My Summer Fun Journal

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Dear Parents,

It is my hope that you have enjoyed your child’s journals this year as much as I have. I certainly have tried to share my enthusiasm with you. The journals and seeing how the children have grown in their writing has been, by far, my most favorite part of teaching this year. I so want your camper to continue with journals and writing over the summer. I know you are all familiar with the saying “if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it”. I cannot bear the thought of any one of my students “losing” anything they have gained this year in journal writing. I have tried to create a fun, fun summer journal for you and your child to write in this summer. I know you will have the summer skills packet and that is something totally different from this. I would encourage you to challenge your child to work through the summer skills packet, as well as, this summer fun journal. They have come too far to stop now. They should only work through a few pages a week in both books. Any child who brings their Summer Fun Journal back to me in the fall will receive a special reward. I think this is worth rewarding. It is so important. I hope you will take me up on this challenge!

Sincerely,Mrs. Myers

The first day of June is on a Sunday. Find Sunday on the calendar and write a 1 in the square. Fill in the rest of the June calendar. There are 30 days in June.

School just got out. What do you miss the most about coming to school everyday? Draw a picture. Use details and true colors.

Write about it.

Sam and Kim were playing soccer. Sam scored 3 goals and Kim scored 3 goals. How many goals did they score altogether? Write a math problem. Show your work (use tally marks). Explain how you got the

sum (answer).

math problem

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Sam and Kim scored__________ goals altogether.

Have you eaten lunch or dinner at a restaurant this summer? Where did you go? What did you eat? Draw a

picture. Use details and true colors. Write about it.

The first day of July is on a Tuesday. Find Tuesday on the calendar and write a 1 in the square. Fill in the rest of the July calendar. There are 31 days in July.

Have you gone swimming or played in the hose this summer? What did you wear? Who else was there? Draw a picture.

Use true colors and details. Write about it.

8 friends were at a pool party. 5 of the friends had to go home early. How many friends were left at the pool party? Write a math problem and show your work (mark out). Explain how you found the difference

(answer).

math problem

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There were_______ friends left at the party.

The first day of August is a Friday. Find Friday on the calendar and write a 1 in the square. Fill in the rest of the August calendar. There are 31 days in August.

Summer is almost over. What did you like best about your summer break from school? Draw a picture. Use details and true colors.

Write about it.

Mr. Myers cooked 8 hamburgers on the grill. Jake and Maky ate 4 of them. How many hamburgers were left for Mrs.

Myers? Write a math problem. Show your work(mark out).

math problem

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Write a sentence that tells the answer/difference.

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