Less than $5 2nd Grade Summer Activities (by date, oldest first)

Learn to label the parts of a sunflower, sea turtle, a campsite, symbols of summer, and more! These no-prep, label the picture printables are great for practicing scissor skills or handwriting in labeling centers, writing centers, to complement science or social studies units or for ESL students.

Each summer-themed printable comes in two versions for differentiated learning: one version is a cut and paste, the other is a fill-in-the-blank version with a word bank for more advanced students. Cut and paste versions work well for preschool and kindergartners working on scissor skills, while the word bank version gives older kinders, first and second graders practice at writing and identifying the parts of the life cycles. Printables come in both full color and black and white. Use the black and white version to add a coloring component to the lesson!

Labeling Activities Included:

Bee

Watermelon

Sunflower

Sea Turtle

Campsite

Symbols of Ramadan

Beach Objects

Symbols of Summer

What You Get:

-Cut and Paste version of each labeling activity in both color and black and white

-Word Bank version of each labeling activity in both color and black and white

-Answer Key for each labeling activity

*Total of 40 pages including answer keys*

**This is the fourth in a series of Label the Parts sets**

Label the Parts - Autumn (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Winter (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Spring (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Summer (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Insects, Bugs & Spiders

Label the Parts - Animals

Label the Parts - Objects

Label the Parts - Life Cycles

All Label the Parts sets are included in the Label the Parts Bundle. The bundle is available for 20% off the list price of the units sold separately.

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Looking for other fun activities?

Colorful Owls - Trace, Color & Build

Colorful Pumpkins - Trace, Color & Build

What Belongs? Cut, Sort, Paste Activities

Dinosaur Math Puzzles - Numbers, Words, Tallies & more

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Adaptive Books with a chores theme review ways we can help at home. Talk about helping with the laundry, washing tables, and cleaning the floor. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!  

Book 1: Laundry Time

Students will listen to a short story about doing the laundry. Use the story to work on laundry together. Send a copy home with your students so they can help out at home too!

Book 2: I Can Do Chores

Students will listen to a story about doing different chores. Children can work with the story to wash tables or floors.

Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for your students? Then, check out my growing bundle: Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for Special Education.

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Adaptive Book with a theme of Aliens! This set includes an adaptive book with visual support and an adaptive book without visual support for 2 books. The pictures are adorable & engaging.

Adaptive books are a valuable tool to use with students. While the books do require some prep work such as printing, laminating, cutting and velcro; they can be used again and again! They are highly motivational for even the most reluctant learners. Each book has 8 removable picture icons to choose from. You can easily adapt by sharing less options with your students.

Shapes featured in the Alien books: square, rectangle, star, heart, triangle, oval, circle, rhombus

Need additional shape practice? Check out my other Adaptive Books with a shape them! They will provide fun and engaging opportunities to learn & demonstrate understanding of shapes! Grab them all in the bundle and switch out your materials throughout the seasons!

Fall Shapes total of 6 Adaptive Books apple themes, scarecrow, acorn, pumpkin

Christmas Shapes 5 Adaptive Books (present, tree, gingerbread, candy, reindeer)

Shapes in Adaptive Books - Growing Bundle

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Are you searching for a fun and educational way to wrap up the school year with your students? Our "End of Year Review Worksheets" are designed to help kids reflect on their learning, celebrate their achievements, and set goals for the future. These worksheets are the perfect resource to ensure a meaningful and memorable end to the school year.

Our End of Year Review Worksheets include:

• Reflection Worksheet: Encourage students to look back on their year, highlighting their favorite moments, biggest challenges, and proudest achievements.
• Goal Setting Worksheet: Help kids set realistic and achievable goals for the next school year, fostering a growth mindset.
• Memory Book Worksheet: A fun activity where students can create a mini memory book, capturing their best memories and experiences from the past year.
• Classmate Appreciation Worksheet: Promote positive relationships by allowing students to write kind notes and appreciations for their classmates.

This resource is ideal for teachers, homeschooling parents, and anyone looking to provide a comprehensive and enjoyable end-of-year review activity for children. It’s suitable for classroom use, homeschool projects, or a fun at-home activity.

Make the end of the school year special and reflective with our engaging End of Year Review Worksheets. Download today to help your students celebrate their successes and prepare for the future!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

Where is the sun? This summer sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the Fry 101-200 sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the Fry 201-300 sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the level 2 trick word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

This product contains 84 Level 2 trick words:

again, against, always, America, animal, answer, August, away, beautiful, both, bought, breakfast, brother, carry, change, city, country, couple, cousin, daughter, December, different, done, early, earth, eight, enough, every, family, father, favorite, February, full, goes, great, head, house, January, July, knew, know, large, laugh, learn, lose, Monday, mother, move, night, ocean, often, once, only, picture, piece, place, please, pretty, pull, ready, right, Saturday, school, shall, something, son, special, sure, talk, thought, Thursday, together, tomorrow, trouble, Tuesday, use, used, walk, Wednesday, whose, won, world, young

Where is the sun? This summer sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the third grade sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

Where is the sun? This summer sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the second grade sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

This product contains all 46 Second Grade Sight Words:

always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

These sun sight word cards make a fun summer literacy center or summer sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry sight word list. This set focuses on Fry 101-200 words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own sun card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product is in the following bundles:

Fry 1-300 Sight Word Cards for Summer

Fry 1-300 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Fry 101-200 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Bundle

These sun sight word cards make a fun summer literacy center or summer sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry sight word list. This set focuses on Fry 201-300 words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own sun card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product is in the following bundles:

Fry 1-300 Sight Word Cards for Summer

Fry 1-300 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Fry 201-300 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Bundle

These sun sight word cards make a fun summer literacy center or summer sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the second grade sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own sun card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 46 Second Grade Sight Words:

always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

This product is in the following bundle:

All 220 Sight Word Cards for Summer

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Second Grade Seasonal Sight Word Cards Bundle

This sight word set includes all Level 2 trick words all printed on sun cards. These are great for practicing sight words for a summer, seasonal or weather themed literacy center!

Directions for Flash Cards: Print on card stock, cut apart and laminate for durability.

Directions for Matching Game: Print the cards out twice on card stock, cut apart and laminate for durability.

Other ideas: Place a set of cards in ABC order.

This product contains 84 Level 2 trick words:

again, against, always, America, animal, answer, August, away, beautiful, both, bought, breakfast, brother, carry, change, city, country, couple, cousin, daughter, December, different, done, early, earth, eight, enough, every, family, father, favorite, February, full, goes, great, head, house, January, July, knew, know, large, laugh, learn, lose, Monday, mother, move, night, ocean, often, once, only, picture, piece, place, please, pretty, pull, ready, right, Saturday, school, shall, something, son, special, sure, talk, thought, Thursday, together, tomorrow, trouble, Tuesday, use, used, walk, Wednesday, whose, won, world, young

Get ready to bask in the vibrant hues of summer with our Summer Color by Number activity pages! Celebrate the season's warmth and the end of the school year with these engaging and fun-filled coloring activities. Each page is intricately designed with summer-themed images such as sun-kissed beaches, refreshing ice cream cones, playful dolphins, and blooming flowers. With numbered sections corresponding to specific colors, these pages not only stimulate creativity but also help reinforce number recognition and fine motor skills in children. Whether you're lounging by the pool or enjoying a picnic in the park, our Summer Color by Number activity pages are the perfect companion for endless summer fun!

End of Year | 20 Summer Early Finishers Coloring Pages for SEL: Explore the ultimate summer-themed end-of-the-year coloring resource featuring 20 captivating pages designed for self-expression and mindfulness. Ideal for early finishers in May, June & July. Each coloring page is adorned with adorable summer quotes or phrases, adding a heartwarming touch to the creative process. Use for bulletin boards, early finishers, rewards, and more!

What's Included:

• 20 coloring pages with unique backgrounds with summer phrases

More end of the year resources...

Summer Roll a Story

iPhone Memories

Memory Flowers

More coloring pages...

State Testing

Valentine's Day

Retro Coloring Pages

*Note all products may be used in virtual systems like Outschool without the purchase of extra licenses

Do you need a no prep engaging ice breaker, brain break, team building, Fun Friday, or morning meeting activity for students for the end of the school year and summer? Your students will make predictions and guess the mystery zoomed in picture! Students can discuss clues to come up with an answer, share their observations with the class, and agree or disagree with their classmates' predictions! The mystery picture will be revealed on the following slide.

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What's Included?

• directions slide
• 25 zoomed in mystery pictures
• 25 answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• editable template to customize your own zoomed in images

Directions:

• Students will look at the zoomed-in portion of a larger image. The first slide of each picture is at maximum zoom.
• Students will try to guess what the picture is based on the tiny glimpse.
• The following slide reveals the mystery picture.

Some summer pictures you will see:

beach ball

sand castle

popsicles

camping tent

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Use these Summer / End of the Year symmetry drawing worksheets for math centers, morning work, early finisher packets, substitutes, homework, symmetry review and more! Symmetry drawings are a fun way to use art to introduce math and geometry to students. Each page has half of an image and your students will draw the exact reflection of the image on the other side to finish the picture. Grid lines are included for each image.

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What's included?

• 15 summer symmetry drawings with grid lines
• Answer key for each picture

Directions:

• Print the pages and you are ready to use!
• Each page has half an image and your students will draw the exact reflection of the image on the other side to finish the picture.
• Use the answer keys to check your student's work!

Pictures included:

• watermelon
• sun
• shell
• popsicle
• pineapple
• bucket
• shovel
• ice cream
• beach ball
• lemon
• crab
• shorts
• swimsuit
• sand castle
• sail boat

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Use this end of the year / summer no-prep icebreaker would you rather game as a brain break, morning meeting activity, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly summer traditions.

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What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

Directions:

• Display the slides for students.
• Read the two options and students must choose which one they would rather do.
• Students can respond in many different ways: sharing with the whole class, small groups, partners, debating, writing, etc.

Would You Rather Question Examples:

• Would you rather eat a popsicle or eat a snow cone?
• Would you rather have a bad sunburn or have 100 mosquito bites?
• Would you rather have 3 months off in summer or have 3 months off in winter?

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*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This no-prep game is a great way to help students channel all their end of the year excitement! Use this activity for an icebreaker, last week of school activity, morning meeting game, brain break or Fun Friday activity. As students read each statement, they will stand up if it relates to them. This not only provides a fun and interactive way to celebrate their achievements, but it also encourages students to reflect on their growth and progress over the school year while sharing exciting things coming up in their lives for the summer.

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What's Included:

20 "stand up if" google slides

Directions slide

Editable Directions Slide to add your own directions

Editable Stand Up If slide to create your own stand up statements

Directions:

Read the statement on the slide.

Students who relate to the statement will stand.

Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

Sample Slides:

Stand up if you were kind to someone this year.

Stand up if you made a new friend this school year.

Stand up if you're going swimming this summer.

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Use this no-prep icebreaker scavenger hunt as a end of the year party game, morning meeting activity, brain break, indoor recess activity, Fun Friday game and more! Your students will love moving, having fun, and building classroom community while finding objects around their classroom or home that fit the description. This is a great way for students to reflect on their school year and also start thinking about their summer break!

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What's included:

• 15 scavenger hunt slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 editable directions slide template
• 1 editable scavenger hunt template for you to customize your own prompts

How to play:

• Display the slides for students.
• Students move around to find an item to match the description.
• Students take turns sharing their special item in person or on their camera. They could also share with a partner or small group instead.
• If students can't something in their classroom or home, they could draw something instead!

Scavenger Hunt Examples:

• Find something that made you smile this year.
• Find something you used in science class this year.
• Find something you want to read this summer.

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