End of the Year: Beach Club Unit | Ocean Unit for Summer School

Looking for an engaging end of the year, summer school, or enrichment program unit that is packed with fun learning experiences? This ocean-themed resource includes enough materials to keep your students happily learning for a whole week with reading, writing, math, social studies, and science activities each day!

A suggested daily schedule is included, but the activities can be switched around however you’d like. Most items are ready to print and go, with materials you already have in your classroom. There are also ocean-themed snack ideas and two art projects your students will enjoy!

Here is the suggested schedule of Beach Club activities:

Monday:
Reading: The Ocean Biome
Writing: Ocean Poetry – Number Poem
Math: Shark Attack Multiplication Game
Social Studies: Name That Water – Mapping
Science: Float vs. Sink

Tuesday:
Reading: Why the Sea is Salty – Philippine Folktale
Reading/Writing/Science: Taking Notes for Ocean Animal Research from the Computer
Math: Under the Sea – Problem Solving
Social Studies: Timeline of Ocean Exploration and Make Your Own Timeline
Science: Does an Orange Float or Sink? (density experiment)

Wednesday:
Reading: Read Ocean Books in Pairs and Make a T-shirt Book Report
Writing: Make Ocean Animal Brochures
Math: Coordinate Grid Activity
Social Studies: Marine Landforms
Science: Eggcellent Experiment (Eggs in Salt Water)

Thursday:
Reading: The Talking Fish – Armenian Folktale
Writing: Start Memory Book
Math: Survey and Graphing Activity – Favorite Ocean Animals
Social Studies: Ocean Graphing
Science: Layered Liquids Density Experiment

Friday:
Reading: The Elephant and the Whale – Louisiana Folktale
Writing: Finish Memory Book
Math: Surfin’ Into Math – Word Problems
Social Studies: Deep Blue Sea Crossword Puzzle
Science: Penny Boat Challenge (buoyancy and water displacement)

Extra Activities:
Create Your Own Folktale
Beach Club Snacks
Ocean Art Project

Also includes:
Editable Parent Letter
Editable Sink or Float Forms

Why you’ll love this resource:

• All of the activities are academic but lots of fun to keep your student happily busy and learning at the end of the year!
• There are lots of activities included for each subject area.
• The activities are interactive and hands-on to keep your students’ interest!
• The suggested schedule makes lesson planning easy!
• Detailed teacher notes make the unit clear and easy to manage.
• The letter to parents is editable so you can customize it to your needs.

If you’re looking for more end of the year week long units, you might like to look at these:
Summer Safari: End of the Year Unit for 3rd – 5th Grades
Art Adventure: End of the Year Unit or for Anytime (3rd – 5th Grades)

Here are some more end of the year resources:
End of the Year Literacy Set for 3rd – 5th
Time Capsule: Don’t Open Until High School Graduation Project
End of the Year Award Certificates: Editable
End of the Year Awards: Editable
End of the Year Memory Book

I love these hands-on units too!
End of the Year Activities for 3rd – 5th Grades (Set 1)
End of the Year Activities for 3rd – 5th Grades (Set 2)
End of the Year Activities for 3rd – 5th Grades Bundle

Have a wonderful end of the year!
Jenn

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