Summer Fun in the Sun Math and Literacy Pack

Are you ready to start the summer with a splash? If your school goes year-round, you have summer school, or you have a student who just needs some skills review, these fun, summer-themed math and language arts activities are for you!

This pack contains the following activities:

* "Beach Fun," a "counting on" math board game. This game comes with two levels of cards: Sums of 10 or less and sums greater than 10. It has 1 cut-and-glue response sheet.
* "Water Slide Place Value," a game where number cards are matched with pictures of base 10 blocks. This game comes with 2 levels of cards. It has 2 cut-and-glue response sheets.
* "Sandcastle Sentence Game," a board game where students read sentences. This game comes with 3 levels of sight word sentences. It also has 2 response sheets, one in color (to laminate for classroom use) and another in black-and-white.
* 2 sets of tallying/graphing group activities
* 2 pages of summer-themed writing prompts
* A summer guided reading book with 3 levels. One version has lines so older students can write their own book!
* A write-the-room page for summer

This pack addresses the following Common Core Standards in Math & Language Arts for Kindergarten & First Grade:

K.CC.2. Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
K.CC.3. Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
K.OA.1. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
K.OA.2. Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
K.OA.5. Fluently add and subtract within 5.
K.NBT.1. Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones.

K.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.1

1.OA.2. Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.


1.OA.5. Relate counting to addition and subtraction (by counting on 2 to add 2).
1.OA.6. Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on.
1.NBT.2. Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
1.MD.4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
RF.K.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

W.K.3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
SL.K.5. & SL.1.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

L.K.1. & L.1.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

L.K.2. & L.1.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

RF.1.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
RF.1.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
RF.1.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

W.1.3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

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