Summer Reading

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Archived Activities

Summer Reading Resources

Everything you need to know about summer reading in one place!

Cary Library Summer Reading Website - Boston Public Library Summer Reading Website

Summer Reading Bingo

What will the elementary librarians be reading this summer?

Watch our videos and find out!

Check Out the Archived Activities from Remote Learning

Fiction and Nonfiction Pairings - Enjoy these read alouds and activities!

Click here for read alouds from

Lexington Elementary School Librarians

Enjoy these fun activities.

Some require a printer.

Week of May 25th

Celebrate Memorial Day with read alouds and activities this holiday.

Week of May 18th

Library Word Search. (Easy)

Library Word Search. (Harder)

Week of May 11th

Click here for read alouds from Lexington Elementary School Librarians

Enjoy these fun activities.

Some require a printer.

Week of May 4th

Click here for read alouds from Lexington School Librarians Cary LibrariansFormer Librarians: Mrs. Kishpaugh & Mrs. Szaro

This week the librarians would like to celebrate Children's Book week by bringing you OUR very own personal favorites that mean something special to us. Please join us in rediscovering favorites!

Enjoy these fun extension activities.

Some require a printer but others don't.

Week of April 27th

K / 1 Poetry Board

2 /3 Poetry Board

4/5 Poetry Board

Week of April 20th

K / 1 Activity - Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

How many different things can you find that match the colors of the rainbow. You can look inside or outside. Use tally marks in groups of 5 to keep track!


2 / 3 Activity

Sort these Earth Day statements into fact or opinion. Learn more about facts and opinions here:

Pebble Go - Fact / Opinion

4 / 5 Activity

Design Your Own Book Cover


Design and draw the cover of a book about Nature. Focus on a topic about nature or the Earth that is important to you. Make sure you include the following elements in your drawing:
1. The title of the book2. The author’s name3. illustrator's name.
If possible, have an adult help you send us a photo of your work to the following email. elem-libraries@lexingtonma.org

Week of April 13th

This week we’re going to play Library Bingo. Open the Bingo board for your grade level and see how you do. If you get Bingo in one row, try another - you can keep it going throughout our remote learning experience. There are options that do not require using additional technology, as well as options that ask you to explore some of our online resources.

For login information, please refer to the Database Password document you received

or email elem-libraries@lexintonma.org to get a new copy.

Week of April 6th

K / 1 Activity - Rhyme Time!

Rhyming words have the same ending sound, like “cat” and “hat”. Rhyming words are the building blocks of some kinds of poetry (think of Dr. Seuss!) How many rhyming words can you find for these words? House Pig Yellow Cake

4 / 5 Activity

Click here for the directions to write your own Found Poems.


Week of March 30th

K / 1 Activity

Read to a stuffed animal! Grab a book and some stuffed friends, and read to them! Can you read a whole book to your animal friends? Can you read to them for 10 minutes? Enjoy!


Call number order game.

Put all 8 call numbers in their correct alphabetical order to reveal the photo. Put the numbers 1 through 8 in their correct squares. Then start over! Let us know what you see!

2 / 3 Activity

Look around your house and out the window - see if you can find one item for each letter of the alphabet, A-Z. To get you started we'll give you Z: zipper.

4 / 5 Activity

Think about a book or story you have read recently and write a book review to share with someone. Think about including a brief summary, a favorite part or a connection, and a recommendation for who might like the book.