The end is near!
For some, that is a welcome phrase. You and your students have worked hard. You all deserve time to refresh yourselves, to relax and to reflect on the past year and the year to come.
Summer can also mean opportunities to enhance your learning. KNEA can help!
The KNEA Educator’s Resource Library contains a myriad of resources, classes, videos and booklets. Created by teachers and KNEA staff, these effective, user-friendly trainings are eligible for Individual Development Plan (IDP) points.
Stop by the KNEA building in Topeka and explore the library. We have Internet resources, too. They included suggestions for lessons to end the school year as well as things to suggest for the summer. There are bound to be at least one or two references that resonate for you and your students!
Here are some other suggestions from KNEA’s coffers:
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Prepare a calendar for the time between the last day of this school year and the first day of the next school. Include one activity for each day.
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Each week include a balance of activities for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, physical education, art and music.
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Use the internet or almanacs to highlight special days, holidays and other observances.
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Download a copy of “Summer Fun With Reading” from the KPIRC Web site (Kansas Parent Information Resource Center), www.kpirc.org. The 12-page booklet is available in English and in Spanish. Make it available to families. Also at this Web site are activities that reinforce math and science concepts, vocabulary, fluency, phonics, phonemic awareness and comprehension plus hundreds of activities for K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students.
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As students review for end-of-year/semester tests or other culminating activities, have them generate questions and answers that relate to what they’ve learned. Use the questions to make up games using popular game-show formats.
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Be sure that students know about local library schedules, including bookmobile sites, where applicable.
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