1. The MOST important thing you can do for your child is to make sure she/he is reading EVERY day...a novel, a magazine, a comic book, their favorite picture books...mix it up. I am including some links for you to peruse with great reading suggestions...I like how Scholasatic Books sets their lists up...lots of icons to help your child find books he/she might be interested in. IMPORTANT NOTE: although many of your kids can read all of the books on the age 10-12 list, make sure the topic is appropriate for your "soon to be fourth grader". They are capable of reading far above their actual maturity level!! If your child sees a book he/she is interested in, then you can go to Scholastic.com and look up the book. There you can get a reading level and a concise summary to let you know if the book is indeed appropriate. You can also get a lot of that same information at Amazon.com.
http://www.scholastic.com/ups/files/campaigns/src-2013/SCBookList2013_Age8_10.pdf
http://www.scholastic.com/ups/files/campaigns/src-2013/SCBookList2013_Age10-12.pdf
2. Spend time talking to your children...talk to them about things you are interested in...talk to them about the book they are reading. Talk to them about their feelings about a show, story, play you saw together.
3. Practice math facts./skills..keep them on the math websites they've been introduced to that will enable them to continue to practice their skills!
4. And last, let them play. PLEASE, let them play. They deserve a break...so make sure they have a lot of fun reading and continually learning.
Just Friday I received a HUGE list of summer reading websites from the Advanced Academics Department...so I'm including that list as well.....
2013 Summer Reading Web Sites for Elementary
and Middle School Students
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book
Awards
Mackin Book Talk (access to all the state children’s choice
award programs)
Newberry Medal and Honor Books, 1922 – Present
Caldecott Medal and Honor Books,
1938 - Present
Peggy Sharp’s Picks (Broken down by grade levels)
Screen
Actors Guild members reading children’s books aloud (accompanying activities)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The award is given annually to an African American
author and an African American illustrator
The World of Brian P. Cleary Excellent site for parts
of speech, poetry, math, word games, etc.
http://www.brianpcleary.com/
(copy link directly into your browser)
Multicultural Children’s Literature
The Reading Corner
http://www.carr.org/read/ An annotated
list of “good books to read” for readers in grades 2-8
Teachervision.com: Summer Reading Lists
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ List of book titles and story descriptions, including printable reading activities
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html
“Choice” lists of books for children
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature
Click on “All Reviewed Children’s Books” -- children’s books arranged by
title, author and grade level
Reading is Fundamental/Reading Planet for Kids
Scholastic: http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading
Children earn a free book after reading eight!
Reading Rockets: www.readingrockets.org
Public Service TV: www.pbskids.org
Stories-It: www.storyit.com
FCPS The Magic Wall
Students in 5th and 8th grade will “age up” to the
MS and HS Wall around July 1st 2013
Elementary Magic Wall: http://fcpses.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
Middle Magic Wall: http://fcpsms.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
High Magic Wall: http://fcpshs.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
Instructions for downloading to The Magic Wall: http://education.fcps.org/librarymedia/
Frederick County
Public Libraries:
