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3           Make up an exciting Summer Reading Slogan and use it to create a colorful banner to hang in your room.

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Draw a picture of your bedroom.  Label five of your favorite things.  Write about one of them.         

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 Make a list of all the popsicle flavors you can.  Put them in ABC order and then circle your favorite.  

6          VISIT THE LIBRARY!  Choose a book to read.  Tell what made you pick this book.

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Make a puppet of a character from a book you have read.  Use a paper bag, socks or a popsicle stick to create the puppet.

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10        Think of your favorite place to eat.  Draw your favorite meal.  Write 3 reasons why people should eat there.

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Plan an August picnic to celebrate reading.  Make a list telling who you would invite and what you would do.       

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 VISIT THE LIBRARY!  Find a book about plants.  Make a list of seven new words that you learned about plants. 

13        Take a walk with an adult.  Count the number of different plants you see.  Select your favorite plant to sketch and label.

14        Read for 15 minutes in a shady spot.  Write about your   favorite character and tell why?

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17          Go outside, close your eyes, and listen to all the mysterious sounds.  Then write a story about what you heard.  Try to make the sounds you heard and create a musical sequence with the sounds.

18        Read a book about an animal.  Try to find out where the animal lives.  Use a shoebox to create the animal’s habitat.

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Find a picture in the newspaper or in a magazine.  Write a story telling about what is happening.

20        VISIT THE LIBRARY!  Read a book by your favorite author.  What did you read?  Who was the author?  Find some information about the author and write it in your journal.

21         Create a new cookie.  Name it and design a box that will make people want to try it.

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Design a special award for your favorite book character.  Write what your character did to earn this special award.

25        Think of your favorite jokes.  Write 3 or 4 of them to share.  Try them out on your friends and family.

26         The weather on summer days can be hot!  List all the things you can think of that are hot.

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 VISIT THE LIBRARY!  Find a book with an unusual setting.  Make a postcard.  Draw the setting on the front and write a message to a friend on the back.

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Make a list of all of the books you read this summer.  Give it to your teacher on the first day of school. 

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31        Write a letter to your teacher.  Tell her some things you would like her to know about you before school starts.