What part of your body can you use to measure? 18. Play Ten Frame on the web. illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. K-2. Search Select Ten Frame Select # 3; Fill Record all the number sentences with a sum of ten. 12. Play Concentration on the web: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. K-2. Search Select Concentration Play with numbers Record your matches. 19. Read a book of your choice. What math ideas do you find in it? 13. Practice counting on from numbers other than one. Start at 4 Start at 17.. Start at 32.. Can you count backwards? 20. Read Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris. Draw or build your own pattern. 14. Make a list of all the (2D) shapes you can think of. Go on a scavenger hunt looking for those shapes. Check off the shapes you find. 21. Play Bobbie Bear on the web again. illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. K-2. Search. Select Bobbie Bear Select: Customize How many outfits can you make with 3 shirts and 3 pants? 22. Write a story sentences to show this 13 4 =. 23. Write a story sentences to show this =. 24. Write a story sentences to show this 16-7 =. 25. Write a story sentences to show this =. solve the problem. 26. Write a story sentences to show this =. solve the problem. 27. Write a story sentences to show this =. 28. Write a story sentences to show this =. solve the problem. *How to Play Make 10: Lay out number cards (0-10) in 4 rows of 5. Try to find pairs of numbers that add up to 10. (3 +7, 4 + 6, 5 + 5, etc) Try to find all the pairs that make 10 by flipping over 2 cards at a time and remembering their spots. Keep a pair you find and replace the cards with 2 new cards from the deck.

Summer Math Calendar Entering First Grade Public Schools of Brookline

Summer Math Calendar Entering First Grade Public Schools of Brookline Get ready to discover math all around you this summer! Just as students benefit from reading throughout the summer, it would also benefit