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Stringbean Coes Vacation
Third graders first begin the activity by reading Vera B. Williams Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea. This book is a collection of postcards that Stringbean Coe and his brother Fred write to their family while they were on a summer...
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Summer Vacation Word Scramble
In this word scramble instructional activity, students unscramble and list sixteen different words as they relate to the topic of summer vacation.
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Summer Vacation Fun
In this summer vacation word search worksheet, students analyze 12 words in a word bank that pertain to summer fun. Students locate these in a word search puzzle.
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Compare: School And Summer Vacation
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students compare and contrast school and summer vacation. Students then write a short summary.
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Class Vacation Book
Students, utilizing technology and its avenues, create, produce and publish a variety of works. They generate a bubble map to brainstorm words that describe a specific vacation spot as well as create a pattern book with graphics about...
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Word Search: Summer
In this summer vacation word search, students locate and mark 20 words. The word search is in this shape of a large sun. There is a word bank of words pertaining to the summer.
Illustrative Mathematics
How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
On the 124th day of school, young mathematicians are asked to find out how many days are left in the 180-day school year. The teacher version to the task offers several ways the problem can be solved, and can be used to guide instruction...
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The Relatives Came: A Family Read-Along
Students read the book, 'The Relatives Came' by Cynthia Rylant to revive memories about their own summer vacations and family customs. They write a friendly letter about a fantasy summer vacation--"What I Wish I Did on My Summer...
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My Summer Vacation
In this summer vacation instructional activity, students are given lines on which to write about their summer vacation. Worksheet is a blank template. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Bytes: A Summer Byte
Students create a collage from their own digital pictures using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Following a step-by-step instruction guide, students create a collage from pictures of their summer vacation as part of a writing assignment.
Get Fluent
Get Fluent in French: Going on Holiday
Take a vacation into French with lots of vocabulary and plenty of activities. This collection of worksheets includes instruction as well as practice and invites French language learners to hone their translation skills.
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Summer Vacation Word Search
For this literacy worksheet, students find the words related to the topic of summer vacation. The answers are found on the second page and this helps increase vocabulary.
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My Summer Vacation-Brainstorming Organizer
In this summer vacation brainstorming instructional activity, students fill in a set of 4 "bubbles," writing ideas about their summer vacation. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Students hear the story How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Wallace Bleef and share their own summer experiences. They write a tale about one event that happened during their summer using exaggeration.
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Educational Vacations
You can make a vacation an educational and fun experience.
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Summer Vocabulary
In this summer themed ESL worksheet, students will examine 20 summer themed vocabulary words and then match them with their definition.
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Summer Trip
In this missing words worksheet, students read a story about a summer trip that has missing words. Students insert words that would make sense in the story.
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Summer Trip
Fourth graders search for information and directions to specific cities from their homes, figure cost of trip when given miles per gallon, distance, and cost per gallon of gas, develop outline budget for summer trip, and draw and label...
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Vacation Matrix-Integrated Core
Students read aloud, "The Best Vacation Ever," by Stuart Murphy locate vacation spots on a map and describe their own vacations. Students illustrate their summer vacation spot and describe the vacation, placing it on a "vacation matrix"...
US Lifeguard Association
Beach and Water Safety
Nothing is more relaxing than a nice, sunny day at the beach. Make sure your visit to the beach remains relaxing with a list of summer safety tips for the beach, including using sunscreen with a high SPF, handling jellyfish and stingray...
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Summer Word Unscramble
In this summer word unscramble worksheet, students study 11 words pertaining to the summer. They unscramble the words on the lines provided, with no word bank.
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Top Ten Summer Lesson Plans: Make the Kick Off to Summer Fun!
The right summer lesson plans can help both teachers and students spend the final days of school in a fun and productive way.
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Ecology of The Sonoran Desert Soil Crusts: Biology, Geology
This lesson is designed after research done on the ecology of soil lichen in the Tucson Basin area during the summers of 1997 and 1998. Its purpose is to guide students into adopting the problem solving thinking of ecologists. The lesson...
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Choosing a Summer Job
What did you do over your summer vacation. Young wage earners must compare summer job options, and determine when each job earn the same amount and what that amount be. This be done by creating, graphing, and solving systems of...