How to Avoid the Summer Slide

Every teacher knows the struggles of the Summer Slide that students go through every year. Today we’re going to look at the problem and find a solution for the Summer slide. Let’s avoid learning loss and have fun this Summer!

The Summer Slide is a Problem

What is the Summer slide? The Summer Slide is also know to many as the Summer Learning Loss that happens every Summer when school is out of session. It’s the loss of educational time with a professional teacher for a two to three month period. This results in students losing educational learning gains and regressing up to half a school year. 

Just this Summer, children will lose up to 34% of prior year’s learning gains during the break. This is the result of the summer learning loss. It is a well-known effect of the Summer break. As a result of the Summer learning loss, teacher will spend up to 6 weeks in the Fall re-teaching skills that students have forgotten over the Summer. 

Stop the Summer Slide

Here are three ways to stop the Summer slide from happening to your students. First, have students read for 20 minutes every day, give them a review key grade levels math skills to use every day, and encourage kids to spend time outside without electronics. These simple solutions will add up to less learning lost in September.

Summer Math Review

It’s important to review math skills because it increases your fluency, helps with your math scores, and keeps your skills sharp. Kids who have access to math practice over the Summer perform 35-40% better in math. Try a fun Summer math puzzle with your students now.  

Plan Ahead

Every teacher knows, Learning Loss is inevitable in the Summer, but what if you could prevent it? When it’s time to go back to school, wouldn’t it be great if your kids….

•Had little to no learning loss from being out of school for 2-3 months?

•Have read 6 books on their own during the Summer?

•Kept up with their math skills during June, July, and August?

Avoid it by planning on helping your kids now.

Get a Summer Math Packet

Keep it Simple for kids to be able to complete during the Summer months. Choose which skills worksheets students will practice and put those in their Summer packet. Use the easy grading rubric and send home the parent letter for expectations.

Download your grade level Summer Math packet click HERE.