HOW TO KEEP YOUR GEARS TURNING DURING THE SUMMER!

DID YOU KNOW? Students who don’t engage in educational activities over the summer lose between one and three months of learning every year on an average.

DID YOU KNOW? In reading, the loss is cumulative; by the end of sixth grade, students who lose their reading skills over the summer will be as much as two full years behind their classmates.

MILWEE’S SUMMER READING Students will choose one book from the Sunshine State Young Readers’ List and read it over the summer. Standards students will choose one of the two story map options and complete it over the summer. Advanced/Pre-IB/Gifted will complete the “A Booksellers Day”.

GradeBook TitleAuthorLexile 6Jack Strong Takes a StandGreenwald, Tom640L 6Project JackalopeEcton, Emily650L 6The Night GardenerAuxier, Jonathan690L 6The Secret of RoverWildavsky, Rachel690L 6TwerpGoldblatt, Mark730L MILWEE’S SUMMER READING CHOOSE ONE:

GradeBook TitleAuthorLexile 7The Eighth DaySalerni, Dianne730L 7Eye of the StormMessner, Kate740L 7Seeing RedErskne, Kathryn750L 7Counting by 7’sSloan, Holly770L 7Skink: No SurrenderHiaasen, Carl770L MILWEE’S SUMMER READING CHOOSE ONE:

GradeBook TitleAuthorLexile 8StungWiggins, Bethany760L 8Jungle of BonesMikaelsen, Ben770L 8The TestingCharbonneau, Joelle830L 8This Journal Belongs to Ratchet Cavanaugh, Nancy J.830L 8Tesla’s AtticShusterman, Neal870L

TEACHER EXPECTATIONS Assignments due the first week of school Cooperative Learning groups Team Building Class Building

ADDITIONAL READING IDEAS Match your child’s interests with non-fiction books. Talk to your child about the reading. Let your child choose their reading material. Link books to summer activities. Take books wherever you go. Read aloud to your child. Pair books with movies. Use the library.

Writing Skills? Create a blog/ journal Math Arcade, Coolmath4kids Grammar? Try Mad Libs Family Game Nights A-Word-of-the-Day Free typing games Travel ideas ADDITIONAL LEARNING IDEAS

BE “LITERACY FIT” Strength Endurance Flexibility

MILWEEBOOKCLUB.WEEBLY.COM As our Milwee students wait in anticipation for that final bell to ring, I think’s it’s very important to ask: what will they be up to this summer? And is the time away from learning worth the price that many of them will pay tomorrow.

21 ST CENTURY TUTORIAL Summer Enrollment: June 1 – July 31 (Closed June 29 – July 3) Monday – Thursday, closed Friday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Students must attend the full day) Project-based Learning Personal Enrichment Field trips

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS See Mrs. Geary after Bingo