Clover School District Summer Literacy Learning Packet Students Entering Grade 2

There are many things that can be given to help your child’s literacy skills stay strong throughout the summer. This packet includes reading, writing and word study activities that will help reinforce and challenge your child as they prepare to enter first grade. Having said that, if time does not allow these activities to get done—it is okay. The single most important way to strengthen your child’s literacy skills can be summed up in one word:

This cannot be encouraged enough. Visit the library and make books a part of your summer days. Set aside time to read books, listen to books, watch videos of books, and discuss books every day. Flip through magazines, comics, picture books and graphic novels together. Most importantly, let your child see you read—to yourself and to them. Let them hear your silly voices. Let them tell you the best parts and predict how it will end. Point out your favorite words, sentences or pictures. Sharing in the excitement that comes from reading is the most important step to creating life-long learners!

If you do wish to challenge your child with the activities in this packet, it will be helpful to have the following tools: o A Literacy Notebook § Option 1: A single-subject spiral notebook § Option 2: 20 loose-leaf notebook pages stapled together § Option 3: A digital journal created on a computer or iPad (Power Point, Keynote, Pages, Microsoft Word, Padlet) o A stack of index cards o Pens, pencils o Bonus: Access to the internet (most activities will have a tech-free option!)

The packet consists of two calendar pages (June and July). There are writing, reading, and word-study activities each week. We encourage your child to complete at least 15 activities by the end of the summer. Once the new school year starts, your child can share his or her Literacy Notebook with their new teacher and talk about all that was learned and experienced. Happy Summer! Calendar Activity Resources

High Frequency Words and Spelling Patterns Comprehension Question Stems for Fiction Comprehension Question Stems for Nonfiction • Who are the characters in this book? What do • Who/What/Where/When/Why/How questions First Grade High Frequency Words all are as away back be because been but we know about them? about facts in the book such as: • When did (event) happen? Where is that in the o Who (action e.g. first landed on the moon)? by came did from get going had has have book? Where does it tell you that in the book? • Why did (event) happen? How do you know? o Where (e.g. do clown fish live)? Where her here him his how if into little look make • What does (character) think about (event)? does it tell you that in the book? man not now of one or out play put said How do you know? o How do you know whales are mammals? • What was the big problem or event in this o How is a lizard like an alligator? saw she that they will with your story? How did they solve the problem? • What is a different title for this book?

Second Grade High Frequency Words • What do you think (character) will do differently • What facts did you learn about (topic)? able almost any anything ask bad ball begin next time? • What is the main idea of what you read? What • What happened at the beginning of the story? details tell more about the idea? behind between books both boy bus can’t car Middle of the story? End of the story? • What is the topic of this text? What facts did catch dad dark deep dog door down each eat • Would you recommend this story to a friend? you learn about (topic)? Why or why not? • How are ____ alike? How are they different? end even every fast father feel find first fish • What is the lesson you should learn from this • Why did the author write this?

five food four friend fun funny game gave story? • What do you think the author wants the • Where does (character) live in this story? readers to know? girl give goes good got great grew grow • What is the setting for this story? How do you • How is this book the same as another book know? you read on this topic? How are they happy help hide hill home house inside jump • Who is (character)? What happened to him/her different? just last let light live love much must name in the story? • What caused (event)? • How is (character 1) different from (character • What effect did (event) have? night our outside paper part party pick place 2)? Where does the book show or say that? • How did the (item) change?

rain read right room same say school second How are they the same? • How are (person 1) and (person 2) alike? How • Where is this story happening? How do you are they different? seen sky sleep snow something start stay stop know? • What does the word ___ mean? How did the

story street take teach than things time today • Who is talking in the story? other words help you figure out the meaning? • What does this word mean? How do you • Are there any words you did not understand? together too top try under until use wait walk know? • Where is the table of contents? What does it • What words tell you how the character feels? show you? wall want watch way week why winter work • Are there any words you did not understand? • How do the images/diagrams help you world worn year yes • What makes this story fiction or nonfiction? understand the words? • Who is speaking in this part? Who are they • Why does the author put a heading on the First and Second Grade Spelling Patterns talking to? section? How does it help you? • Short a, e, o, i, u patterns (ex: bad, cat, nap, ask, sack, help, let, tell, got, • What does this illustration show? • What text features (charts, diagrams, stop, top, rob, sock, fish, hill, lip, lid, stick, • Can you draw a picture to show what illustrations, bold words) help you understand things, bus, bug, must, funny, under) happened in the book? the words? • Long a, e, o, I, u patterns (ex: game, say, take, begin, each, sleep, grow, • How is this story like another story you have • What does this diagram show? Can you fox, home, goes, find, hide, light, use) read? explain how this works? • Vowel Combos (ai, ay, ee, ea, y, ow, oo) • How is this character like you? How are they • How can ___ happen? Why did ___ happen? • Vowel Sounds with r (ar, or, er, ir, ur) different? • Can you find the reason the author thinks___? • Compound words • How is (picture/diagram) like (picture/diagram)? How are they different? June 2020 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 Create and decorate your Literacy Make three goals for your summer Watch the YouTube read aloud Write or say as many rhyming pairs Read or listen to a fiction story, and Notebook that will contain all of that you would like to achieve by video of And Then Comes Summer. as you can think of, and use them discuss some of the comprehension your summer literacy learning. the end. Write or illustrate them Write and illustrate your favorite to make up a funny rhyming song. question stems. Draw and write in your Literacy Notebook. summertime activities. Sing it for a friend or family about your favorite part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O member. 0ZlOkMQGi8

8 9 10 11 12 Read your favorite book and retell Write and illustrate a fiction story Read or listen to a nonfiction story, Practice reading the first grade Watch the YouTube read aloud the story using the story elements about a summer vacation and discuss some of the high-frequency words. Write video of The Sandcastle that Lola of character, setting, problem, and adventure. Be sure to include comprehension question stems. several sentences using these Built. Write and illustrate a story solution. characters, settings, problem and Draw and write about two facts words. about a sandcastle that you would solution. you learned. like to create. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S 1yVh8Tu3kE 15 16 17 18 19 Choose some of the first grade Act out a story you have read for Read or listen to a fiction story, Make your favorite summer snack. Make a list of as many words as spelling patterns, and write as your friends or family. Be sure to and discuss some of the Write and illustrate a How-To you can think of that describe many words as you can using include something from the comprehension question stems. book that describes the steps you summer or summer activities. those patterns. Circle all the beginning, middle, and end of the Write about your favorite used to make it. (Ex: ice cream Write a poem about summer using words you can find in a book this story. character. sundae., smores) some of these words. week. 22 23 24 25 26 Practice reading the first grade Choose a reading website or app Watch a Jack Hartmann video Read or listen to a nonfiction Go to high-frequency words. Write to play. about compound words. Have a story, and discuss some of the http://www.scholastic.com/teachers several sentences using these scavenger hunt looking for comprehension question stems. /story-starters/ and choose a story words. For a challenge, select compound words around your Write and illustrate a couple starter to write and illustrate a some from the second grade list. house. Write the words you find. sentences about the main idea story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2 and details. U0OBDRvkKo 29 30 Read or listen to a fiction story, Choose some of the first grade and discuss some of the spelling patterns and write as comprehension question stems. many words as you can using Think about the problem in the those patterns. Circle all the story. Write and illustrate a words you can find in a book this different way the character could week. have solved it. July 2020 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 Watch this video about the 4th of Use sidewalk chalk to write/draw Write an information book telling all July. Share some of the facts you words or pictures that represent the you know about the 4th of July. Share learned with your family. Draw or 4th of July (ex: flag, freedom, it with your family and friends. write about some of these facts. fireworks, parades, cookouts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= XoNIsoqT5s0 6 7 8 9 10 Practice reading the first grade Read or listen to a nonfiction story, Go to abcya.com and play a first Go outside and observe summer Write about your favorite flavor of ice high-frequency words. Write and discuss some of the grade letter game. using your senses. Make a book cream. Give reasons to support why it several sentences using these comprehension question stems. https://www.abcya.com/grades/1/lett about all you observe (Ex. Summer is the best. words. For a challenge, select some Draw and write about two facts you ers smells like…Summer feels from the second grade list. learned. like…Summer tastes like…Summer sounds like…). 13 14 15 16 17 Watch a Jack Hartmann video about Choose one of the homemade Read or listen to a fiction story, and Using the link below, create a word Free Write Day!! Write in your vowel sounds. Play I-Spy looking for popsicle recipes in the link below. discuss some of the comprehension search using the words ending in the Literacy Notebook to share with your words that use long and short vowel Follow the steps to make popsicles question stems. Write and illustrate first grade spelling patterns. For a friends and family. sounds. Write the words you find for your family and friends. your favorite part. challenge, include second grade (ex: I spy something that uses a long https://www.kids-cooking- spelling patterns. a sound. I spy tape). activities.com/Popsicle-recipes.html https://tinyurl.com/ydb7utcq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0 Au0bE0WxBc&t=119s 20 21 22 23 24 Play a high-frequency word game. Read one of your favorite stories. Watch the YouTube read aloud video Read or listen to a nonfiction story, Play vocabulary charades. Think of a You can play Memory, Go Fish, or Draw a picture of something that of Summer Days and Nights Keep a and discuss some of the few categories (ex: book titles, music Bingo. happens in the beginning, middle, journal of what you do this week comprehension question stems. instruments, things you can do at a and end of the story. Cut the during the day and night. Discuss Make a list of the book’s text waterpark, etc…), write vocabulary pictures apart, and use them to how your journal events compare to features. Create a text feature that words that fit in each category on a retell the story in order. the events in the story. you would add to the story. card. Each player draws a card and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j acts out the item for the other 5TfR_TysXo players to guess. 27 28 29 30 31 Read or listen to a fiction story, and Watch the YouTube read aloud Choose some of the first grade Choose a reading website or app to Write a letter to your new teacher discuss some of the comprehension video of The Bernstein Bears’ spelling patterns and write as many play. telling her all you hope to learn in question stems. Write and illustrate Lemonade Stand. Write and words as you can using those second grade. a picture of your favorite character. illustrate a description of your plan patterns. Circle all the words you can Think about how the character for a lemonade stand. How would it find in a book this week. For a changed from the beginning of the compare to the Bernstein Bears? challenge, choose a second grade story to the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI pattern. PvyBfjkX8

Summer Literacy Resources Books Books Websites and Apps Fun Books to Share Classics to Read • PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/games/reading/ • And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall • Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus • Starfall: https://www.starfall.com/h/ • Arthur series by Marc Brown • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton • ABCya: https://www.abcya.com/grades/k • A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey • Storyline Online: • Berenstain Bear series by Jan and Stan Berenstain • When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen https://www.storylineonline.net/ • Clifford series by Norman Bridwell • Read Write Think: • Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish Caldecott Awards and Honor Books http://www.readwritethink.org/search/?resource • The Eye Book by Theo LeSieg • Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson _type=16&grade=7 • • Franklin series by Paulette Bourgeois • Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret FunBrain Jr.: http://www.funbrainjr.com/games/ • • Froggy series by Jonathan London Musgrove The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Scholastic Learn at Home: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/supp • Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Juster and Chris Raschka ort/learnathome.html • Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold • Owen by Kevin Henkes • Super Why: https://pbskids.org/superwhy/ • How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long • The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg • List of Reading Apps (some do have a cost): • Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park • A Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/readi • Little Critter series by Mercer Mayer ng-apps-games-and-websites • Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman Folktales and Fairy Tales • Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat • Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg Family Games • Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister • Cinderella by Marcia Brown 1. Matching Game: • The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle • The Hare and the Tortoise by Brian Wildsmith a. Play with letters to pictures that begin with • Henny Penny by H. Werner Zimmermann that letter, rhyming words, high-frequency Learning to Read Series • The Little Red Hen by Margot Zemach words, blends and digraphs to pictures that • Hello Reader! • The Three Bears by Paul Galdone begin with them, vowels to pictures, etc… • I Can Read Books • The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Christen 2. Go Fish: • Puffin Easy-to-Read Asbjornsen a. Play with letters to pictures that begin with • Step Into Reading Levels 1–4 • Three Little Pigs by James Marshall that letter, rhyming words, high-frequency • The Three Little Pigs by Rodney Peppé words, blends and digraphs to pictures that Alphabet Books • The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen begin with them, vowels to pictures, etc… • Animalia by Graeme Baese 3. Hangman: Stories in Rhyme • The Icky Bug Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta a. Play with high-frequency words or spelling • All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka • Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg patterns • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema 4. Bingo: • Miss Spider’s Tea Party by David Kirk Friends Math in Picture Books a. Play with letters and letter sounds (including • • Benjamin and Tulip by Rosemary Wells How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz vowels sounds), rhyming words, high- • One Potato: A Counting Book of Potato Prints by • We Are Best Friends by Aliki frequency words, blends and digraphs and Diana Pomeroy • Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff Fabulous words that begin with them, etc… • Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse, (A Tale 5. Scavenger Hunt/I Spy: of Wickedness—and Worse!) by William Wise

• When Sheep Cannot Sleep by Satoshi Kitamura a. Play with letters and letter sounds (including vowels sounds), rhyming words, high- frequency words, blends and digraphs and words that begin with them, etc…