Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for And Then Comes Summer will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of mindfulness and emotions, this And Then Comes Summer picture book by Tom Brenner is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with And Then Comes Summer Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of And Then Comes Summer. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with And Then Comes Summer reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
AND THEN COMES SUMMER SUMMARY
As the days get longer and the evenings get warmer, children celebrate as summer comes. The flowers bloom, bees fly, and lawn mowers start their engines. Children play in the streets, stop at the sound of the ice cream truck, and celebrate America’s birthday.
This lyrical story gets children excited about the end of the school year, the excitement that summer brings, and the beauty of the great outdoors.
AND THEN COMES SUMMER LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for And Then Comes Summer, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based And Then Comes Summer reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- making inferences
- making connections
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- mindfulness
- emotions
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- ellipses
- sentence structure
- contractions
AND THEN COMES SUMMER ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for And Then Comes Summer?
- Lexile® Measure: AD1070L
- Guided Reading Level: Z
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 8.2-8.6
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Tom Brenner. It was illustrated by Jaime Kim.
What genre is And Then Comes Summer?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
