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JUNE
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1
Family Read Day

Read with your family for at least 15 minutes.

2
June is dairy month. Read a book about life on the farm.

3
June is adopt a cat month. Make a list of things you would need to care for a cat.

4
Read some Aesop’s fables in honor of his birthday today.

5
Make a list of the books you would like to read this summer.

6
Play a board game with your family. Read the directions first.

7
Go to the library and sign up for the summer reading program.

8
Family Read Day

Read one of your new books from the library.

9
Find a picture of a flag. What does it make you think about?

10
Design a family flag. Why did you choose the design that you did?

11
Read Pigs in honor of Robert Munsch’s birthday.

12
Make a card for your father or grandfather.

13
Read a favorite fairy tale. Act it out with a friend.

14
Flag Day

Research the flag. What do the stars and stripes represent?

15
Father’s Day

Share the special card that you made.

16
List all the things you love about your dad or grandpa.

17
Write a sentence and have a friend read it backwards.  Practice until it's done without any mistakes.  Then switch.

18
Cut words out of a magazine and make a clever poem.

19
Bald Eagle Day

Go to the library and find 2 facts on the bald eagle.

20
Write about what you will do this summer.

21
First day of summer!

Take a walk outside. List 5 signs that summer is here.

 

22
Family Read Day

Read a book about summer.

23
Think of an animal name for each letter of the alphabet.

24
Make an animal alphabet book with your letters from yesterday.

25
Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar in honor of Eric Carle’s birthday.

26
Find your name in the phone book. How many other people have the same last name?

27
Look in the newspaper for the movie section. Pick a movie you would like to see. What time does it start?

28
Read the directions for how to do something in a very dramatic way, using different voices.  Try to do it without laughing.

20
Family Read Day

Have a read aloud picnic. Read as you munch.

30
Make up a new ending to a book you've read.

WSRA Families and Literacy Committee

2008

 

This page last updated May 04 2008

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