1.Visit our website. http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/MrsSchmidt/
I will be adding new things all summer.
2. Put the names of all of the states in alphabetical order.
3. Make up a poem and send it to Mrs. Schmidt by e-mail.
4. Make something in the kitchen involving the use of measuring cups.
5. Go outside for a nature hike. Look for different plants and animals. Make a list of the things you see.
6. Write a letter to a friend or relative.
7. Find an object in your house or outside that begins with each letter of the alphabet.
8. Write 5 sentences underline the verbs.
9. Look in the newspaper for 10 words you do not know. Look them up in the dictionary.
10. Make a timeline of your life. Try to include all of the important events that you can remember.
11. Go to the library. Find a book written by an author you have never read before. Read the book.
12. Send a book review to Mrs. Schmidt.
13. Use the letters in your first and last name to write as many words as you can.
14. Find a picture in a magazine. Write a story about the picture.
15. Look in the newspaper and find 20 numbers. Order them from greatest to smallest.
16. Look outside your window. Use crayons, markers or colored pencils to make a picture of the view from your window.
17. Find a picture of our state flag. Draw and color it.
18. Count by fives starting with 1000 and ending at 1200.
19. Make signs for your room. Examples: Do Not Disturb, Katie's Room, The Coolest Kid Sleeps Here, etc...
20. Draw a picture of your favorite animal. Look up 4 interesting facts about your animal.
21. Look in the phone book find 4 places that deliver pizza. Write down their phone numbers.
22. Go on a nature hike. Collect things and put them in a picture.
23. Pretend you are an ant. Write a short story about what it would be like to be one.
24. Imagine you are going on a shopping spree. Cut out 5 items you would like to buy. Add them up.
25. Cut out words from the newspaper that have short vowel sounds. Sort them into categories and then put them in ABC order.
26. Use the letters in the words SUMMER VACATION to write as many words as you can.
27. Practice writing the alphabet in cursive.
28. Draw a picture of your family. Label it.
29. Go onto the internet and go to this site http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/Birdjokes.html
Read some bird jokes. Pick out your favorite 2 and share them with a friend.
30. Write a riddle. Draw a picture of the answer.
31. Log onto www.puzzlemaker.com. Learn how to make a crossword puzzle. Use words that would describe your summer vacation.
32. Ask Mom or Dad for a handful of change. Look at the dates of the pennies. Write the dates in order starting at the earliest date.
33.Cut out an article in the newspaper. Circle all of the nouns.
34. Look through the change your Mom or Dad has at home. Can you find coins that were minted the year you were born?
35. Cut out pictures from a magazine. Paste them on paper. Write the name of each object under each picture.
36. Plant some seeds outdoors or help take care of indoor plants.
37. Imagine you have a penguin as a pet. Write a story about it.
38. Check out a book on origami. Try to make some of the animals in the book.
39. Make puppets and put on a puppet show. Paper bags or old socks work great for puppets.
40. Play a board game with a friend.
41. Make a list of everything that you can find that is blue.
42. Log onto our website. http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/MrsSchmidt/
Find a new math game to play.
43. Imagine you are going on a vacation to an exotic island. Write a story about your adventure. Send it to me and I will post it on our website.
44. Cut out pictures of things you like from magazines -- and then make a collage about yourself.
45. Write any ten numbers between 1 to 1000. Cut them out and mix them up. Arrange them again from smallest to largest. You could also sort them according to whether they are even or odd numbers.
46. Cut out the box from an old cereal box or the picture from an old calendar. Cut it into puzzle pieces and then put it back together.
47. Make a greeting card for a friend.
48. Write a story about your favorite holiday.
49. Put different amounts of water in glasses. Try to play a song by lightly tapping the glasses. You will have to experiment to see which ones will give you high and low sounds.
50. What would you do if you lived during the time of dinosaurs? Write a story about it.
51.Cut out numbers from the newspaper. Sort them into odd and even and paste them onto a sheet of construction paper.
52. Create a lunch menu.
53. Write a letter to your favorite author. See if you can find their address and mail it to him or her.
54. Look at a map. Find Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio.
55. Make a set of flash cards to practice your subtraction facts.
56. Look in your skinny math book. Find a page that is undone. Try to complete it.
57. Write 5 sentences about clouds. Underline the adjectives.
58. Make a card for someone you haven't seen in awhile. Try to find their address and mail it to them.
59. Cut out magazine pictures of mammals. Make a book. Write a describing sentence about each picture.
60. Read a joke book. Share your favorites with your family.
61. Go outside and find 3 different kinds of trees. How are they alike and different?
62. Write numbers from 501-600. Circle the even numbers.
63. Measure 3 pieces of furniture in your house. Which piece is the longest? Which piece is the widest?
64. Find objects around your home that begin with the sound of TH. Draw a picture of each of them or write a list of their names. (thread, thermos etc.)
65. Find a poem, copy it using your best cursive. Illustrate it.
66. Write incredible equations for the number 55.
67. Think of your favorite animal. Write down 5 things you would like to find out about that animal. Use Yahooligans or Ask Jeeves for Kids to search for the answers to your questions.
68. Write three sentences. Make them end with 1) !, 2) . and 3) ?. Read them to someone.
69. Make up some word problems and read them to someone. Make sure you know the answers to the problems, too.
70. Make a list of all of the states and their capitals.
71. Play a game on www.FunBrain. com
72. How many states can you spell correctly?
73. Look through family pictures. Choose your favorite and write a story about it.
74. Begin a diary. Each night write down 3 good things that happened each day.
75. Write Roman Numerals for the numbers 1 through 20.
76. Make a list of everything you see that is the color red.
77. Create an ad for your favorite movie.
78. Make a list of as many compound words that you can think of.
79. Learn how to play dominos.
80. Write all the number facts that you can think of that will have 70 for an answer.
81. Write 10 describing words about your family car.
82. Draw your self-portrait.
83. Write about the funniest thing that has ever happened to you.
84. Write a poem about summer fun.
85. Cut out food pictures from magazines. Make 4 category cards -- Dairy Products, Meat, Fruit and Vegetable and Bread and Cereal. Arrange the pictures under the correct category.
86. Find out what the temperature is today in Hawaii, Alaska, California and NJ . Arrange the temperatures from smallest to largest.
87. Write all the number facts that you can think of that will have 46 for an answer.
88. Play Follow the Directions game. Have someone tell you three directions and see if you can do them correctly and in the right order.
Example: Clap your hands 5 times. Go look out the window. Write your name on a piece of paper.
89. Count out loud from 600 to 700.
90. Learn how to play a new game.
91. Try to bounce a ball 100 times without missing.
92. List 3 of your favorite summer flowers. Draw a color a picture with all 3 flowers in it.
93. Find objects around your home that begin with CH. Draw a picture of them or make a list of them and then use each word in a sentence.
94. Find a page in your grammar book that is not completed. See if you can complete it.
95. Go on a nature walk. Find 5 -10 objects. Write describing sentences. Have someone read your sentences and then see if they can pick out what you are describing.
96. Keep track of the different license plates you see. Can you find one from each state?
97. Get a piece of paper and fold it into 8 equal squares. Draw a picture in each square.
98. Ask Mom or Dad to give you some change. See if you can count it.
99. Write to Mrs. Schmidt and tell her what activities you did off of this summer ideas list. She will be happy to hear from you.
100. See a movie and write a review of it.
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1. Build fairy houses in the backyard.
2. Start a nature scrapbook.
3. Canstruction.
4. Play chalk games. or draw pictures with chalk on the sidewalk.
5. Make mud pies and have a tea party.
6. Have a real tea party with some friends and tell stories.
7. Play with rice.
8. Make a yummy salad and eat it.
9. Paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
10. Work a jigsaw puzzle.
11. Copy a famous pai