Word game! How many smaller words can you find in the word exact? Precision? Dedicated? Write a story using the words...
Archive for category: 30 Days of Learning – Grades 6-8
These activities are designed to give your young student (Grades 6-8) a learning challenge a day for 30 days throughout the summer. Learning doesn’t have to take a break just because school does!
Visit www.teachingkidsnews.comand select an article to read with your child. As you read, ask questions such as: “Have you...
A humble merchant visited three fairs. At the first fair, early in the morning, he doubled his money selling...
Help your child enhance their multiplication mental math skills. Create a 10 by 10 grid or chart numbered from...
Your Choice, Your Voice. After reading, answer the following questions. Talk about the answers and what you are reading...
Having your child help you in the kitchen not only offers the benefit of an extra pair of hands...
Help your child to enhance his math skills with this ongoing graphing project. The growing garden pictograph is a...
Read the quote below and paraphrase it in your own words. Now, be creative. Draw a picture or write...
Design your own stationery and write a letter to a friend, teacher, or family member. Summer 2019
Put math on the menu. At a restaurant? After you order, hang onto the take-home menus. Then, try these...
Click on http://academics.cobbk12.org/index.php/ad/tl/iandi/math/ and access the unit parent letter for 5th-8th grades on the lower right. Find Units 1-2...
Write about your dream summer vacation. Use descriptive language. Share your writing with a family member or friend. Summer...
With cell phones being so common these days, the phone companies are all competing to earn business by offering...
Your Choice, Your Voice. After reading, answer the following questions. Talk about the answers and what you are reading...
The first U.S. postage stamps were designed in 1847. Be a philatelist. Design your own stamp. Summer 2019
From the Cobb Link Home page, Click Literacy Resources. Click the burgundy Cobb Digital Library box and have your child...
Check out a book or do online research about your child’s favorite animal. Talk about the life cycle, eating...
Visit www.teachingkidsnews.com and select an article to read with your child. Generate discussion based on the topic. Assignment: Parent and student...
Log more summer reading hours for the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. Reading just 20 minutes a day helps your...
Word game! How many smaller words can you find in the word watermelon? Restaurant? Appalachian? Significance? Write a story using the...
Play cards together with your child. An easy game to reinforce basic skills is WAR. Divide the deck equally...
From the Cobb Link Home page, Click Literacy Resources. Click the burgundy Cobb Digital Library box and have your...
Reading just 20 minutes a day helps your child’s brain stay active and engaged this summer. Not sure what...
Find a favorite book. Ask your child to think about the main character. How does he/she feel at the...
Visit www.teachingkidsnews.com and select an article to read with your child. Generate discussion based on the topic. Assignment: Parent and student...
Write a story about one of your favorite memories. Draw a creative illustration to accompany your story. Share this...
Your Choice, Your Voice. After reading, answer the following questions. Talk about the answers and what you are reading...
Click on http://academics.cobbk12.org/index.php/ad/tl/iandi/math/ and access the unit parent letter for 5th-8th grades on the lower right. Find Units 3-4 and have...
Visit the library and check out a book about summer. Before reading, provide your child with an opportunity to...
Two people are walking through a garden. One of them points to a rectangular garden and says, “If I...