Summer Learning 2023
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We offer flexible and responsive resources that are easy to implement, highlighting effective small-group intervention solutions. Explore our research-based and student-centered Math and Literacy resources to meet your students where they are and grow together this summer.
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- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Professional Resources
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Explore Summer Literacy Resources
Pearson Canada offers flexible and easy-to-implement resources for summer learning that are student-centered, emphasize social emotional learning, and honour responsive teaching.
Phonics
BUG CLUB PHONICS DECODABLE READERS
Build the confidence and enjoyment at the start of the reading journey.
Bug Club Phonics Decodables Readers
Grades K-2
NEW! Phase Classroom Packs are available which include multiple copies of each book!
Decodable books are an integral part of any phonics program, providing opportunities to practice phonics skills. Bug Club Phonics Decodable Readers offer fiction and nonfiction books with a range of characters and themes to appeal to every child.
JUMP ROPE READERS
Beginner Books with interesting, comprehensible, representative, instructive qualities.
Jump Rope Readers
Grades K-2
NEW! Digital access to Jumpe Rope Readers now available!
What makes a book "just right" for a beginning reader? The answer is simple. A book is just right if the child can read it and wants to read it. Anything else is "just okay" at best. But, if you work with beginning readers, you know it's not easy to find these "just right" books.
THE PHONICS COMPANION
Lesson plans for 120 of the most frequent letter-sound correspondences.
The Phonics Companion
Grades K-3
Designed to support teachers who want to bring intention to their phonics instruction, The Phonics Companion includes 120 templated lessons and 30 suggested regular reviews. An accompanying website includes customizable teacher tools and line masters that can be shared digitally or printed. It is based on a scope and sequence that has been field-tested in a range of primary classrooms and offers an easy-to-implement solution for integrating a full phonics solution into their literacy program.
SPARK READING
A Digital library with phonics resources, Canadian and Indigenous content.
Spark Reading
Grades K-6
Meet Spark Reading, a digital library designed for your K-6 Canadian classroom. With over 900 recognizable titles, decodable books, Canadian and Indigenous content, and features to support your literacy goals, Spark will help you ignite a love of reading in your classroom. Ideal for interactive read-alouds, shared, guided or independent reading, Spark is filled with books you and your students will love.
Fountas & Pinnell Classroom (FPC)
NEW! Individual Text Sets/Title Packs are now available for Interactive Read-Aloud and Book Clubs with budget friendly option! Pick and choose what you need for your students this summer.
INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD
Whole-group experiences with BIG impact.
FPC Interactive Read-Aloud Collections
Grades PreK-6
Expand students thinking with books that spark discussion and inquiry. Each grade level of the Interactive Read Aloud Collection offers 120 of the best very best age-appropriate, grade-appropriate trade books representing a variety of authors, illustrators, topics, genres, themes, and text structures. Comprehensive lessons folders accompany every book.
BOOK CLUBS
Activate student agency and connect learning with books that stir captivating discussion.
FPC Book Club Collections
Grades K-6
FPC Book Club Collections provide authentic opportunities to bring students together for in-depth discussion and extension of their thinking on a captivating book they have read. This small-group literacy instruction also builds social emotional connections where students exchange ideas with their peers and co-construct richer understandings of texts.
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Explore Summer Math Resources
Mathology/Mathologie
Co-created with Canadian educators to best support the diversity in Canadian classrooms, Pearson Mathology/Mathologie resources are flexible print and digital that support any summer learning program.
Learn more about all Mathology/Mathologie components below.
Mathology.ca/Mathologie.ca
Your on-line teacher hub for Math.
Mathology.ca/Mathologie.ca
Grades K-8
Your best choice for engaging, digital math resources! Math lessons and readiness tasks that support differentiation and help teachers identify next steps in math learning. Perfect for in-class and online learning.
Mathology Little Books/Petits livrets de Mathologie
Fun, engaging stories put math in real-life contexts.
Mathology Little Books/Petits livrets de Mathologie
Grades K-3
A series of Mathology little books that allows teachers to match books to a child's or group’s level of math understanding, providing rich opportunities for teaching and learning.
Explore Mathology Little Books Explore Petits livrets de Mathologie
Mathology Activity Kits/Trousses d’activités de classe
Complete curriculum coverage with 100+ easy-to-implement activities and games.
Mathology Activity Kits/Trousses d’activités de classe
Grades 1-3
A comprehensive set of 100+ easy-to-implement and engaging activities and games to help teachers save time, create meaningful learning experiences, and promote understanding of big ideas in math.
Explore Mathology Activity Kits Explore Trousses d’activités de classe
Math Mats/Napperons de maths
Help students demonstrate and illustrate their understanding of math concepts.
Math Mats/Napperons de maths
Grades 3-6
Write-on-wipe-off, laminated math tools developed to help support students as they represent, demonstrate and illustrate their understanding of math concepts.
NEW! Mathology Practice Workbooks
Support independent and purposeful practice in math skills.
Mathology Grades 3-6 Practice Workbook
Grades 3-6
- A student and teacher consumable practice booklet per grade
- Curriculum-based, unit-based, all strands
- Supports independent, purposeful practice where students can connect the dots and sharpen their math skills
- Complements Matholology.ca lessons & practice but can support any resource
- Variety of activities including multiple choice, fill in the blanks, games, puzzles and problem-solving
- 1 companion per student
Do the Math!
Do the Math!
Do The Math is a great resource for Summer School. It supports students in Grades 1-5 with foundational math concepts. Designed for at-risk and struggling students, as well as those who require more practice, the program provides opportunities to build skills and understanding.
- Easy to implement: From day one, teachers have the embedded professional learning and point-of-use support they need to confidently guide students throughout the summer program.
- Builds a solid foundation: With scaffolded instruction, students progress from basics to more complex operational work and rebuild their understanding of key math concepts.
- Engaging for students: Classroom-tested instructional practices facilitate differentiation and meet the needs of every student.
Pearson is working with educators and students to develop innovative ways to stimulate curiosity, feed the mind, and foster education that is focused on real outcomes. Because wherever learning flourishes, so do people!
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Recommended Literacy Professional Resources
Early Reading Foundational Skills
The Phonics Companion
The Phonics Companion supports a research-based, systematic, and explicit approach to phonics instruction that will enhance what you are already doing in your broader literacy program.
Fountas & Pinnell Sounds, Letters, and Words in PreK: Listen. Look. Learn.
Cultivate children’s natural curiosity while learning sounds, letters, and words as they explore through PLAY, INQUIRY, and DISCOVERY. The 100 explicit lessons in this resource will give prekindergarteners a strong foundation in literacy that will prepare them for kindergarten and beyond. Each lesson is developmentally appropriate, based on current research, interactive to keep children engaged, and rooted in play.
Letter Lessons and First Words
Research-based strategies for lively, engaging phonics instruction with young children.
What the Science of Reading Says
This series of books explore current research on the science of reading and discusses what it means for classrooms today. These resources provide everything teachers need to develop students’ word recognition, reading comprehension, content knowledge, and writing skills, from detailed background information to helpful classroom tips.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community
Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but they often struggle with where and how to get started. Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way.
Social Justice Talk: Strategies for Teaching Critical Awareness
We all have the intention of using our classroom to envision a better world, but what gets in our way? Our uncertainty about how to discuss implicit and systemic bias in our classrooms is one of the reasons we avoid this necessary work. In Social Justice Talk, Chris Hass, along with his colleagues Nozsa Tinsley, and Tiffany Palmatier, detail how to facilitate rich discussions that disrupt the harmful social beliefs and practices we and our students are immersed in every day.
Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices
With Culturally Sustaining Practice as its foundation, Textured Teaching shares lesson design strategies that build traditional literacy skills while supporting students in developing their social justice skills at the same time.
The Civically Engaged Classroom: Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change
Create more alert, thoughtful, engaged, inquisitive, and active citizens by reframing teaching so that it’s not just about content and standards, but also civic virtues. The Civically Engaged Classroom is packed with practical guidance designed to support teachers in giving students the skills, knowledge, and tools to be active participants in society.
Read the World: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy and Action in a Digital Age
In Read the World, Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris draw from their own rich pedagogical background and classroom experience to provide research, flexible lessons, and teaching strategies that support children in acquiring the skills they need to thrive—academically, socially, and emotionally—in today’s digital world.
Reading to Make a Difference: Using Literature to Help Students Speak Freely, Think Deeply, and Take Action
Books as bridges enable readers to speak freely, think deeply, and take action. In Reading to Make a Difference, Lester and Katie build on the work of Rudine Sims Bishop, extending the notion of books as windows, mirrors, and doors. They offer a pathway that can lead students to take action for social justice causes. They show you how to move beyond exposing your students to diverse children’s literature by offering an instructional framework that is applicable to any topic and can be adapted to your own classroom or community.
Inspiration and Reflection around Teaching
I'm the Kind of Kid Who . . . Invitations That Support Learner Identity and Agency
A framework for introducing choice making in the classroom, through “invitations” that encourage students to find out who they are, how they learn, and what they need to thrive.
The First Five: A Love Letter to Teachers
In The First Five, Patrick brings to light the realities of teaching, especially in the first five years. He immerses you in his world with personal stories that lead to lessons, questions, and exercises to help you reflect on your own journey. Each chapter includes interviews with a diverse group of educators.
The Caring Teacher: Strategies for Working Through Our Own Difficulties with Students
The Caring Teaching is an invitation to look inward for reflection, and outward for connection. An invitation to try. Not just for the students who conform to our expectations, but for the ones who don’t. The ones who most need us to be better.
Phenomenal Teaching: A Guide for Reflection and Growth
Phenomenal Teaching is a professional development workshop in a book. The text charts a pathway for teachers to cultivate agency and foster understanding for every learner.
Classroom Management: Strategies for Achievement, Cooperation, and Engagement
In this guide for every teacher, Nancy makes a powerful argument that we can dramatically reduce the stress of classroom management and improve student achievement when we cultivate classroom communities built on student-centered collaboration.
Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk: Teaching Kids to Talk with Clarity and Purpose
Shana Frazin and Katy Wischow passionately believe in the need to help students develop strong talk skills across the school day, in every subject, to prepare them for their academic lives and lives as active citizens outside of school.
Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators
Where Calm, Alert and Learning answered the what and why of self-regulation, this handbook answers that all-important question of how to do it and, more importantly, gives you the tools you need to make it happen!
Inspiration and Reflection around Literacy Teaching and Learning
When Kids Can't Read—What Teachers Can Do, 2nd Edition
This new edition of When Kids Can’t Read—What Teachers Can Do, like the original edition, is based on my bedrock belief that reading, though not an innate ability for anyone, is a critical skill for all.
Literacy Moves Outdoors
Explore and adopt practices that engage students, meet their interests and needs, and give them the tools to communicate and discover themselves and the world around them. Pick one thing that will work for you, and start moving literacy outdoors!
Trusting Readers: Powerful Practices for Independent Reading
Trusting Readers is an essential and accessible guide that provides teachers with the inspiration, information, and tools needed to grow enthusiastic independent readers.
The Joy of Reading
The Joy of Reading is a guide for teachers, librarians, administrators, and families to create the conditions for joyful reading.
Leading Literate Lives: Habits and Mindsets for Reimagining Classroom Practice
In Leading Literate Lives, Stephanie outlines a framework for reading and writing that makes a direct connection between reflection and classroom practice.
The Artful Read-Aloud: 10 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and Transform Learning
The Artful Read-Aloud is a user-friendly guide that builds a bridge between the artistic world and the classroom, providing a deeper dive into the artistry of reading aloud. Rebecca Bellingham draws on her experience as a performer, teaching artist, classroom teacher, and literacy coach to make explicit connections between the arts and reading aloud, providing dozens of easy moves teachers can make that can enhance, elevate, and deepen the impact of interactive read-alouds.
Expanding Literacy - Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom
Expanding Literacy offers a specific project-based learning angle that can be meshed with any traditional and non-traditional curricular topic and is flexible enough to be applied to almost any content area.
Recommended Math Professional Resources
Number Sense, Fractions, and More!
Math Games for Number and Operations and Algebraic Thinking
These thirty-three classroom-tested games can be played successfully by learners on their own, during math workshop, or at math stations.
Beyond Invert & Multiply
Beyond Invert & Multiply is a powerhouse resource for focusing on fraction computation. It builds on foundational understandings of fractions and applies them to a variety of relevant problem solving situations.
Rethinking Fractions: 8 Core Concepts to Support Assessment and Learning
This resource will help students to develop a deep understanding of unit factions (the base of all fractions) and the eight core concepts (the keys to unlocking fractions understanding). For educators, this resource will help you to assess students’ understanding and possible misconceptions via the use of targeted, field-tested questions and recommended next steps.
Young Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction in Early Childhood Education
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) has helped hundreds of thousands of teachers better understand how their students think mathematically. Young Children’s Mathematics, the newest addition to the CGI family of books, explores the development of mathematical understanding in the youngest learners.
My Kids Can: Making Math Accessible to All Learners, K-5
In My Kids Can, you’ll get instructional strategies that allow all struggling math learners to move along the path toward grade-level competency.
Motivated: Designing Math Classrooms Where Students Want to Join In
Participating in math class feels socially risky to students. Staying silent often feels safer. In Motivated, Ilana shows why certain teaching strategies create classroom climates where students want to join in.
Virtual Professional Development Learning Opportunities
