Summer unit extension books

Some of the books on the extra reading list is hard to find in our school and local library.  Luckily in our leveled book room, I was able to find some additional books that were not on the list, but may be in your leveled book room at school.  I wish I had wrote down titles and authors, but didn't.  If you can't make it out from the picture, let me know and I'll go back to my summer unit box and pull out the books!  Happy Reading!

~Jessica



Summer Unit Homework pack

This year has been a learning year for me as far as homework and the Unique Curriculum goes.  There are no homework options provided with this curriculum, so everything I send home is put together by me.  I'm still tweaking the format of homework assignments (do you even give homework?), and will need to for new students coming up to me this coming year.  Here is what I did for the summer ULS unit.

I provided a pacing calendar, an index of all items in the packet, cover for the unit, and a large ziploc bag for the contents to call home.

I created (using Boardmaker) a simple matching activity that had 2 levels.  One was a picture to picture match, and the other was a picture to word match.  I laminated the half size papers and sent home a washable marker. 

I created a Dominos game for the kids to play.  This helps them with their visual discrimination skills as well as vocabulary from the unit.

This is a cut and paste math worksheet.  This focuses on quarters and "buying" items needed for a picnic. 

Picnic Collage direction sheet.  Students were to look for pictures that realted to a picnic from magazines and the internet.  They then took the pictures and made them into a collage.  I have to admit that this was probably one of my favorite assignments.  I loved seeing their projects, and the students were so proud of them. 

This activity was a very simple writing assignment.  I gave them a sentence starter and they had to fill in one word of what they would take on a picnic. 

These were just a few of the extension activities that I created to go along with the unit.  I added in copies of their reading materials and sight words.  After surveying the parents, they all really liked this format.  Next year I will have more students that need hands on activities and communication boards to go home with their homework. 

Yes, it is a LOT of work, but you can do it!  It is worth the growth that you will see in your students come year end!  Once the new school year gets started, I will be making the intermediate grade band extension activities that I create into word documents and will post those also. 

~Jessica

Another summer unit workstation task

This task requires the child to sort the picnic food into seperate containers.  The pieces came from the unit materials.  I laminated them for durability. 


~Jessica