Third Grade: Spanish House Elementary Summer Skills Resource List 2020

After an unprecedented Spring semester, the Second Grade team has compiled and curated these resources to help students maintain skills

learned this academic year and ensure they are ready for Third Grade. The second half of the document contains a Third Grade summer

reading list in both Spanish and English. Over the summer, families should encourage students to enjoy quality literature and continue

developing their independent reading skills. “Summer slide,” where students regress in their language arts skills by not practicing

throughout the summer, can weaken much of the progress students gained throughout their school year; our students are particularly

vulnerable to this phenomenon this year. We hope these resources will prove helpful throughout the season and beyond!

Have a super summer!

ALL SUBJECTS :

Grade(s)

Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K-3rd

Spanish

Arbolabc Multiplication games, reading,

experiments, tongue twisters

and riddles

https://arbolabc.com/ Free

K-5

Spanish

English

BrainPop Jr, BrainPop!,

BrainPop Español

Videos for all subjects,

quizzes included

https://esp.brainpop.co

m/

sh4410 elementary Paid

by SH

K-5

English

The Electric Company

YouTube Channel

Grammar, science, brain

breaks

www.youtube.com/user

/theelectriccompany/pl

aylists

Free

2-5

Spanish

English

Jeopardy! Jeopardy game where

students answer questions on

different subjects

https://jeopardylabs.co

m/edit2/14450854

Free

READING/LECTURA :

K-12

English

K-12 Reader

Grammar, spelling, reading

comprehension, writing

https://www.k12reader

.com/subject/reading-

skills/reading-

comprehension/2nd-

grade-reading-

comprehension-

worksheets/

Free

K-12

English

Outschool Variety of 10,000+ classes

from phonics to math to

history to piano

https://outschool.com/

#abk87rzxjh

Create a

login

Free-

$5 for

some

classes

PK +

English

OxfordOWL Grammar, reading, writing,

math

https://home.oxfordowl

.co.uk/reading/reading

-age-8-9-year-4/

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K+

English

Audible

Books to sit, relax and listen

to; no illustrations

* Click on the Elementary

category*

https://stories.audible.

com/start-listen

Free

K-5

Spanish

English

EPIC! Online reading; read-to-me,

audiobooks, videos; use for

project research

www.getepic.com

Class

Code:

QQM-1785

Free

8am-

4pm

K-5

Spanish

English

Fable Cottage

Children's stories translated

into Spanish with slow audio

https://www.thefableco

ttage.com/spanish?fbcli

d=IwAR1sdzcuzJKm5Nf

1wr1JGJ56IhMmY25BG

WfB18nsAbisdcdFhFdd

R7-BpUQ

Free

MATH/MATEMÁTICAS ➗:

K-5

Spanish

English

Raz-Kids / Learning A-Z Leveled reading, leveled

passages and standard

specific assignments; use for

project research

App on iPad or web-

based version

Teacher

specific

Teacher

specific

Paid by

SH

K-5

Spanish

Seguimos Educando Online reading at various

levels

https://www.educ.ar/re

cursos/150865/primera

s-

exploraciones?from=15

0858

Free

K-5

Spanish

Seguimos Educando Online reading with direct

links to videos

https://www.educ.ar/re

cursos/buscar?tema=53

&tipo_recurso_educativ

o=38

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

PK-5

English

ABC-YA

Games for math and spelling

https://www.abcya.co

m/subscribe/free

Free

PK-5

English

CoolMath4Kids

Subtraction, addition, division,

and multiplication

https://www.coolmath

4kids.com

Free

PK-5

English

Spanish

Dream Box Grade level math activities https://www.dreambo

x.com/

Per

student

Paid by

SH

PK-5

Spanish

English

Education.com Resources for students to

practice math concepts either

on a worksheet or games

https://www.education

.com/

Create a

login

Free

PBL: SCIENCE/CIENCIAS 🔬:

PK-5

English

The Math Learning

Center

Grade level fun daily math

activities, collections of practice

pages, family games, and

online games

https://www.mathlearn

ingcenter.org/home-

learning

Free

K-5

English

Math Playground Math games for students

including addition, decimals,

fractions, graphs, and more

https://www.mathplay

ground.com

Free

K-5

English

YouCubed Open, creative mindset

mathematics

https://www.youcubed

.org

Create a

login

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K-5

English

The Monterey Bay

Aquarium

Guided science activities, animal

facts, and science resources to

support kids and educators at

home

https://www.monterey

bayaquarium.org/for-

educators/learning-at-

home

Free

PK+

English

NASA

Information on the Solar

system, national

education standards in

STEM, science, technology,

engineering and mathematics

https://www.nasa.gov/

kidsclub/index.html

Free

PK+

English

National Geographic

Kids

Resources for students to do

experiments and research into

various subjects! It also includes

games and videos

https://kids.nationalge

ographic.com/

Free

PBL: SOCIAL STUDIES/ESTUDIOS SOCIALES 🌍:

PK+

Spanish

English

Scholastic Reading texts connected to

science projects

https://classroommaga

zines.scholastic.com/s

upport/learnathome.ht

ml

Free

PK+

English

Texas Parks and

Wildlife

Outdoor learning, wildlife, and

conservation themes for students

https://tpwd.texas.gov

/kids/#resources

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K-5

Spanish

English

Brain Pop Videos and experiments https://esp.brainpop.c

om/espanol/

sh4410 elementary Paid

by SH

K-5

English

The Kennedy Center Explore history, music, theater,

opera, visual and media arts at

home, through the informative

Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-

center.org/education/a

rtseducationathome/

Free

K-5

English

Kidscitizen

Interactive activities to

explore congress and civic

engagement

https://www.kidcitizen.

net/

Free

PK+

Spanish

National Geographic

Kids

Resources for students to do

experiments, research and

more

https://kids.nationalge

ographic.com/

Free

2-5

Spanish

English

Studies Weekly Resources for students to do

experiments, research and

more

https://app.studieswee

kly.com/online/

Paid

by SH

FINE ARTS/BELLAS ARTES :

YOGA & PHYSICAL EDUCATION/YOGA & EDUCACION FÍSICA :

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K-5

Spanish

English

Educlan Drawing and other activities https://www.rtve.es/e

duclan/9-10-anos/

Free

K-5

Spanish

English

Numinds

STEM, vocabulary, and art https://www.numinds.t

v/

Free

K-5

Spanish

Pzazz Art Studio Coloring pages https://www.pzazzonli

ne.com/kids-free-

coloring-pages

Free

K-5

Spanish

RZ100arte Art activities https://rz100arte.com/

arte-ninos-una-visita-

la-tate-sin-salir-casa-

recursos-online/

Free

K-5

Spanish

Spanish Playground

Drawing Tutorials

Videos teaching students how to

draw

https://www.spanishpl

ayground.net/drawing

-tutorials-spanish/

Free

K-5

Spanish

Weeblebooks Biographical story https://weeblebooks.c

om/es/

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

2-5

Spanish

Brenda Medina Yoga Yoga in Spanish for Kids https://youtu.be/3bjgg

xDiXyk

Free

TECHNOLOGY/TECNOLOGÍA :

K-5

English

Cosmic Yoga Yoga classes for kids through

stories

https://www.youtube.c

om/user/CosmicKidsYo

ga

Free

PK+

Spanish

English

GoNoodleFamily Multiple channels with dynamic

movement through dance,

exercise, songs, rap, and more

https://family.gonoodle

.com/

Free

K-5

English

Gozenonline Mindful Minute Meditation https://youtu.be/ZME0J

KiweL4

Free

K-5

English

Log it Invites students and classes to

record their physical activity

online; includes a virtual hike

across the United States,

feedback about daily goals, and

more

http://www.peclogit.or

g/logit.asp

Create a

login

Free

K-5

Spanish

Yogic Yoga para

niños

Short videos with specific Yoga

poses

https://youtu.be/LmzfT

6Gv4fo

Free

Grade(s) Name of Resource Description Web address / Link Username Password Paid/

Free

K+

English

Code Learn how to build an iPhone

game, write your first computer

program, draw in JavaScript and

much more!

https://code.org Create a

login

Free

K+

English

Instructables Web page with all sorts of

makerspace projects. Choose

your theme area and skill and

start creating!

https://www.instructa

bles.com/projects/

Create a

login

Free

1-5

Spanish

Interland Online game that makes learning

about digital safety and

citizenship interactive and fun.

Here, kids will help their fellow

Internauts combat the badly

behaved hackers, phishers,

oversharers and bullies by

practicing the skills they need to

be good digital citizens

https://beinternetaw

esome.withgoogle.co

m/es-

419_all/interland

Free

K-5

Spanish

English

Typing Club Interactive web page to help kids

learn to type with games and

assignments

https://www.typingcl

ub.com

https://www.typingcl

ub.com/mecanografi

a

Create a

login

Free

Third Grade: SH Elementary Summer Reading List 2020

Books in Spanish/Libros en español

If you like these books recommended

by current SH Elementary students…

...try these teacher recommendations!

▪ Clemente by Willie Perdomo ▪ Siete reporteros y un periódico by Pilar Lozano

▪ Cuando las niñas vuelan alto by Raquel Día

Reguera

▪ El empollón, el cabeza cuadrada, el gafotas y el

pelmazo by Roberto Santiago

▪ Cuentos escritos a máquina by Gianni Rodari ▪ El Club Secreto de Mouse Libros 1-8: Historias

Divertidas by PJ Ryan

▪ Dragonero by Josh Lacey ▪ La vuelta al mundo de la hormiga Miga by

Emili Teixidor

▪ El perro que buscaba las estrellas by Ricardo

Gómez

▪ El misterio de la Mona Lisa by Elizabeth Singer

Hunt

▪ La niña que vivía en el castillo dentro del

museo by Kate Bernheimer

▪ Dinosaurios al atardecer (Casa del arbol) by

Mary Pope Osborne

▪ La torre de cubos by Laura Devetach ▪ El niño que jugaba con ballenas by Josep

Lorman

▪ La tortuga de Hans by Pere Martí i Bertran ▪ Misterio del ojo Esmeralda by Geronimo Stilton

▪ Los Futbolísimos by Roberto Santiago ▪ Paula y el amuleto perdido by Concha López

Narváez y Rafael Salmerón

▪ Los casos del inspector Cito y Chin Mi Edo by

Antonio G. Iturbide

▪ La invasión de los Cosmochuchos by Gabriel

García de Oro

▪ Luna y el panda rojo by Udo Weigelt and

Edebé

▪ Tres bichos raros by Mariasun Landa

▪ Mafalda by Quino ▪ El libro invisible by Santiago García-Clairac

▪ Mi loca familia tiene talento by Chris Higgins ▪ El ratoncito de la moto (The Mouse and the

Motorcycle, Spanish Edition) by Beverly

Clearyand Louis Darling

▪ Piratas de andar en casa by Jeremy Strong ▪ La loca, loca búsqueda del Tesoro (Judy y

Moody Stink) by Megan Macdonald

▪ Tragasueños by Michael Ende ▪ Un Cocodrilo Misterioso by Ana Alonso

▪ Un león en la biblioteca by Michelle Knudsen ▪ Valores de Oro by Cristina Núnez Pereira

Rafael Valcarcel

Books in English

If you like these books recommended

by current SH Elementary students…

...try these teacher recommendations!

▪ Magic Tree House (series) or Merlin

Missions (series) by Mary Pope Osborne

▪ Nancy Drew (series) by Carolyn Keene or

Hardy Boys (series) by Franklin W. Dixon

▪ Jack Stalwart (series) by E. Singer Hunt ▪ Who is/was... ? (series) by various authors

(historical fiction)

▪ Dog Man (series) by Dav Pilkey ▪ My Weird School (series) by Dan Gutman

▪ Ivy & Bean (series) by Annie Barrows ▪ Bink & Gollie (series) by Kate DiCamillo

▪ The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein ▪ A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

▪ Princess in Black (series) by Shannon Hale ▪ Owl Diaries (series) by Rebecca Elliott

▪ I Survived (series) by L. Tarshis

▪ My Father’s Dragon (series) by R. Stiles

Gannett

▪ Geronimo Stilton (series) or Thea Stilton

(series) by Geronimo Stilton

▪ A to Z Mysteries (series) by Ron Roy

▪ FreckleJuice by Judy Blume ▪ The Mouse & the Motorcycle (series) by

Beverly Cleary

▪ Dog Beach Unleashed (Seagate Summer series)

by L. Greenwald ▪ Molly’s Story by W. Bruce Cameron

▪ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (series)

by Roald Dahl ▪ The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by

Kate DiCamillo

Other books I want to read this Summer: _____________________________________________

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Comprehension Questions: Some basic ideas to help students think more deeply…

Fiction Non-Fiction

▪ What is the lesson or message of the story?

▪ What do you think the author wanted you to

learn from reading it?

▪ Sequence the events of the story: Problem/

climax/resolution

▪ My favorite part of the story was ____

because:

▪ Why do you think _______ (a character) did

_______ (an action)?

▪ What would you do in their place?

▪ Suppose ____ happened; how would that

change the story?

▪ How does this story connect to other books

you have read? To experiences you have had?

▪ What is the main idea of this book/text?

▪ What do you think the author wanted you to

learn from reading it?

▪ Explain how _______ works. How do you

know?

▪ What does _______ (vocabulary word) mean?

How do you know?

▪ What does _______ (phrase/sentence) mean?

How do you know?

▪ Name two text features (maps, graphs,

diagrams, etc.) in this book. Explain how these

text features supported your learning.

▪ What caused ______ ?

▪ What effect did ______ have on ______?

Summer Reading Tips

1. Read aloud together with your child every day.

Make it fun by reading outdoors on the front steps, patio, at the beach or park. Also, let your children

read to you. For younger children, point out the relationship between words and sounds.

2. Set a good example!

Parents must be willing to model behavior for their children. Keep lots of reading material around the

house. Turn off the TV and have each person read his or her book, including mom and dad.

3. Read the same book your child is reading and discuss it.

This is the way to develop habits of the mind and build capacity for thought and insight.

4. Let kids choose what they want to read, and don't turn your nose

up at popular fiction.

It will only discourage the reading habit.

5. Buy books on tape, especially for a child with a learning

disability.

Listen to them in the car or turn off the TV and have the family listen to them together.

6. Take your children to the library regularly.

Most libraries sponsor summer reading clubs with easy-to-reach goals for preschool and school-age

children. Check the library calendar for special summer reading activities and events. Libraries also

provide age appropriate lists for summer reading.

7. Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports

Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic

World.

Encourage older children to read the newspaper and current events magazines, to keep up the reading

habit over the summer and develop vocabulary. Ask them what they think about what they've read,

and listen to what they say.

8. Ease disappointment over summer separation from a favorite

school friend by encouraging them to become pen pals.

Present both children with postcards or envelopes that are already addressed and stamped. If both

children have access to the Internet, email is another option.

9. Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic

signs, billboards, notices.

Show your children how to read a map, and once you are on the road, let them take turns being the

navigator.

10. Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook.

Tape in souvenirs of your family's summer activities picture postcards, recipes, ticket stubs, photos.

Have your children write the captions and read them and read them aloud as you look at the book

together.

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