Category Archives: Summertime

Summertime is the perfect “free choice” uninterrupted reading exploration! Locate a book, spend some time outside… on the porch… under a tree… in a tree house… enjoy a quiet adventure beyond your back yard! With summertime coming to an end… try a few of these online learning adventures!

Putting Your Thoughts on Paper: Discuss everyone’s favorite summer memory. Gathering materials: family learning journals, pencils, colored pencils, crayons Remind them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the top of the page with today’s learning topic/skill. Reading and Writing Connection: “Today you willContinue reading “Inking Thoughts: A Summer Time Verse”

Making the family connection: Discuss: “What was your favorite book that you have read this summer?” Materials: family learning journals/paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the top of the page with today’s learning topic/skill. Today’s literaryContinue reading “Reading Investigations: Summer Memories… Favorite Book!”

Making the family connection: Discuss: “Silly Summer Haiku topics” Materials: family learning journals/paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons Remind them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the top of the page with today’s learning topic/skill. Today’s literary connection: 3 Silly Summer Haikus. GuidedContinue reading “Inking Thoughts: Silly Summer Haikus”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless!

Summertime is the perfect “free choice” uninterrupted reading exploration! Locate a book, spend some time outside… on the porch… under a tree… in a tree house… enjoy a quiet adventure beyond your back yard! Ask everyone to help gather any Fort Vancouver Library books to return during today’s book exploration. Next, using the slide above, make a list of the drawingContinue reading “MrsK’s Book Hooks: Sketching Summer Creations”

Today’s reading investigation: Riddles are meant for giggles… especially around a campfire? Family Sharing: Invite everyone to share which riddle they like the best. Materials: family learning journals/paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons Remind them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the topContinue reading “Reading Investigations: Summer Beach Riddles and Giggles”

Today’s kitchen math discussion: “What do you notice?” Next Inquiry: “What don’t you know?” Investigation: Materials: paper/pencils/colored pencils/crayons or family learning journals (back of journal). Remind them to turn to the next available page and date it. Ask them to write the name for today’s kitchen math. Inquire: “How would you decide which snack to make for this week’s ocean theme?”; “What would be theContinue reading “Kitchen Math: Summer Ocean Snacks”

Putting Your Thoughts on Paper: “Just for today… create 5 doodles for a silly summertime Haiku.” Gathering materials: family learning journals, pencils, colored pencils, crayons Remind them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the top of the page with today’s learning topic/skill. DraftingContinue reading “Summer Time Doodling: Summer Time Haiku”