Upload
doankhanh
View
218
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
WSRAFamiliesandLiteracyCommitteePresents…
TheCalendarofIdeasforJuly2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
EmilyArnoldMcCully’sBirthday!ReadClara:theMostlyTrueStory…byEmilyArnoldMcCully.Whatdoyouknowaboutrhinoceroses?
2 3 4 5 6 7 8Readaninformationalbookaboutfireworks.Didyoulearnsomethingyoudidn’tknow?
Findoutotherplacesintheworldthatshootofffireworks.Doeseveryonedoitforthesamereasons?
Happy4thofJuly!Writeaplanforwhatyouaregoingtodotodaytocelebratethe4thofJuly.Intheevening,reviewyourplantoseehowmanyofthethingsyoudid.
Youandafriendmakealistofalltheauthorsyoucanthinkof.Howmanyarethesame?
Withyourfriend,eachreadoutloudabookbyoneoftheauthorsonyourlistfromyesterday.
FamilyReadingDay:StartreadingStuartLittlebyE.B.Whitewithyourfamily.
Raffi’sBirthday!CheckoutTheRaffiSingableSongbookfromthelibrary.Whichareyourfavoritesongs?
9 10 11 12 13 14 15ContinuereadingStuartLittlewithyourfamily.ImagineyouareonsomeofStuart’sadventureswithhim.
E.B.White’sBirthdaytomorrow!ReadSomeWriter!:TheStoryofE.B.WhitebyMelissaSweet.DoyoufeelthatyouknowalittlemoreaboutthepersonE.B.White?
PatriciaPolacco’sBirthday!ReadWhenLightningComesinaJarbyPatriciaPolacco.Whataresomeofyourhappysummertimefamilymemories?
Planasummermealtogetherwithyourfamily.Howisitdifferentfromamealyoumighthaveinthewinter?
AshleyBryan’sBirthday!ReadAshleyBryan’sPuppetsbyAshleyBryan.Makepuppetsoutofthingsyoufind.Writeapoemforeachone.
FamilyReadingDay/LauraJoffeNumeroff’sBirthday!ReadWhatBrothersDoBest/WhatSistersDoBestwithyourfamily.Makealistofthingsyourbrothersandsistersdobest!
Withafriend,makealistoffunthingsyouliketodoonweekends.Areanyofyourthingsthesame?
16 17 18 19 20 21 22Attheendoftheday,checkoffthethingsyoudidthatareonyourweekendlist.
Taketurnsreadingpoemsoutloudwithsomefriendsoryourfamily.
GotothelibraryandfindsomebooksthathavewontheNewberyAwardforoutstandingchildren’sbooks.
JohnNewbery’sbirthday!ReadsomeoftheNewberyAwardwinningbooksyougotatthelibraryyesterday.
Readtheweatherforecastforthenext5days.WriteoutascriptandgivetheweatherreportasifyouwereonTV.
FamilyReadingDay:Withyourfamily,readanotherNewberyAwardwinningbook.Whatdoyouthinkmakesthemsogood?
Writedownthreethingsyourememberaboutarecentholidayorbirthdayinyourfamily.Askotherpeoplewhoweretherewhattheyrememberaboutit.
23Readastoryoutloudwithafriend.Retellthestory,changingsomedetails.Canyourfriendtellwhatyouchanged?Switch.30Writedifferentwordstoasongyouknow.
24Readunderthecoverswithaflashlightbeforeyougotobed.31WritethreefunthingsyoudidinJuly.WritethreefunthingsyouhopetodoinAugust.
25Readanarticleinthenewspaperoramagazine.Whatarethreethingsyoulearnedfromthearticle?
26JanBerenstain’sBirthday!ReadoneoftheBerenstainBearbookswithyourfamily.HowaretheBerenstainBearslikeyourfamily?Howaretheydifferent?
27Makealistofallthefruitsandvegetablesyoucanthinkof.Takethelisttothegrocerystoreandseehowmanyofthemyoucanfind.
28FamilyReadingDay:Readabookoutloudwithyourfamily,eachpersontakingadifferentcharacterinthestory.Actoutthestory.
29Fillanemptydishsoapbottlewithwateranduseittowriteonthesidewalk.Whatcanyoudotomakeitlastlongerbeforeitdriesup?
Enjoytimelearning,writing,andreadingtogetherasafamily!