Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Our Summer Vacation
This lesson will be used after a study of Alabama. It will incorporate the theme of vacationing into information learned about state parks in Alabama. Students will make a book about favorite state parks in Alabama and favorite things to...
Read Works
Read Works: Summer Vacation
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jose who learned the importance of a weather forecast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vacations
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 16 vocabulary words pertaining to vacations. It also offers an extensive word list of vacation vocabulary and ideas for lesson plans.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
This lesson plan has students solving a real world word problem using addition or subtraction.
Other
Greenpeace: Explore Alberta a Tar Sands Vacation Video
This video is a satirical look at what a summer vacation to the tar sands would be like. Awaken to propane cannons scaring birds off the toxic lakes, take your children to swim at a tarry beach, and so on. You can also check the weather...
Teacher Planet
Teacher Planet: Summer
A variety of lesson plans, units, activities, and worksheets are provided here all with a summer theme.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer of Possibilities: Friends & Neighbors Packet: Grades 1 and 2
Use these friends & neighbors-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Other
Up to Ten: Color and Print a Summer Postcard
An interactive site that lets you choose colors to paint a seashore scene, and then print it out.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Leaving the Island
This six-stanza poem shares the sadness in leaving an island home after a vacation of fun and relaxation.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is related directly to the Scott Foresmann reading series for grade 3. It covers the entire first week of unit 1.