text: Having a teacher-designed summer project is helpful for students to get a glimpse at what they will be learning in the upcoming school year. The project gives problems, or work, that the teacher finds important for their students to look at before their first day of class. It makes the students feel prepared and more comfortable when seeing the work in the classroom. One example of this would be asking Spanish students to name three Spanish-speaking countries. By looking up these places, the students will gather a little information and already know about the topic before class even starts. Once back in school, the teacher will start teaching about where Spanish-speaking countries are, and how each one is unique, but the students will already have some information from when they found these countries over the summer. By having the teacher-designed summer project, students are able to work proactively for the next school year.