Stop the Summer Slide

Have you heard of the Summer Slide?

Do you know that students lose two and a half months of math skills? 

How can you correct this problem? 

Stop the Summer Slide

Over the summer students lose 2.5 months of math skills. It is called the Summer Slide. That's more than nine weeks of learning. You can do something to help your students today!

Students who practice math during the Summer do not regress. Studies show that students who do just two hours of grade level math per week during the Summer stay at their current level or improve. What if you didn't have to reteach past skills in August? Yes!

Students can complete a fun review and never lose their skills during the break. Over 10,000 teachers have downloaded the Summer Math Activities packet to help their students not regress in math. You can too!

Click HERE to Download

The Summer Math Activities is a sampling of summer math that your students will want to do every day during the break! This packet is engaging for all learners. It includes grade level appropriate math problems. All math skills are reviewed with coloring, puzzles, and problem solving.

How to use it:

1. A fun review at the end of year or after testing!

2. A summer packet for students to complete at during June, July, & August!!

3. A beginning of the year review activities for August & September!!!

This FREEBIE Sample FEATURES:

✔This includes 1 day of my 30 DAY Summer Math Activities Packet

✔1 Cover for the Summer Math Packet

✔FUN activities and puzzles centered on reviewing math curriculum

✔1 Letter to Parents & Rubric for Grading the Summer Packet

✔Packed with grade level math problems for review and practice

✔Lots of coloring fun! Students are encouraged to color every page of the Summer math packet.

Remember this summer to refresh yourself and have your students review key math skills. You can stop the Summer Slide and give your students an advantage. Start today!

Have a great Summer, 

Planning for Next School Year

When do you plan for the next school year?

What should I plan for the next school year?

Planning for Next School Year 

Planning for the next school year is never a bad idea. It's not too early to start now! If you do some things now, you won't have to do them in August. August is such a busy time with meetings, meet the teacher, and other school events that take away from your planning time. Plan now, and save yourself time in August. Here are five things you can do now:

1. Your Class Syllabus. 

Prepare your syllabus this summer. Make sure you include all the important information for students and parents. Making your syllabus ahead of time will save time in August.

2. Seating Chart. 

Do you use a seating chart to get to know your students? Try using a seating chart to memorize all your students names within the first five days.

3. Get to Know your students activities. 

How do you build relationships with your students? Do you use "Get to Know You" activities? Research shows that when you acknowledge students by name and build a teacher-student relationship, they will become more accountable to your class. 

4. Back to School Math Activities.

Get Back to School ready with some activities to engage for your students on day 1. These math activities review key math skills and help develop math fluency.

Click HERE to download Free Math Activities. 

5. Make a Back to School Prep Box. 

Include a to do list, already made copies, activities, calendars, and more. Prepare all the things you will need for August in one box. Make it easily accessible for you the first week back. You should be able to get everything you need ready made from the box.

The box snaps to close and store all of your back to school papers. Include your master copies, calendar, and any other Back to School activity in this accessible box.

Click Here to get the Back-to-School Prep Box.

These are a great start at getting yourself ready for next school year. August will be here before you know it! Try one of these planning tips today and thank yourself in August!!

Happy Teaching,

Summer Math Coloring

Do you need a fun student work bulletin board?

Do your students need a fun review of math?

Are you ready for Summer Math coloring?

It's fun to get students to color in Math. They often don't realize that they're doing math because they are doing it differently. Students answer the questions, then color the pictures according to their answers. It's a great way to get students to practice math skills and have some coloring fun!

Summer Math Coloring Fluency

Math fluency is important for students to practice. Some of the math skills that Upper Elementary students need practice with are operations with multiplication and division. These skills will help students to have better number sense. The best way to become better at math is to practice!

Grades 3-5 Math=> Click HERE to download 

In middle school students need a good understanding of variables. Students will use variables in middle school and high school. Giving students extra practice with expressions and equations helps to build their Algebra fluency. Try a coloring activity today!

Grades 6-8 Math=> Click HERE to download

These are some of the ways you can engage your students math fluency this summer. Summer Math coloring is just one way to practice math skills with a different approach. Students enjoy coloring and creating a picture with math is a great way to practice math fluency today!

Happy Teaching,

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