Elementary Summer Reading
RAZ-Kids will also be available for summer reading. Parents are encouraged to work with children on RAZ-Kids throughout the summer.
READING: Your child should read and take the quiz on at least 5 RAZ-Kids books from the from the Reading Room, Leveled Books section.
MATH: Your child should practice at least 5 IXL Kindergarten Math skills. (Ex. I.6, J.3, S.1, etc.).
LANGUAGE ARTS: There is a Language Arts section of IXL also. This is not required, but your child may practice the kindergarten IXL Language Arts skills.
READING: Your child should read and take the quiz for 10 books on RAZ Kids on his/her reading level. Please read the level that your child was on at the end of First Grade.
MATH: Please work on First Grade Math IXL Skills. Do at least one skill a week. Also, work on addition facts.
READING: Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure by Jeff Brown, ISBN# 978-0- 06-009791- 2 Read ten RAZ-Kids stories and take the quizzes.
IXL SKILLS PRACTICE: Come to 3rd Grade with a good understanding of the following skills: Addition and subtraction fluency: 0-20; Multiplication Facts 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, & 10’s; Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns); Punctuation skills, and Reading comprehension.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This book will be used in the first reading unit in the fall.
The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud by: Jenny L. Cote