Friday, June 20, 2014

Field Trip to the Lake


We headed off to the lake. No routines, no papers to do, no worries about report cards or packing up the classroom--and no discipline issues! Two life guards were on duty to help watch the kids. Everyone was so happy, excited, and already dreaming about summer vacation. Fond memories!  (And the water was really freezing!!) 

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Summer Literacy Skills


This is my most recent product which I created for many of my students who need extra practice over the summer. Many kids don't want to do anything that looks like school work. (Hard to blame them!) But this has a set of both fun and "academic" activities to help keep them tuned up over the break. I've created the resource primarily for kids in grades 2 and 3. There are over 70 student pages!



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