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For students going into
2nd Grade
Choose at least 3 activities to complete from the calendar each week. A parent must initial in the
box when the activity is completed. You do not need to return any projects.
June
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Look at a June
Read a book for 20
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calendar. How many minutes to or with
and choose a
dates have a 2 in the someone. Who is the reading activity to
tens place?
main character?
do for 20 minutes.
(Example: June 26)
Friday
Write a thank-you
note to your
teacher for
helping you this
year.
Write what time
your school begins
and ends. How long
are you in school?
Draw a picture of
yourself having
fun in the
summer. Can you
write a story to go
with your picture?
Read a book for at
least 20 minutes.
What happened
first, next, and last?
Thursday
Look around and
find objects that
are rectangles or
rectangular
prisms. How many
can you find?
Make a list.
Go to starfall.com Write all the math
and choose a
facts you can
reading activity to think of that have
do for 20 minutes. 10 as the answer.
July
Get a refrigerator
magnet. Find five
objects it will pick up
and five objects it won’t.
Why does this happen?
Go outside and close
your eyes for two
minutes. What sounds
do you hear? Write
about the sounds.
Go to starfall.com and
Read a book for 20
choose a reading activity minutes. What is the
to do for 20 minutes.
setting of your book?
Compare the seeds of
three fruits or
vegetables. Draw
pictures of the seeds
and label them.
Put a puzzle together
with your family.
Read a book for 20
minutes. What is the
theme of your book?
(friendship, honor,
loyalty, etc)
Go to starfall.com and
Draw a picture of your
choose a reading activity family. Show the
to do for 20 minutes.
members from the
tallest to the shortest.
Count by 5s and 10s to
100.
Experiment with objects
that sink and float. What
makes an object that
can float?
Make a picnic lunch and
eat it outside on a
blanket
or at a
table.
Go to starfall.com and
Read a book for 20
choose a reading activity minutes. Is your book
to do for 20 minutes.
fiction or nonfiction?
Look in the newspaper
or on the internet and
find the times for
sunrise and sunset
today. How many hours
of daylight can you
expect?
Read a book for 20
minutes. What
happened first, second,
last?
Look at a road map. Find Go to starfall.com and
roads, freeways, cities,
choose a reading activity
and water. Can you find to do for 20 minutes.
anything else?
How many compound
words can you make
with sun? What about
water? Swim?
Practice counting by 2s
to 100.
August
Look in the weather
section of the
newspaper. Circle
today’s high and low
temperatures. What is
the difference in these
temperatures?
Drape a blanket or an
old sheet over a table to
make a tent. Crawl
inside and read a book.
Make a “cool” picture
using cool colors (blue,
green, purple).
Play a card game with a
friend or family
member. (Uno, Crazy
Eights, etc.)
Read Peter Rabbit. Make Go to starfall.com and
a picture of Mr.
choose an activity to do
McGregor’s garden.
for 20 minutes.
Play a board game
(Sorry, Chutes and
Ladders, etc.) with a
friend of family
member.
Read a book for 20
minutes. Tell someone
about your favorite
character. Why do you
like this character?
Go outside and look at
the clouds. Draw two
shapes you see. Can you
tell a story about “your
clouds”?
Play a board game
(Sorry, Chutes and
Ladders, etc.) with a
friend of family
member.
Read a book for 20
minutes. Tell someone
about your favorite
character. Why do you
like this character?
Read a book for 20
minutes. Tell someone
about your favorite
character. Why do you
like this character?
Play in a sprinkler. Look
for rainbows in the
water. What do you
think makes a rainbow?
Play a card game with a
friend or family
member. (Uno, Crazy
Eights, etc.)
Go to starfall.com and
choose an activity to do
for 20 minutes.
Go to starfall.com and
choose an activity to do
for 20 minutes.
Go to starfall.com and
choose an activity to do
for 20 minutes.
What are 3 ways you
can make one dollar
using coins.
Read a fairy tale. Make a Look at the stars
map showing where the tonight. Can you find
main events take place. the Big
Dipper?