Support Your Students This Summer With READING & WRITING BOOST

Support Your Your Students Students This This Summer Summer With With Support

READING & WRITING BOOST

This year, more than ever, Learning without Tears is supporting your students in and out of the classroom environment.

We are helping to combat the summer slide and boost literacy skills by combining some of our favorite writing materials with beloved children’s books. At-home instructions and additional free resources are also included, encouraging students to read and write all summer long!

The decline in students’ abilities to read over the long summer break inhibits how effective teachers can be in the fall. Teachers have struggled with this rift for years—but it doesn’t have to be this way!

Regular exposure to literacy enrichment and engaging students with quality resources can help build a bridge to student success in the fall.

…if families and educators encourage kids to stay engaged in learning throughout the summer, students may not only maintain, but improve their knowledge.

Source: Psychology Today, July 6, 2020

Each student bundle includes our research-backed and grade-level appropriate materials.

Building Writers:

Supplemental writing practice in one activity book. Offers structured practice to develop narrative, informative, and opinion writing skills.

Writing Journal:

Grade-level journals offer an organized tool for reading response and handwriting practice. Journal writing helps children process feelings, build writing skills, and communicate their ideas.

As low as $13.80 a student See back cover for full pricing details

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TRADE BOOK

BUILDING WRITERS

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Kindergarten

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Print Child’s Name

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

A baby bat

learns to fly.

I think rabbits

Pandas eat

are good pets.

bamboo.

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Grade

1

Writing ournal

Name:

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

Patrick scored.

Baseball helmets

T he crowd

are very hard.

cheered!

I think soccer is the best

team sport.

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C

C

Name:

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2

Writing ournal Name:

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

My first

fishing trip

was a success!

Humpback

whales eat tiny prey.

It’s fun to

snorkel and see turtles.

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Name:

Grade

3

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Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

“ W hen I was a

Sacajawea helped

general, I led

the Lewis and

Clark Expedition.

an army.”

Gandhi was

an inspirational leader.

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E

E

Name:

Grade

4

Writing ournal Name :

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

W hen I visit D.C., I want to see the Washington Monument first.

We knew we had reached the U.S. when we saw the Statue of Liberty.

A large statue of Abraham Lincoln sits inside the Lincoln Memorial.

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F

Name:

Grade

5

Writing ournal Name :

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

T he Vasa warship sank on its

maiden voyage.

T he Viking longship’s symmetrical design is amazing.

My ancestors lived in a

floating village.

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B Cursive Lowercase Formation Chart

Number Stories

GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY

SOCIAL STUDIES ACTIVITY

THE THREE Bs

Use these downloads of the seven bump continents to help children write about the world we live in.

Introduce the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution with coloring pages, puzzles, and writing activities.

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Beethoven, and Brahms.

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Learn the step-by-step, child-friendly way to teach number formation.

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Cost per Bundle 1

10+

Kindergarten

$16.35

$15.33

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Grade 1

$15.55

$14.58

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Grade 2

$14.72

$13.80

Grade 3

$15.55

$14.58

Grade 4

$16.35

$15.33

Grade 5

$17.15

$16.08

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