Summer Vacation Poem for Kindergarten & 1st Grade Activities & Fluency Lesson

Engage your students with the power of poetry! This summer vacation poem is complete with a 5-day reading fluency lesson plan, poetry activities for centers, an emergent reader, and a student poem for kindergarten and first grade learners to compile their very own poetry book.

Summer Vacation! This is a fun poem about the activities students and teachers may do during summer vacation. It offers a great opportunity to talk about plans students may have for the summer! A great poem to add to your End of the Year lesson plans!

This poem is part of a bundle with 3 other poems with end of the year and summer themes.

Check it out here:

• End of the Year Poems w Poetry Lesson & Activities Ocean, Picnic & Trip Bundle

WHAT DO YOU GET WITH THIS RESOURCE?

• Fluency Lesson Plan

This poetry resource provides you with a 5-day fluency lesson plan for the
Stung poem. This takes the stress out of planning and gives you
a clear roadmap on how to use these poems in your classroom.

• Colored poem to share on a document camera
• Pocket chart format – Cut apart sentence strips to be used in a pocket chart to share during your whole group
• Emergent reader for the poem
• Black ink only student copy of the poem to be added to a poetry notebook that students can take home to share with their families
• “I Can” statement chart to be placed at a poetry station for independent center work
• Two printable hands-on center activities to practice sorting beginning sounds and ending sounds.
• Digital Poem and Poetry Activities The poem and center activities are available as a 1 click Seesaw link and Google Slides-friendly PowerPoint.

PHONICS AND WORD WORK CENTER ACTIVITIES:

★ Short I and Short E

★ Building Sentences

WHY POETRY AND SONG?

Brain research shows that multiple areas in the brain are activated when students see print, hear music, and move. This leads to more engaged learning and JOY!!!

Once the weekly poem has been used, add the poem to your poetry center. Your kindergarten and first-grade students will love visiting them again and again!

♫ Music and Video Files

I am thrilled to tell you that we have recorded MP3 and MP4 music files to go along with these poems. These music files are wonderful for your students to sing-a-long with. They are available with this additional purchase:

• Spring Poems with Music and Poetry Videos QR Codes for Earth Day, Plants & Bees

✎Interactive Notebooks

If your class uses interactive notebooks, this interactive journal resource is also available:

• Poetry Interactive Notebooks

Read how I implement this poetry resource as part of a 5-day fluency plan AND grab a free sample:

5 Day Fluency Plan with FREE Sample

LISTEN TO WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nicole says, "I love how this resource covers so many phonemic awareness and phonics skills with the use of engaging poems. My students enjoy reading the poem every week and they can definitely build on those foundational skills with the included activities. "

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Slager's Time Savers says, "I'm loving these poems, and they've went with our weekly themes. We insert the poem into our poetry books and highlight letters/words. They've also done better with the cut & paste sheets than I anticipated."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How I Met Your Teacher says, " I always loved these poetry sets. What I love more is that they have been adapted to support my students in distance and hybrid learning through Seesaw!! They have made my teacher life much easier!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ashley G. says, "When I taught second grade shared reading was my favorite time of day. Since moving to kindergarten I have struggled with shared reading. I love this resource--it keeps students engaged and active during shared reading. Thank you for adding the SeeSaw component--it will be perfect for my students who are hybrid this year."