1st Grade
All the world is my school.
- George Whitman
Below are suggested summer activities in the areas of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics that will help keep your skills sharp. This is not mandatory summer work, but your teachers and schools know that doing a little bit each day is very helpful in making you the best 2nd grader you can be at the start of next year! In addition to all of these activities please make sure to check with the Technology Extension and Enrichment Activities webpage for additional resources. Here are some recommendations for new books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists. Please note that your child should be working in the grade they just completed in the 2022-2023 school year. For those students who are new to our school, please join in using all of our free sites and resources. The Lexia program is available through August for those students who were previously enrolled in the 2022-2023 school year.
When in doubt, here is a quick list of the most important activities.
Play! Have fun outside! Here's a fun neighborhood scavenger hunt!
Set a routine to read everyday. Find new and interesting books that are "just right" for you. Read for a good chunk of time!
Start a summer writing journal with various types of writing.
Keep your math skills fresh by practicing math facts!
See below for more detailed resources in each area...
Reading
Read daily for at least 20 minutes. See leveled book list for books at an appropriate level.
See the Millburn Library website for their summer offerings.
Here is the link to the Millburn Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2023 video
For access to ebooks during the summer:
See the Millburn Library page and click on "eBooks & Streaming."
Epic!- Free 30 day trial for parents that allows access to over 40,000 premium books.
Epic Free- If students have access to EPIC already, student will have 2 hours of free reading a week in a limited library from 7:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Here are some recommendations for new books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists.
Use the following responses to write or discuss your books when you are done.
Note: Students should NOT be reading text that is too difficult and reading aloud to students at this age is still helpful. However, in terms of the 20 minutes, it is important for them to be reading themselves at their independent level OR BELOW.
Continue Lexia for at least 30 minutes per week . Lexia is for those students who were previously enrolled in the 2022-2023 school year.
Practice Language Arts skills on Starfall.com, ABCYA, or IXL.com (limited free access).
Practice first grade red words. A list and set of flashcards are linked.
Writing
Keep a summer journal. Each day record what you’ve done that day. A list of ideas is linked. Here is a link to lined paper if you choose to use it.
Rising second graders can use words and sentences. Invented spelling is typical at this age and expected. Encourage a capital and end punctuation. Detailed drawings are also encouraged. It is important that students at this age, record their writing using a pencil or pen.
Math
Practice Math skills for 20 minutes. You can log onto any of our available math sites at this link or try logging into IXL.com (limited free access).
School Home Connections - Hands-on activities to reinforce the learning in each chapter
Each chapter in Math in Focus has a Performance Task to reinforce skills learned at the end of that chapter. Some of these tasks you may have completed already. Challenge yourself to complete the performance tasks from this year's Math In Focus units.
