Super
Summer
Packet
2015
To rescue your summer!
For Students entering Kindergarten
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
Kindergarten Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
Sort a collection of
objects at home and tell
how you sorted them.
(Legos, seashells, cereal,
toy cars)
Get a spoon and a cup.
Put the spoon above the
cup, in front of the cup
and beside the cup.
Draw a picture of a room
in your house. Describe to
someone where things are
positioned (above, below,
over, under, between).
Find five toys and order
them from shortest to
longest.
Bake some cookies. Write
a story about how
someone ate some
cookies. Draw your story
to show how many
cookies are left.
Go outside and describe
what you see. Use the
words taller, shorter and
longer.
Use M&Ms or another
item to build sets to 20.
Match the set and
numeral.
Count the number of
doors in your house.
Count the number of
windows. Which amount
is greater?
Find different sizes of
bowls in your kitchen.
Which one holds more?
Less? Test it out.
Kindergarten Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
Open a bag of fruit
snacks. Graph them by
shape. How many are in
each group. Which has
more? Which has fewer?
Line up 10 pennies. Point
to the 4th, 9th, 1st and 5th
pennies.
Draw a picture.
Use Legos or macaroni to
make these patterns: AB,
AAB, ABB
Take a picture of your
pattern.
Get a piece of bread. Cut
it in equal halves. Eat
half. Draw a picture to
show how much you ate.
Different size spoons and
forks to make a pattern.
Describe your pattern.
Use pasta noodles to
measure 5 things in your
house. Arrange them from
shortest to longest.
Look at different
resources (books,
magazines, newspapers,
grocery store ad papers)
for the numerals 0-9.
Look in your
Find 5 objects around
refrigerator/pantry. Find 3
your house. Place them in
items. Put them in order
order of height, from
by weight. Start with the
tallest to shortest.
heaviest.
Kindergarten Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
Sit outside for 5 minutes.
Count the number of cars
that pass by.
Look at a calendar and
count how many more
days until school starts
(August 24th).
Sort laundry into 2
groups. Use different
rules for sorting (color,
items)
Toss a coin 10 times.
Collect 5 items. Make up
How many times did it
Find 5 things that are in
a verbal story problem for
land on heads? Tails? Do
the shape of a triangle.
adding and subtraction
this again. Did you get the Cube. Rectangular prism.
those objects to make 5.
same results?
Pick your favorite shape.
Make a large picture filled
with only this shape.
How many shoes are in
your house? Count them
by 2’s.
Complete the quilt
activity attached.
Kindergarten Reading Choice 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.