Daily Summer Activities, Moving from 7th to 8th Grade

Help your 7^th grader make a smooth transition to 8^th grade by keeping his or her skills sharp over the summer. Full-color pages and a variety of brief but challenging activities provide skills practice in all the main subject areas, including reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary, grammar, math, spelling, and geography.

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With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities keeps your student’s brain in shape without getting in the way of vacation time.

Subject areas and topics include:

Each week includes:

• 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions each
• 12 spelling words
• 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills
• 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors
• 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs
• 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement
• 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts
• 2 creative writing exercises
• 1 critical-thinking activity
• record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log

The book also includes an easy-to-read chart showing you exactly which skills your student will be practicing in each subject area every week.