WSRAFamiliesandLiteracyCommitteePresents…
The Calendar of Ideas for July 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
EmilyArnoldMcCully’sBirthday!ReadQueenoftheDiamondbyEmilyArnoldMcCully.Whywasn’tEmilysupposedtoplaybaseball?
ReadFireworksbyVickiCobb
Readabookthattellshowfireworkswereinvented.
Happy4thofJuly!Makeyourownflaganddisplayit.Besuretogettherightnumberofredandwhitestripes!
FamilyReadingDay:Doabooktalkforyourfamilyaboutabookyoulove.Eachfamilymembercantakeaturn.
Writeasentenceonthesidewalkwithasquirtbottle.Canyouwritethewholethingbeforeitstartstoevaporate?
7 8 9 10 11 12 13Writedownthreecoolthingsthathappenedinthepastweek.Whatexcitingthingsdoyouexpectthecomingweektobring?
Raffi’sBirthday!CheckoutabookfromthelibraryfromtheseriesRaffiSongstoRead.
StartreadingStuartLittlebyE.B.White.
E.B.White’sBirthday!ContinuereadingStuartLittle.
PatriciaPolacco’sBirthday!ReadtwodifferentbooksbyPatriciaPolacco.Aretherewaystheyarealike?
FamilyReadingDay/Readtoyourfamilybutdon’tshowthepictures.Haveeachpersondrawonethingfromthebook.
AshleyBryan’sBirthdayReadIAmLoved,poemsbyNikkiGiovanni,illustratedbyAshleyBryan.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20LauraJoffeNumeroff’sBirthday!ReadDiggerbyLauraJoffeNumeroff.
Beforereadingafactualbook,thinkofthethingsyoualreadyknowaboutthetopic,andsomethingyouwouldliketolearnaboutit.Didthebookhavetheinformationyouwanted?
Makealistoffoodyoueatineachseasonoftheyear.Whatthingsareonmorethanonelist?
Findarecipeforoneofthefoodsonyoursummerlist.Helpmakeitforyourfamily.
GotothelibraryandfindsomebooksthathavewontheNewberyAwardforoutstandingchildren’sbooks.
FamilyReadingDay/JohnNewberry’sBirthday!JohnNewbery’sbirthday!ReadsomeoftheNewberyAwardwinningbooksyougotatthelibraryyesterday.
Havesomebodyreadyouastoryyou’veneverheard.Thenretellthestorytotheperson.Didyouremembermostofwhathappened?
21 22 23 24 25 26 27Youandafriendeachwritethebeginningofastory.Switchandfinisheachother’sstory.Readthembothoutloud.
HappyMonday!Writealistofallthethingsyouwouldliketodowithyourfamilythisweek.
Lookoveryourlistofthingstodofromyesterday.Arethereanychangesyouwanttomaketothelist?Writeaplanforoneofthethingsyou’regoingtodo.
Makeupabedtimestoryforyoursiblings.Don’tmakeittooexciting—youwantthemtofallasleep!
JanBerenstain’sBirthday!ReadaBerenstainBearsbook.Mostoftheirbookshaveamessage.Whatwasthemessageofthebookyouread?
FamilyReadingDay:Taketurnsreadingthewordstosongsoutloudwithoutsingingthem.Somesongssoundsillythatway!
Lookoveryourlistofthingsyourfamilywasgoingtodothisweek.Didyoudomostofthem?
28 29 30 31 Youandafriendtaketurnsnamingthingsyoulovetodointhesummer.Howmanydidyouthinkof?
Measuretheshadowofatree,orlightpostorsignposteverydayatthesametimeforseveraldays.Whatdoyounotice?
Getagamethatyouliketoplayandmakeupsomenewrules.Tryitoutwithafriend.Didyoulikeplayingthegamethenewway?
WritethreefunthingsyoudidinJuly.WritethreefunthingsyouhopetodoinAugust.
