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2. Check out the Dear America Books section of Scholastic.com.
Select The Fences Between Us image to read an excerpt.
Do you want to read the rest of the book? Why or why not?

3. Visit Consumer Reports for Kids
and pick a report of your choice under ANY topic. Tell us what
you find out by writing a brief summary of the report’s findings.
Will this affect your future purchases?

4. It’s up to you! Choose any article to read (that we haven’t
discussed in class before) from the National Geographic World
Kids Archive. Write a summary to share with the class.

5. Visit Scholastic.com’s Article Archives!
Choose any category you wish and then a related article.
Teach the class something new! Write a paragraph to record
your findings!

6. Pick one article of your choice from...
and write a summary of it to share in class.

7. Visit www.whyfiles.org and select an article to read.
Write a summary to share with the class trying to teach
us something new. (Now that’s going to be hard!)

8. Visit:
Read an online article of your choice.
Write an article review. Be sure to include what it was all about.
Was this a good article for kids your age?
Would it help you with any subject in school?

9. Visit Nutrition Explorations and read the Featured Recipe.
Does this recipe look easy for a kid to make? How does the
organization of this recipe make it easy to follow? Are you
going to try it out?

10. Visit the Time for Kids News Section.
Read an article of your choice. Try to teach the class
something we don’t already know. (Now that’s going to be
tough!) Write a paragraph summarizing your findings.

11. Check out...
Read a News Scoop article of your choice. Write a paragraph
explaining why you would or would not recommend this article
to a friend.

12. Hop, jump or skip on over to...
Read an article of your choice and enlighten the rest of us!
Write a paragraph summarizing the highlights of your article.

13. Read a Poem from Shel Silverstein
Be prepared to read this aloud for the class. Do you like
his poetry? Write a paragraph explaining why or why not.

14. Read the first chapter from
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
What happens? Write a summary of
the first chapter. You can read the rest
of the book online, a chapter at a time!

15. Visit...
Read any story of your choice from this website! Write a
summary of your selection to share with the class. Would you
recommend this book to your friends? Defend your answer.

16. Read one of Aesop’s Fables.
Can you explain the lesson to
be learned? Who would benefit
from reading this fable?

17. Read the first chapter from Black Beauty.
Write a summary of what you read. Do you wish
to continue reading? Why or why not?

18. Read a chapter from Lewis Carroll’s
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Write a summary of how the story begins. You can read the rest
online a chapter at a time. Aren’t you dying to find out what
happens next?

19. Go on an adventure with Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Keep a log of your travels to share with the class! Give us a quiz
at the end to see if we remember everywhere you went!

20. Visit the Nature’s Web section of the
National Wildlife Federation site.
Choose two animals and learn how they are connected.
Write a summary of your findings for the class. Is it true that
everyone on Earth is separated by everyone else by no more than
six degrees of separation?

21. Visit the National Wildlife Federation’s “Keep the Wild Alive” section.
Read the Species Spotlight for the month and take the quiz, too.
Write a summary of your findings and convince us to “Keep
The Wild Alive!”

22. Visit this amazing site and click on your favorite
subject. Then find a FEATURE ARTICLE you are
interested in. Read it, write a summary of your
findings and be ready to give a magical report to
the class. Good luck on your journey!

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