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Here are some optional online resources to help you build reading, writing, and grammar skills as well as provide opportunities to build background knowledge which greatly helps one analyze and comprehend literature.
MCPS Suggested Summer Resource List
Summer reading opportunities in addition to ELA skills practice sites.
Montgomery County Public Libraries
Summer Read and Learn Program. MCPL's Summer Read and Learn program offers kids and teens a chance to fill their summer with great books and fun activities. Read books, do fun learning activities, and attend virtual events all summer long. You'll earn badges and prizes and enjoy fun raffles!
This website has a lot of great resources from the WHY to the HOW for summer reading.
Purdue University has numerous resources for grammar and mechanics review.
The worksheets can be printed.
Various writing/grammar reviews at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels.
Great nature videos, activities, games, stories, and more
Video, games and activities to explore dinosaurs, sharks, space, pets, history and more
Educational online games and lesson plans to promote civics education and encourage students to become active citizens. iCivics was founded by retired Supreme Court of the United States Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
A place to play games and learn about NASA through interactive explorations
A multimedia tour of our seven continents from the Smithsonian
This last year has been like none other. We have been faced with a pandemic, new ways of learning, social distancing, missed milestones, and systematic racism. We all process these events in very different ways. Below is a list of resources that may be of help to you and your family this summer.
An Educators Guide to This Moment:
A comprehensive list of resources created by MCPS to help teachers, parents and students process this moment in time.
10 Tips for talking with your kids about race:
an article by Jamilah Pitts addressing the harmful power of silence.
An article addressing the need for parents to talk with their kids about racism.
Books to support conversations about race
31 various websites you can use to find age appropriate diverse books
The National Museum of African American History & Culture
provides guides for talking about race for educators, families, and others.
provides lessons for 6th-12th graders around the murder of George Floyd and ensuing protests.
provides a package on teaching about race, racism, and police violence.
a workbook published by the Wellness Society to guide families through the emotions associated with Covid-19.
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