Shell Education Getting Students and Parents Ready for Grade 3

Getting Students and Parents Ready for Third Grade to blast away summer learning loss! These parent-empowerment tools prepare parents and students for the next school year, and are designed to bridge the away-from-school gap in instruction. Summer Blast: Getting Ready for Third Grade contains activities that both reinforce information learned from second grade and prepare students for success in third grade. The full-color student practice pages bring cross-curricular and critical thinking activities to life while supporting content learning in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and art. It also includes strategies that model how parents and caregivers can be more involved in their child's learning during breaks from school. The Third Grade Parent Guide for Your Child’s Success is a parent-involvement resource that allows parents to easily reinforce what the teacher is doing in the third grade classroom. It includes activities that families can incorporate into their everyday routine to make learning fun and easy and provides a rich knowledge base for students to draw upon in the upcoming school year. Chapters include: Home Habits and Routines, Top Ten Things Your Third Grader Needs to Know, Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies Activities, Learning On the Go, and Staying Playful.