2ND GRADE (ENTERING 3RD GRADE)
June
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
5 Plan on logging all your
summer reading beginning
today. Read for 20
minutes and write the
title- author-amount of
time read.
6 Create an imaginary
animal and write about
it in your journal.
7 Word GameCreate as many words
as you can from the
word Canteloupe
8 Make a list of
different zoo animals
and put them in ABC
order.
9 Write about a city you
want to visit. Include a
list of activities you want
to do there.
12 Ride a bike,
skateboard, or walk, and
make a list of the nouns
you see. (people, places,
or things)
13 What is your
favorite movie? Why?
Write at least 4
sentences.
14 Draw a picture and
label the parts.
15 Choose 10
adjectives (describing
words) and write
antonyms (opposites).
Example: large-small
16 Make a list of words
with the added suffix –ed.
(for example- play—
played)
19 Create a sno-cone
stand menu in your
journal.
20 Spend the whole
day without the use of
technology and write
about something you
did in your journal.
21 Read for 20
minutes today
22 Write a short play
for you and some
friends to act out.
23 Plan a backyard
camping adventure. Create
a list of all the thing you
will need in your journal.
26 Create a postcard
and write a quick note to
someone on the back.
27 Buddy read with a
neighbor or friend
today. Take turns
reading pages.
28 Read for 20 minutes
29 Word game:
Make a list of smaller
words using the words
bathing suit.
30 Read a book and make
a double bubble comparing
yourself to one of the
characters. (How are you
alike? Different?)
today.
Thursday
Friday
2ND GRADE (ENTERING 3RD GRADE)
Monday
3 Word Game: Make a
list of adjectives
(describing words) to
describe fireworks.
Write them in your
journal.
10 Make a collage of a
book you have read this
summer.
17 Write a letter to
your best friend.
24 Play a card game with
your family today.
31 Word Game: In your
journal write all the
words you know that have
the er, ir or ur spelling.
July
Tuesday
4 Listen to mom or dad
read a story.
Wednesday
5 Listen to some
oldies music today.
Write 4 sentences in
your journal about how
it makes you feel.
Thursday
6 What does the
word assure mean?
Look it up. Write a
sentence using the
word.
Friday
7 If you could have
one wish granted what
would you wish for and
why?
11 Write as many
words for the word
pretty that you can
come up with in your
journal today. Get help
from others for a more
complete list.
18 Read a non-fiction
book today and write
down 3 facts you
learned in your journal.
12 Eat a peach (or
other fruit) and use
adjectives to describe
it. Write in your
journal.
13 Read for 20
minutes today.
19 Read for 20
minutes today.
20 Play hangman with
your family.
14 Go into a room in
your house and write
all the nouns you see in
your journal. Then
make the nouns plural.
(add the suffix s or
es)
21 Swap and read
books with a neighbor
or friend today.
25 Go outside to read
today. Read for 20
minutes or longer.
26 Word GameMake as many words
from the letters of
the word ladybugs
27 Use the
homophones “their,
there, and they’re”
correctly in a
sentence. (3 total
sentences)
28 Make a list of all
the different uses for
a rubberband.
2ND GRADE (ENTERING 3RD GRADE)
August
Monday
Tuesday
1 Read for 20 minutes
today.
Wednesday
2 Draw the setting of
the book you read
yesterday in your
journal and label it.
7 Use the homophones to,
too, and two. Write a
sentence for each.
8 Demonstrate a
random act of kindness.
List 5 adjectives to
describe how this made
you feel.
9 Today is National
S’mores Day. Ask an
adult to help you make
this treat.
14 Count how many
reading activities you did
this summer. Write the
number in your notebook.
What was your favorite
reading activity?
15 First day of school!
Thursday
3 Try to go the whole
day without using the
word awesome. Can you
come up with synonyms
for the word? (Words
that mean the same
thing as awesome)
10 Write a letter to
your new teacher
telling her about
yourself.
Friday
4 Write 6 verbs in
your journal and add a
suffix to each. (for
example: s, es, ing, ed)
Play-playing
Jump- jumped
11 “I knew there was
a problem when I saw
the look on mom’s
face…” Finish the
story (write at least
3-4 sentences.)