Super

Summer

Packet

2015

To rescue your summer!

For Students entering PreK-4

THE RHODES SCHOOL

June 2015

Dear Parents,

Our students have had a busy year learning new Reading and Math skills. Mastery of all these skills is extremely important in order to develop a solid foundation. The Rhodes School is dedicated to assisting in this developmental process. We believe time spent learning and reinforcing these concepts will be very beneficial for your child. As you prepare for your summer schedule, please take a few minutes to schedule time for reading and math activities. Research is clear, students can experience “summer loss” that can be equivalent to three months of learning if they don’t practice learned skills throughout the summer.

Please see below for the specific instructions on how your child should complete their Summer Packet and what components they will be responsible to return on the first week of school.

Math

Choose 3 activities each week to complete.

Provide a quiet, organized work space to help your student stay focused.

It’s ok if you or other adults provide assistance.

We expect your student to create something to reflect an activity from their Summer Math Packets to turn in to their math teacher the first week of school.

Reading

*In this packet, we are providing a story or novel to “jump start” your child’s summer reading activities.

Read 60 minutes a week (Pre-K4 through 2nd grade); 120 minutes a week (3rd – 6th grade)

Select four books from the suggested reading list.

Pick a different activity to go with each book.

In addition to reading, complete three leisure activities each week.

We expect your student to create something to reflect their book selection, to turn in to their reading teacher the first week of school.

Thank you for encouraging your student to grow as a Rhodes School Scholar over the summer!

If you have any questions, you may contact:

Rhodes School Staff

281-459-9797

Pre-K Mathematics Choice Board

Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.

Play “Follow the Leader”. Have your child copy everything you do (hop, skit, etc.) then let your child lead you. / Go on a litter walk: Count how many items your child puts in the garbage bag. / Help your child learn the names of basic colors. Make it fun! Ask “is there something blue in this room?” See how many blue things they can count.
Show your child three photos: one of an infant, one of a toddler, and a current photo. Have your child place them in the correct order. / Play “Simon says” using up, down, behind, over, in and out. / Use magazines, newspapers, etc and go on a treasure hunt with your child for numbers and colors.
Collect some objects around the house (coins, buttons, rocks, pinecones). With your child, sort them by size. Ask about the biggest, smallest, etc. / Use bowls of different sizes and help your child fill them with water. Ask them which holds more? Which holds less? / Sing the “Hokey Pokey” song (youtube). Follow directions and learn position words: left, right, in, out, around.

Pre-K Mathematics Choice Board

Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.

Play a card or board game that involves taking turns. / Practice using scissors. Provide play dough and practice making shapes and cutting them into pieces. / Talk about opposites. What is the opposite of up? What is the opposite of fast?
Play a counting game with your child. How many doors do we have in the house? How many tires are on the car? / Practice writing numbers in a tray of salt, shaving cream on a cookie sheet, or outside in a sandbox (at the beach), or with a stick in the dirt. / Make a fruit kabob. Make a pattern using 2 or 3 different kinds of fruit that are cut up into bite-sized pieces.
Give your child simple tasks that involve matching, sorting or counting objects (Socks, towels, silverware, etc) / Have your child help you label things (lunch, boxes, coats, backpacks, etc). Talk about the importance of putting names on his/her work. / Using sidewalk chalk or paint, let your child draw/paint shapes on the concrete.

Pre-K Mathematics Choice Board

Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.

Find/collect some rocks. Put them in groups of 3. / Help your child count how many spoonfuls it will take to eat their cereal. / Put a puzzle together. The dollar store has many small puzzles.
Find 3 sticks. Put them in order from shortest to longest. / Sort containers into groups by size. / Use string to make different shapes: circle, rectangle, triangle, etc.
Have your child take one of their shoes and try to find other things in the house that are the same size as their shoe. / Pull out some pots and pans. Place them inside, beside, and under each other. / Count the number of steps from one bedroom in the house to another.
Take 10 little steps. Take 10 big steps. Compare how far they went with little steps versus big steps. / Talk about activities you will do before lunch, before dinner and before bedtime. / Play with different size containers in the bathtub. Help them explore how much each container can hold.

PreK-4ReadingChoice Board

Use the attached template to create a character from a book you read this summer. Draw and/or use materials to make the template look like the character. / Draw, paint, or create one of the settings from the story. Make sure to include details that the author has provided and images from your own imagination that fit the story. / Use the attached template to give a summary of your book. Draw what happened in the beginning, middle, and end.
Use the attached template to create a story summary mini book. Make sure to add color to your book. / Use your imagination! Create your own craft to show the characters, setting, problem, and resolution of the book you read. / Take a picture of a toy or object that reminds you of this story. Glue it to a paper and attach it. Write why you picked this toy or object to represent your book.
Make a puppet using the main character in the book. Make sure to use all of the details from the book, and the ones you imagined in your head. / Use index card to draw the order of events from your story. Draw one picture per card to see if your friends or family can put them in order. / Use the attached template to create a main character mini book. Make sure to add color to your book.