Summer Math Workbooks for students who are currently in grades 2-7 + a Pre-Algebra Review
Each workbook is a complete review of the Common Core math curriculum. Workbooks are available in three levels. BASE/Gold Star=Easy, CLASSIC/Double Star=Average, and CHALLENGE/Triple Star=Challenging.
Distribute to your students at the end of the year. Or, ask parents to purchase from our book store.
Visit our RESEARCH page for information on our research, design, and assessment process.
Click here for your Summer-Pops Order Form
Each workbook is a complete review of the Common Core math curriculum. Workbooks are available in three levels. BASE/Gold Star=Easy, CLASSIC/Double Star=Average, and CHALLENGE/Triple Star=Challenging.
Distribute to your students at the end of the year. Or, ask parents to purchase from our book store.
Visit our RESEARCH page for information on our research, design, and assessment process.
Click here for your Summer-Pops Order Form
READY FOR A MORE STRATEGIC SUMMER MATH PROGRAM? CHECK OUT THE SUMMER POPS WORKBOOK BUILDER™.
Our workbook builder is a combination of technologies, designed exclusively for Summer Pops, that allow teachers to create custom-made printed workbooks.
Maybe your students struggled with fractions while advancing in geometry–create a workbook that differentiates each Common Core domain. You can choose to include fun activities. And, popular with almost all our math teachers, choose the type of answer key to include in the back.
Visit our research page for more detailed specifications on the design and assessment process.
School Name, Grade, and Class will be printed on Workbook cover.
Choose question difficulty for each curriculum domain.
Add your school’s logo or mascot on the workbook cover.
Select the type of Answer Key to print in the back of the book. (All, Odd # only, or None). Also you can add Fun Activity pages.
Add a special section in the workbook with fun activities to complete. One for each common core domain.
Using your selections, each set of Workbooks are custom built for your students.
To purchase workbooks for your school, contact us.
Can our school use CARES Act/ESSER Funding to purchase Summer Pops?
Yes. Summer Pops have been approved for CARES Act/ESSER Funding to address learning loss.
What do you mean when you say Summer Pops is specifically designed for summer use?
We understand your students will be working on these books during the summertime and will be unable to ask a teacher for help.
Our books are designed to be self-guiding, so students do not become frustrated and give up. Here are some of the design features:
HELP TIP NUMBERS AND HELP SECTION
Every question has a help tip number after it. This help tip number shows the student exactly where to find the information they need to solve the question. This minimizes the time between “How do I do this?” and “OK, that’s how I do this!” This feature is designed to reduce frustration, help the student understand the concept, get the answer right, and move on to the next question.
SPACE TO WORK
The physical design of each lesson is 12 questions spaced over two pages with plenty of blank work space for students to solve the problems. This allows students to show their work and avoid the need for scrap paper.
ALL THEY NEED IS OUR WORKBOOK AND A PENCIL
Yes, it is an actual paper workbook. No internet (no distractions) needed. Reduce screen time for our kids. Travels anywhere.
How exactly are the questions divided into difficulty levels?
Each workbook contains 336 questions. There will be approximately 67 questions for each domain (84 questions per domain for a grade 2 book).
SUMMER POPS ARE AVAILABLE IN THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
CUSTOM WORKBOOKS ALLOW TEACHERS TO SELECT THE DIFFICULTY FOR EACH COMMON CORE DOMAIN.
Can I see an example of how questions within the same standard are written based on difficulty?
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Why a pencil-and-paper workbook? Why not an on-line program?
All they need is a Summer Pops Workbook and a pencil!
Here is some research behind our choice to use a paper-and-pencil workbook instead of an online program.
ONLINE HOMEWORK VERSUS PEN AND PENCIL HOMEWORK: DO THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE COSTS?
James Penner, PhD, CPA, Western Michigan University
Elizabeth Kreuze, RN, PhD Candidate, Medical University of South Carolina
Sheldon Langsam, PhD, CPA, Western Michigan University (January 2015)
IS THE PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE KEYBOARD? THE EFFECT OF ONLINE TESTING ON MEASURED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Ben Backes and James Cowan (April 2018)
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE KEYBOARD: ADVANTAGES OF LONGHAND OVER LAPTOP NOTE TAKING
Pam A. Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer (April 23, 2014)
What does the most recent research say regarding summer learning loss?
SUMMER MATH LOSS: WHY KIDS LOSE MATH KNOWLEDGE, AND HOW FAMILIES CAN WORK TO COUNTERACT IT
Leah Shafer (June 24, 2016)
“Across the socioeconomic spectrum, kids arrive back at school every fall much worse off in mathematics than they finished in the spring. On average, students lose approximately 2.6 months of learning in math over the summer — and teachers have to give up weeks of class time, or more, to make up for that loss.”
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/summer-math-loss
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff (September 14, 2017)
“Schools and districts should want to address the issue of summer learning loss not only because it may exacerbate achievement gaps, but also because it ‘wastes’ so much of the knowledge students have gained during the school year. Summer loss also undoubtedly increases the amount of time teachers have to spend ‘re-teaching’ last year’s content, likely contributing to the repetitiveness of the typical U.S. curriculum.”
RETHINKING SUMMER SLIDE: THE MORE YOU GAIN, THE MORE YOU LOSE
Megan Kuhfeld (June 6, 2019)
First, researchers revisit the famous 1996 study on the topic. Unsatisfied with the research practiced, they conduct a new study to provide fresh data on the subject. What is found is not surprising.
“Seventy percent to 78% of students lost ground in math during the summer within the elementary school grades. The summer between 5th and 6th grade, which corresponds to the transition between elementary and middle school for many students, represented the largest summer drop in math, with 84% of students demonstrating summer slide. It is important to remember, however, that these findings indicate that 22% to 38% of students show gains during the summer, implying that summer learning loss is not inevitable.”
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING
Megan Kuhfeld (July 16, 2018)
What does the research say about the recent Covid-Slide on students?
The COVID Slide: How to Help Students Recover Learning Losses. – Rand Research
“School districts will have to find ways to keep more kids learning through next summer.”
“… to help students succeed academically, we must provide resources and support to families during and after this disruption, especially in mathematics, which often show the steepest losses over summers and time outside of school.”
Report: Up to 4 months of ‘COVID slide’ learning loss expected in K-5 – Education Dive
“The report recommends educators plan a “multi-tiered system of supports”
CLASSIC POPS are math workbooks, designed specifically for summer, and available in three skill levels.
CUSTOM POPS allows teachers to build their own workbooks with our exclusive SP Workbook Builder™
CLASSIC – Download an order form. Or, contact your sales rep to discuss options including school codes.
CUSTOM – Create an account and access your Workbook Builder Dashboard page.
CLASSIC – Submit your order form and purchase order (or other payment options) with your sales rep.
CUSTOM – Print your price quote and then upload a purchase order, or pay with a credit card.