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Date Posted: 09:33:15 06/13/02 Thu
Author: Trish
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Subject: Summer Reading and other activities

Barbara asked me to post some of my favorite summer reading lists and other websites for summer academic fun since many of you have been asking for these activities. These are some of my favorites as a mom and librarian. I would suggest copying and pasting the web addresses for easier navigation.

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/rbo_summer.htm

This is the Core Knowledge website's summer list for elementary-aged students. As many of you know, MOT's Paragon curriculum is based on the Core Knowledge sequence. Having your children read some of these suggested titles (abridged forms are recommended if the children are reading them by themselves)will really prepare them for the next year. Parents may also want to read the appropriate "What your __ grader needs to know" book by E.D. Hirsch with their child/children--my kids have LOVED reading the stories in these books with me!!)

http://www.sharon.k12.ma.us:16080/school/heights/LIBRARY%20Web%20Page/summerlst.htm
This is a WONDERFUL site which lists a wide variety of books for grade levels 1-6; be forewarned that this is a website from a Massachusetts school district, so there is a section in each grade level of books for Massachusetts which folks can simply ignore or read to bone up on their knowledge of this state!!

www.bookadventure.org
This is a reading motivation/quiz site that also has a nice book selection tool. Students read books, quiz on them and earn prizes for some pretty cool prizes.

There are so many others, I could go on and on!!

Incidentally, I love
www.aplusmath.com (for math games and worksheets)

and

http://www.thewritesource.com/topics.htm
for writing prompts to keep those creative juices flowing over the summer!!

That's all for now. I hope this helps--if it doesn't the public library closest to your home will be able to help!

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