Join the David Summer Reader’s Hall of Fame
2007
June, July, Aug. 1-25
Due Sept. 7th
You
can become a member of the David Elementary Reader’s Hall of Fame this summer and
receive a gold medallion at our fall assembly. Your name will also be engraved
on a school plaque. Also think about the Public Library reading programs and
Barnes and Nobles’ reading program.
To receive a medal, have your name on our school plaque, and a behind the scenes interview with Ilustrator Vuthy Kuon. http://www.woodtee.com/
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Read 3 or more hours
each week beginning June 1- August 25, 2007.
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Keep track of each days reading minutes on the attached calendar.
Younger children can be read to each day.
Older children can read to younger children, also.
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Parents, please remember to sign each month’s calendar.
We realize vacations occur in the summer. Time can be made up during another week.
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Complete 3 of the
following activities on the books you enjoyed the most.
Select different activities,
not 3 of the same activity. Be creative!
Write
a book summary (on the form, type, cut
out a shape and write on that)
Write
a letter to the author with an idea for a new book
Create
an advertisement for one of your favorite books read this summer
Make
a crossword puzzle or word find using vocabulary from a book
Write
a paragraph telling who is your favorite author or illustrator and why
New Ideas This Year
Make
a time line of important events
Create
an alphabetical page of characters or new words/ problems in the book Paper
plate animals or characters with a short explanation on its importance in the
book
ABC
pages
Go
an author’s website and see if they have an activity page
Mom
and Dad can help the younger students. These activities can be hand written or
typed on a computer, or done on the attached forms. Examples of the new ideas
are on the back. If you wish to also illustrate a summary, that is wonderful.
Our bulletin board theme for the beginning of the year is “Swimming with
Good Books.”
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Visit any Public
Library 2 times and mark it on your calendar. The summer is a good time to
possibly visit our 2 public libraries in the Woodlands. Story time at the libraries or Barnes and
Noble are a lot of fun and fulfill this requirement. Visits to Historical
Museums/Libraries also are fun as well as a bookstore.
*** Return your calendar and book summaries no later
than Sept. 7th to the David Library.
If you want any suggestions
of books look at this web site and the David Elementary website.
Our AR lists can be
found on our website.
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http://www.txla.org
Texas Library Association Reading Lists—This site lists book award links and gives appropriate age guidelines for each list
Award Age
2 X 2 age 2-second grade
Texas Bluebonnet Award third grade-sixth grade
Lone Star sixth grade-eighth grade
ABC Order
Alphabetical
Page
Summary,
letter, suggestion, etc. glued on the back of a paper plate animal or
pop-up card Japanese
hanging koi (goldfish) glue circles of new words with your definition, or
plot, setting, characters, etc. For grades K-2 Front
Page Back Page Use each letter to tell a fact,
character, setting, problem, solution, etc.
