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Preventing Summer Learning Loss
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May 13, 2015Presented by: Lisa Callahan
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Main IdeaDirections: Read the paragraph below and use the guide to help you determine the main idea.
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Lola loved to watch the big, beautiful birds from South America. She stared at the parrots’ bright blue wings as the birds flew gracefully in their giant bird cage. Lola laughed when they called to each other with loud, squeaky voices. The parrots were Lola’s favorite animals at the zoo.
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To determine the main idea of a paragraph, read the paragraph carefully and answer the three Ws (who, what, and why). Then, use the answers to these questions to determine the main idea.
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Close ReadingDirections: Read the passage, then answer the questions.
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began in May of 1787 and lasted nearly four months. Each state—except forRhode Island—sent a representative. Sometimes these men agreed and other times they disagreed. They argued and made changes. Step by step they wrote the United States Constitution. Today it is the supreme law of our land. It created the type of government we have and listed our basic rights.
Clerks used ink and feather quill pens to write the four pages of the Constitution. Then, 39 men signed their names to it. This meant that they agreed with what it said. Some people believe that it is the most important document ever written. No wonder it took so long to write!
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Setting EvidenceDirections: Choose a fictional book to read. Look for details that the author gives about the setting of the story. Complete the activity below.
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Sentences and phrases that the author uses to describe the setting:
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1. The woman wore her new red dress to the fundraiser. She saw many friends that she knew and was excited to have a good time.
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2. Grace was ready for the bell to ring. She was so excited. Cake, balloons, presents, and dinner out at a restaurant—it was going to be a great night!
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3. Manuel only got halfway home on his bike. He was so frustrated. It was still a long walk. He took one more look at the tire and then just started walking, feeling sorry for himself.
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4. Many of the reasons that plants and animals are endangered are due to the actions of human beings. Pollution is one of the main reasons that living things are struggling to survive.
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5. It is Emily’s favorite time to be outside and look up at the sky. The rain stops and the sun comes out. Then, as if a painter creates it in the sky, a beautiful scene emerges through the clouds.
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Explicit vs. Implicit DetailsDirections: Decide whether each item gives you explicit information or whether you have to make an inference based on implicit details. Write explicit or implicit on the lines provided.
Explicit information is very clear and easy to understand. Implicit information is not as clear and easy to recognize; a reader must make an inference about what is actually happening.
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Cause and EffectDirections: Choose a nonfiction book to read. As you read it, look for a cause-and-effect structure. The cause is what makes something happen, and the effect is what happens. Often there will be multiple causes or effects. Complete the chart and answer the question.
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What are some other nonfiction texts where you would be likely to find a cause-and-effect structure?
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Double Entry Reflective Journal
Thinking Prompts: • • • I think this means . . . I wonder . . . This reminds me of . . . I predict . . . I am confused...
Quote or Picture from Text
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Vacation Reading Log
Help your child complete this reading log to keep track of his or her vacation reading.
Date Title Number of pages
Help your child complete this reading log to keep track of his or her vacation reading.Help your child complete this reading log to keep track of his or her vacation reading.
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I Wonder... Interactive JournalDirections:
First, read and discuss the following prompt with your child or student. Prompt: Think about how the world works. What do you wonder about most? What makes a car go? Why do birds sing? How do you make a treehouse?
Next, grab a notebook and have your child create an I Wonder... journal cover using pictures from old magazines, brochures, newspapers, etc. These pictures can really help get your child’s ideas going!
After creating the I Wonder... journal cover, brainstorm some ideas together. Have your child record these ideas on the first page of the journal, like a table of contents of ideas to explore. Be sure to express to your child that there are NO wrong answers, just fun ideas to investigate!
Next, skip a few pages in the notebook, leaving room for more ideas because I Wonder... ideas usually lead to more I Wonder... ideas! Then, on the top of the right side of the notebook, have your child write the one of the I Wonder... ideas. Then use one of the tips below to help your child investigate that idea.
Review the attached Websites for Parents and Kids list to see if any of the websites might be helpful in finding information on the topic.
Visit your local library with your child to find books on the topic. Read together or have your child read independently for ideas to answer the I Wonder... topic.
Find a few appropriate articles online and print them out for your child.
Use your cell phone to investigate the topic with your child. Be sure to look at the sites prior to viewing them with your child.
As you read and investigate, have your child record the big ideas on the right side of the notebook. Finally, on the left side of the notebook, have you child respond by making connections to the world about what he or she discovered. Here are some prompts:• How could you use this information in real life? • Is it important for people to know this information? Why or why not? Use ideas from your research to support your answer.• Describe three big ideas you learned using details from your research. • Draw a picture of the most interesting thing you learned while investigating this topic. Write 7 words to describe your picture!
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Summer Happenings Interactive JournalDirections:Using any type of notebook, journal or blank composition book, have your student or child start a Summer Happenings journal. For younger students the journal may be called All the Places I Go and for older children a simple title like Summer 2015 may be sufficient.
The right side of the journal will be used to gather information about each place the child visits. These places can be as simple as the front porch or the grocery store or they can be more elaborate trips like a family vacation or a week at summer camp. The key to gathering the information about these places will be using the senses to make keen observations about each place. Distinct observations can be made using the questions below in the right column.
In addition, small mementos or artifacts can be collected and added to the journal on the left side. These items may include paper menus, brochures, receipts, ticket stubs, etc. They will not only make the journal much more interesting, but may also be useful in the descriptive writing portion of the journal.
Next, have your child glue or tape the mementos or artifacts onto the upper half of the left side of the notebook. If they take up the entire page, turn to the next page for the response writing.
Finally, have your child choose one of the response questions below and record the answers on the bottom of the left side of the journal.
(LEFT SIDE)Mementos & Reflections
(RIGHT SIDE) Date, Location & Observations
Artifacts: leaf, blades of grass, a seed
How did this place make you feel?Why?
What was the most memorable aspect of this place? Why?
6-13-15 My Backyard
What do I see?
What do I hear?
What do I smell?
What do I touch?
What do I taste? OR WhatI would like to taste here?
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Suggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Read with your child daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionThe Very Busy Spider by Eric CarleLilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin HenkesJoseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms TabackThe Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper Corduroy by Don FreemanAll By Myself by Mercer MayerYoko by Rosemary WellsKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsThe Napping House by Audrey WoodMr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
FictionThe Very Busy Spider Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Joseph Had a Little Overcoat The Little Engine That Could
Corduroy All By Myself Yoko Knuffle Bunny The Napping House Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
NonfictionDelivering Your Mail: A Book About Mail Carriers by Ann OwenABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill Imagine You’re a Knight! by Meg Clibbon Happy by Mies Van HoutBuilder Goose: It’s Construction Rhyme Time! by Boni AshburnStay: The True Story of Ten Dogs by Michaela MunteanDinosaur More!: A First Book of Dinosaur Facts by Henrietta SticklandI Love Bugs! by Philemon SturgesActual Size by Steve JenkinsSurprising Sharks by Nicola DaviesI Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb
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Suggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in kindergarten and first grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionDiary of a Wombat by Jackie FrenchDanny and the Dinosaur by Syd HoffMy Friend Is Sad by Mo WillemsThe Best Nest by P. D. EastmanExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettA Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. SteadThe Sleepy Little Alphabet by Judy SierraBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyQuick as a Cricket by Audrey WoodToot & Puddle by Holly Hobbie
NonfictionAnimal Eyes by Dona Herweck RiceBalloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer
of Macy’s Parade by Melissa SweetStep Gently Out by Helen Frost and Rick LiederAll the Water in the World by George Ella LyonA Walk in London by Salvatore RubbinoA Book About Color: A Clear and Simple Guide for Young
Artists by Mark GonyeaDave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick HillLife-Size Aquarium by Teruyuki KomiyaMe, Frida by Amy NoveskyWho Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta
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TitleTitleSuggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in first and second grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamilloThese Hands by Margaret H. MasonSmall Pig by Arnold LobelTacky the Penguin by Helen Lester Bear Snores On by Karma WilsonLin Yi’s Lantern by Brenda Williams and
Benjamin LacombeHarry the Dirty Dog by Gene ZionBoo’s Dinosaur by Betsy ByarsLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik and
Maurice SendakEach Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
NonfictionHorses Up Close by Christopher BlazemanMeet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon KatzHelen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
by Doreen RappaportRosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story by Stephanie CalmensonWhere Butterflies Grow by Joanne RyderA River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
by Jen BryantPicasso and Minou by P. I. MaltbieTeammates by Peter GolenbockCastle: Medieval Days and Knights by Kyle OlmonCarolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!
by Donna Rathmell
Bear Snores On by Karma WilsonLin Yi’s Lantern by Brenda Williams and
Benjamin LacombeHarry the Dirty Dog by Gene ZionBoo’s Dinosaur by Betsy ByarsLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik and
Maurice SendakEach Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
NonfictionHorses Up Close by Christopher BlazemanMeet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon KatzHelen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller Helen’s Big World:
by Doreen RappaportRosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Rosie: by Stephanie CalmensonWhere Butterflies Grow by Joanne RyderA River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams A River of Words:
by Jen BryantPicasso and Minou by P. I. MaltbieTeammates by Peter GolenbockCastle: Medieval Days and Knights Castle: Medieval Days and Knights Castle:Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! Carolina’s Story:
by Donna Rathmell
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Suggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in second and third grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionThe Fire Cat by Esther AverillSuperfudge by Judy BlumeBeezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyHow the Camel Got His Hump by Rudyard KiplingMagic Tree House series by Mary Pope OsborneCaptain Underpants series by Dav PilkeyCowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica SilvermanAmos & Boris by William SteigCharlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteNim’s Island by Wendy Orr
The Fire Cat by Esther AverillThe Fire Cat by Esther AverillThe Fire CatSuperfudge by Judy BlumeSuperfudge by Judy BlumeSuperfudgeBeezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyBeezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyBeezus and RamonaHow the Camel Got His HumpMagic Tree House series by Mary Pope OsborneCaptain Underpants series by Dav PilkeyCowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica SilvermanCowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica SilvermanCowgirl Kate and CocoaAmos & Boris by William SteigAmos & Boris by William SteigAmos & BorisCharlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteCharlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteCharlotte’s WebNim’s Island by Wendy Orr
NonfictionStep into the Rainforest by Howard RiceVolcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaolaSixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula YooMy Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View of Washington, D.C. by Edward M. KennedyMy Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World by Margriet RuursLiving Color by Steve JenkinsBill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill PeetAmos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth YatesThe Great Fire by Jim Murphy
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TitleTitleTitleSuggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in third and fourth grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind by Timothy J. BradleyBreaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene YelchinMoon Over Manifest by Clare VanderpoolFantastic Mr. Fox by Roald DahlClementine and the Family Meeting by Sara PennypackerMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyOwen Foote, Super Spy by Stephanie GreeneWee Gillis by Munro LeafSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
NonfictionAfrican Grasslands by William B. RiceHeart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir NelsonHurricanes by Jean AllenTo Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson SiegelThe Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice DalglieshKeep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie RoopAmelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace FlemingNoah Webster: Weaver of Words by Pegi Deitz SheaThe Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. MillerA Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco
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Suggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in fourth and fifth grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind by Timothy J. BradleyThe Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
by Christopher Paul CurtisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlNumber the Stars by Lois LowryLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderBrothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
by Mary WilliamsSkylark by Patricia MacLachlanWayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharLittle Cricket by Jackie BrownBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloNight of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
NonfictionUnsolved! History’s Mysteries by Dona Herweck RiceA Street Through Time by Anne MillardChuck Close: Face Book by Chuck CloseHaunted Histories: Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and
Powerful Palaces by J. H. EverettTitanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah HopkinsonA Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By
by Stephen AlcornFood Hates You, Too and Other Poems by Robert WeinstockLost Worlds by John HoweMarching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You
Grow Weary by Elizabeth PartridgeMission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages
to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963by Christopher Paul Curtis
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryNumber the Stars Little House on the PrairieBrothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
by Mary WilliamsSkylark by Patricia MacLachlanSkylark by Patricia MacLachlanSkylarkWayside School Is Falling DownLittle Cricket Because of Winn-DixieNight of the Twisters
NonfictionUnsolved! History’s Mysteries A Street Through TimeChuck Close: Face BookHaunted Histories: Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and
Powerful PalacesTitanic: Voices from the Disaster A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By
by Stephen AlcornFood Hates You, Too and Other Poems Lost WorldsMarching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You
Grow WearyMission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages
to the Moon
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TitleTitleTitleSuggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in fifth and sixth grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your child to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind by Timothy J. BradleyWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsElijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul CurtisPaint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan11 Birthdays by Wendy MassGossamer by Lois LowryThe Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne BirdsallA Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda UrbanBefore We Were Free by Julia AlvarezBreaking Through by Francisco JiménezA Hero for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi
NonfictionB. Franklin, Printer by David A. AdlerLeonardo: Beautiful Dreamer by Robert ByrdTall Tales: 6 Amazing Basketball Dreams by Charles R. Smith Jr.Kids Around the World Celebrate!: The Best Feasts and Festivals From Many Lands by Lynda JonesVoices of Ancient Egypt by Kay WintersMy Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal by Sophie WebbBillions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution by Laurence PringleThe Day-Glo Brothers by Chris BartonTruce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim MurphyAlien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World by Jane Drake and Ann Love
FictionHive Mind Where the Red Fern GrowsElijah of Buxton Paint the Wind11 Birthdays Gossamer The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy A Crooked Kind of Perfect Before We Were Free Breaking ThroughA Hero for WondLa
NonfictionB. Franklin, Printer Leonardo: Beautiful DreamerTall Tales: 6 Amazing Basketball Dreams
by Charles R. Smith Jr.Kids Around the World Celebrate!: The Best Feasts and Festivals From Many Lands Voices of Ancient EgyptMy Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
by Sophie WebbBillions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution The Day-Glo BrothersTruce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim MurphyAlien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World by Jane Drake and Ann Love
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TitleTitleTitleSuggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in sixth and seventh grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your teen to read daily and record his or her reading progress on the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind by Timothy J. BradleyNorth by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad
by Katherine AyresIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’DellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’EngleRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorHatchet by Gary PaulsenBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonSummer of My German Soldier by Bette GreeneWonder by R. J. PalacioThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateRules by Cynthia Lord
NonfictionAn American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow
Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim MurphyTerezin: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth ThomsonFar From Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage
by Sophie WebbBirmingham Sunday by Larry Dane BrimnerCandy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”
by Michael O. TunnellIf Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge
by Marc AronsonNubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle
by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary NetheryShipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True
Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer ArmstrongTeam Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
by Catherine Thimmesh
by Katherine AyresIsland of the Blue Dolphins A Wrinkle in TimeRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryHatchet by Gary PaulsenHatchet by Gary PaulsenHatchetBridge to TerabithiaSummer of My German SoldierWonder by R. J. PalacioThe One and Only IvanRules by Cynthia LordRules by Cynthia LordRules
NonfictionAn American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow
Fever Epidemic of 1793Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust Far From Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage
by Sophie WebbBirmingham SundayCandy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”
by Michael O. TunnellIf Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge
by Marc AronsonNubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle
by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary NetheryShipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True
Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
by Catherine Thimmesh
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Suggested Vacation Reading
These books are recommended for students in seventh and eighth grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your teen to read daily and record his or her reading progress in the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind by Timothy J. BradleyRumble Fish by S. E. HintonCode Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph BruchacThe Giver by Lois LowryMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeLord of the Flies by William GoldingLittle Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt BellA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Chosen by Chaim PotokAnything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
NonfictionNight by Elie WieselFreedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann BausumSugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina BudhosThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen BlumenthalThe Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe by Loree Griffin Burns10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by Philip CaputoTracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin BurnsGood Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth by James Cross Giblin
These books are recommended for students in seventh and eighth grades. Most, if not all, of these books are available at your local library or bookstore. Encourage your teen to read daily and record his or her reading progress in the Vacation Reading Log on page 11.
FictionHive Mind Rumble FishCode Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War TwoThe GiverMy Side of the MountainLord of the Flies Little Blog on the PrairieA Separate Peace The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Chosen Anything But Typical
NonfictionNight by Elie WieselNight by Elie WieselNightFreedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights MovementSugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science Marina BudhosThe Diary of a Young GirlBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of ProhibitionThe Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
by Loree Griffin Burns10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by Philip CaputoTracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean MotionGood Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
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Language Arts WebsitesReading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org
Information, activities, and advice for parents
Book Adventure: http://www.bookadventure.com
Book quizzes for many different books
Read, Write, Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources
Student materials that support literacy learning in the K–12 classroom
International Children’s Digital Library: http://en.childrenslibrary.org
Online database of eBooks organized by age, reading level, language, genre, or interest
ABCya.com: http://www.abcya.comOnline letter and number games and apps for children in grades K–5
Mathematics WebsitesMath Playground: http://www.mathplayground.com
Collection of math games including numbers, word problems, logic, and manipulatives
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families: http://www.figurethis.org
Math problems to challenge families
Funbrain: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html
Fun, arcade-style games covering a variety of math concepts
SoftSchools.com: http://www.softschools.com/math
Math concepts, tips, games, and activity sheets
Education.com: http://www.education.com/activity/math
Suggestions for math games to make and play at home
Fun Educational Apps Explor-eBookTeacher Created Materials, Inc.A library of hundreds of interactive eBook titles that offer engaging reading practice across grade levels and content areas
Brain Quest® Blast OffModality, Inc.Nearly 2,000 trivia questions from categories such as language arts, math, science, and social studies
Stack the States™Freecloud Design, Inc.A dynamic that game allows students to learn all about the 50 states
Slice It!Com2uS USA, Inc.Engaging puzzles that offer practice with fractions
Websites and Apps for Parents and Kids
A library of hundreds of interactive eBook titles that offer engaging reading practice across grade levels and content areas
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