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You’ve heard it plenty of times before: learning shouldn’t stop because it is summertime. In fact, summer is a great time to practice and strengthen many of the skills students have learned the previous year because there is less pressure. To help keep the learning going, we’ve compiled a list of fun summer learning activities for middle school and high school students that they can do during summer break. It doesn’t matter if you are teaching summer school or extended school year, at home with your own teen, or even tutoring this summer, there are some great activities here for everyone.
14 Fun Summer Learning Activities to Keep Students’ Skills Sharp
These summer resources will encourage students in middle and high school to spend their break keeping their skills sharp and their spirit of curiosity alive! The activities span a wide range of subjects and specialities from science to speech to college and career readiness.
Summer Math Activities for Teens
Summertime math packets are a great way for middle and high school students to review topics covered the previous school year, and to start working on concepts they will learn in the upcoming one. Many of these resources contain a mix of review and preview problems that teachers can assign to incoming students before classes begin.
7th Grade Math Readiness / Diagnostic for 6th Graders Rising to 7th by Math With Ms Yi
Grades: 6-8
Algebra Summer Math Review Packet by The Positive Math Classroom by Amy Hearne
Grades: 8-9
AP Calculus Summer Work Packet by Emily P K
Grades: 10-12
Summer ELA Activities for Teens
If you’re looking for activities that won’t make summer reading and writing feel like a chore, look no further. Check out some of these fun high school English language arts activities that will help your learners strengthen their ELA skills — while having fun.
20 ELA Daily Summer Journal Writing Prompts: Student Workbook & Choice Board by Lit Rox with Ali Morris
Grades: 6-12
9th Grade English ELA Summer Reading Project Options – Novels, Prompts, Rubrics by Plans with Purpose
Grades: 9-12
AP Lit Summer Reading Assignment by Lit & More
Grades: 11-12
Summer Science Activities for Teens
Science activities like at-home experiments, nature journals, and others are perfect for keeping teens’ science skills sharp over the summer break — even without access to a classroom or a lab. Teachers can provide a list of simple and safe experiments that can be done at home with common household items, or encourage students to keep an observation journal, where they can document the plants they find, animals they encounter, and weather patterns. (For even more engaging hands-on STEM projects, check out this blog post.)
STEM Choice Board: Project-Based Independent Learning by Creative Access
Grades: 6-10
Summer Science Skills REVIEW by Elizabeth Smith Education
Grades: 9-12
Summer Speech Activities for Teens
Help older speech therapy students build their speech and language skills over the summer months by sending one of these assignments home with them.
Middle School High School Summer Packets for Speech by Nicole Allison
Grades: 6-12
Summer College & Career Readiness Activities for Teens
Summer vacation — especially during the high school years — is a good opportunity for older students to begin preparing for college and researching potential careers. Check out these resources that are fun, creative, and will help secondary learners prepare for whatever life they choose after graduation.
Conversation Starters for Middle and High School | Summer Activities by College Counselor Studio
Grades: 9-12
End of Year Writing – Summer Job Preparation Activities (Career Exploration) by The Classroom Sparrow
Grades: 9-12
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