Summer+Fun


 * Summer Fun[[image:beach.jpg width="184" height="152" align="right"]]**

@http://www.teachersmousepad.com/MArch%20is%20Reading_files/Beach%20Theme.htm

@http://www.teachingheart.net/beachteach.html

@http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalseasons/summer/

@http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/beach

@http://old.dentonisd.org/pecancreek/lattaya/ocean.htm

Activities: 1. Beach Ball Spelling: choose a card from the sand pail. Say the word. Say the first letter. Toss the ball. Continue spelling. Repeat for other words. 2. Beach Bag Fun: Summer Books in Beach Bag and read on beach towels. 3. Read Old Lady-Shell: Put objects (laminated cards or objects) in old lady. Create your own Old Lady with ziploc bag body and picture cards Vocab cards in bucket- pick card and find definition in dictionary. Record on beach paper. Write and draw to retell story. 4. Surfboard Summary: read a Summer book. Cut a surfboard out of construction paper using a tracing template. Write a summary/retell story on surfboard paper. 5. Color picture and Write: color and write papers from ABCteach.com 6. Read Beach Short story from abcteach.com and answer comp questions. 7. Shell Sorting: sort shells. Record on observation sheet 8. Sand Spelling: Spell words in the sand. Use blue tray, play sand, and small sand utensils to spell out beach words. 9. Pick a word from the Beach Word Vocab List. Find definition in the dictionary. Write the word, description and picture on notecard. Punch hole in corner. Add to vocab clip booklet.

Materials Needed: Task Cards Beach Ball Sand Bucket- II Beach Bag Beach Towels Beach Paper Surfboard tracing template @http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/crafttemp/surfboarddesign.pdf Construction paper Color and write papers Shell sorting record sheet/venn diagram @http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/graphic-organizers/venn-no-lines.pdf Blue tray Play sand Small sand toys Beach word list Dictionary Clip for notecards Notecards

Catch the Reading Wave board description: Sand Castle from sandpaper Blue paper water waves Hot Glue sea shells Hand small sunglasses from corner Yellow paper sun Phase in cut out letter Task Cards with envelope