Long Creek Summer Fun
For Future First Graders!
Complete 15 or more activities and
return to your teacher with your journal
the first week of school.
Sign up for the summer
reading program with the
Charlotte Mecklenburg
Library at
www.cmlibrary.org/summe
rread and/or sign up for
the Scholastic Summer
Reading Challenge at
http://www.scholastic.com/
ups/campaigns/src-2013.
Make a book of
your own, use
any idea from:
http://www.makin
gbooks.com/free
projects.shtml
Spread a sheet out on
the floor and imagine
different things the
sheet might be (a flying
carpet, boat, etc.)
Write a story about an
imaginary adventure
on it.
Go for a walk.
Then draw and
label five things
you remember.
Write 10
questions you
would like to
ask your new
teacher
Make a list of all
the games you like
to play. Put them
in ABC order and
circle your favorite.
Tell why you like it
best!
Record all of the
words you can
make from “Long
Creek Summer
Fun”
Name the four
seasons. Draw a
summer picture
and write 3
sentences about
it.
Make a postcard.
Draw the setting
from a book on the
front and a
message to a
friend on the back.
Literacy Websites:

www.starfall.com

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/

http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpict
ures/index.shtml

http://roythezebra.com/readinggames/sentences-that-make-sense-21.html
Finish this
sentence: My
family is
important
because…
Draw a picture of
your best friend.
Label your picture
with the things you
like best about your
friend.
Read or listen to a
nonfiction book.
Write 5 complete
sentences about
facts you learned.
Make a 10
sentence list of
10 things you
would like your
teacher to know
about you.
Check out my wiki for
reading lists:
http://longcreekliteracy.cm
swiki.wikispaces.net. Look
under Summer Activities.
Play any online
activity from the
websites in the
middle. Don’t
forget to record it
in your summer
journal!
Literacy

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/sightwo
rd/index.html

Glue a picture from a
magazine, the
internet, or other
source. Write a 4
sentence story about
what could be
happening in the
picture.
Draw a new cover
for a book you read
this summer.
Include the title,
author, and a
sentence about the
book.
Play any online
activity from the
websites in the
middle. Don’t forget
to record it in your
summer journal!
Design a special
award for your
favorite book
character. Tell what
the character did to
earn this special
award.
Close your. eyes and
listen for a minute.
Draw a picture and
write at least 3
sentences about the
different things you
heard.