Summer...

Hi there! Well summer break is officially upon us! I know I plan to travel, enjoy a good book on the couch when it's rainy out, go to the beach, and go to White Sox games! I thought I'd pull together a list of some things you may want to tackle over the summer.

• Read, read, read. Join the Oak Park Public Library summer reading program! Try reading a genre you normally wouldn't. If you like realistic fiction, try a fantasy book. If you like dinosaur books, try a book of poetry. Read a magazine or newspaper! Look for the weather section in the newspaper! :)
• Keep a journal about what you read. What did you like about the book? What didn't you like? What would you change? What questions do you have about the book? If you could meet the author, what would you ask? What were some interesting new words you read? What do they mean? What book that we read in class does the book remind you of?
• Play board games. On rainy summer days, these are great activities to keep getting wrinkles in your brain. 
• Get a deck of cards and invent a new game and teach it to your friends.
• Write a story and illustrate it. 
• Research a topic that interests you, create a 4-square with illustrations and sentences to show what you learned during your research.
• Keep a daily journal about your summer break. Remember good 2nd grade writers use capital letters, end marks, best guess spelling, and detailed sentences!
• Build a sand castle.
• Write a summer acrostic poem. Here's mine so far...
• Sensational sunny days at the beach
• Using my time off from school to travel to London
• My favorite summertime food is a hot dog!
• Do addition flash cards.
• Ask your family and friends a question, and create a graph of the results.
• What is your favorite summertime food?
• What do you like to do at the beach?
• White Sox or Cubs?
• Continue your number scroll.
• Email Miss Cairns! :)