Chapter 19 (Ways to Make Sunshine) 

 🗣️ Discuss

• How do Amanda, Zoe, and Ryan make sunshine?*

• Why does Ryan want to be a Rose Festival Princess?*

 🛠️ Do!

Have your own parade just like Ryan and her friends!  Can you make a float? Wear a special outfit or uniform? 

▶️ Watch & 🛠️ Do!

Ryan decorates her room with suns on a rainy day.  We will be making a sun mural right in our main hallway at Cory!  If you want to try another sun craft, check this video to make a 3D sun! 

 🔎 Investigate & 🛠️ Do!

On page 150, Ryan says that she wants to make good food for people that need it.  Right here in Colorado, we have a non profit called Food Bank of the Rockies that helps people find food.  Check it out or even plan your own food drive! 

Chapter 20 (Practice Makes Perfect)

 🗣️ Discuss

• How has Ryan changed since the beginning of the book? How is she living up to the meaning of her name, leader?* 

• On page 155, Hannah tells Ryan and Kiki "Ms. Barnes says being nervous means you care about what you're going to do.  It's ok to be nervous, you just have to use those nerves as energy to do your best."  When was a time you felt nervous about something?  How did you use that energy? 

🔎 Investigate

Check out this graphic with 5 ways to calm down if you are feeling nervous. 

Chapter 21 (Believing)

🗣️ Discuss

• Who is the unexpected visitor and what does she have for Ryan?*

• What does Ryan mean when she says, “Maybe, the other day, Amanda, Zoe and I really did make the sun shine” (p. 161)?*

• In this chapter we find out that Ryan's mom's name is Tamia Hart.  What do you think her name means?  What does Ryan's mom do or how does she act to make you think this is what it means?  If you are curious, use the name search from chapter 1 to find out the meaning! 

 🍲 Prepare

Try making Peanut Butter and Jelly Skewers like Ryan does in this chapter with this recipe below! 

🖍️ Create

Ryan makes up a story in her mind about the person that left the tin in her new house.  Find an item in your house and write or tell a story about it! 

Chapter 22 (The Show Must Go On)

🗣️ Discuss

• Why did Ryan volunteer to be MC at the talent show? How did she help Hannah?* 

• What was a time you did something that you were afraid to do?  How did it turn out? 

▶️ Watch 📣 Listen

The phrase "The show must go on" is an idiom that many people have heard or know.  It means that no matter what happens good or bad, you have to keep going.  Check out this famous song by Queen.

Chapter 23 (Another Thing About Ice Cream)

🗣️ Discuss

• Why did the Hart’s have ice cream for dinner again?*

• How did Ryan feel about the news? Why did her feelings change?*

 🛠️ Do!

There will be a new baby in the Hart family!  Choose a name for the new baby.  Why did you choose that name?  What does it mean? 

Questions with an * borrowed from: 

HCS Reads Program. (n.d.). Ways to Make Sunshine - Chapter Questions. https://sites.google.com/hamiltoncentral.org/hcs-reads/chapter-questions?authuser=0