Summer Activities
How many of us have ever said to our parents,"I'm bored!" Well friends, here is your summer boredom solution! Below you will find many activities and suggestions to help you hone your skills and encourage your love of learning all year long!
Click the link to find great reading/writing activity suggestions for every day of the summer. Boredom beware!
Inquiry Projects
Keep a journal/notebook of inquiry questions that come to you over the summer. Then research to find your answer. You can go as far as you'd like with this- present to an audience, write a book, email your findings to me! Some sample inquiry questions over the years:
-Why does it smell good after it rains?
-Why are school busses always yellow?
-What do astronauts eat in space?
-Why do wars begin?
Recommended Reading
Here is a list of well-loved books by your teacher and classmates:
*Bud, Not Buddy
*Out of My Mind
*The Westing Game
*Maniac Magee
*Ungifted
*Because of Winn-Dixie
*Gossamer
*Land of Stories Series
*Esparanza Rising
*Three Times Lucky
*There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
*The 11 Birthday Series
*Heat
*Wonder
*Harry Potter Series
*Rules
*Jinx
*Gentle Ben
*Ever After High series
*Sound Bender
*The Mighty Miss Malone
*DWK Series
*Cliffhanger
*Narnia Series
*Dead End in Norvelt
*Sideways Stories series
*Percy Jackson series
*Al Capone Does My Shirts (and following books)
*A Dog Called GRK
*How to Steal a dog
*The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
*Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
*City of Ember
*Rascal
*The BFG
*Flush
*Princess Academy
*Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
*Holes
*Sun and Spoon
*Matilda
*Through the Looking Glass
*The Twits
*Alice and Wonderland
*The Fantastic Mr. Fox
*James and the Giant Peach
*The Witches
*Basically anything by Roald Dahl, apparently
*The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
*Tale of Despereaux
*Secrets at Sea
Arapahoe Library Summer Reading Program
Remember to visit local libraries to sign up for their summer reading programs. They're fun, motivating, and give you what you need to be successful next year!