Documentation Sheets
Ken Stamatis-So Many Books Book Lists
Recommended Books For Young Adults

Directions:  Complete one row/column or diagonal before you return to school in fall.  This is a required activity
and will be the first grade of the year for Reading or Spanish
.  A link on the Canton web site for "summer reading"
will allow you easy access to this bingo grid and its' hot links.  Email
Mrs. McEvilly or Mrs. Smith with questions.  
(*Some sites have additional incentives and prizes)
Winners Take All
Play a game on
Logic Games


Documentation: Parent
signature and game name.
Meet You at the Cooler
Choose and read a Bluford
High, Clique, vampire or
Kimani Tru series book

Documentation:  Make a
comic strip of your favorite
scene.
On A Mission
Check out these links to find
titles of books you may like to
read.


Documentation:  Name of book
site used and print list of book
titles.
Where in the World
Look at an Atlas and find
places that your family has
visited.  


Documentation:  Name the
farthest place your family
has traveled and calculate
the distance. How many
miles_________from your
house?
"Get a Clue"
Visit Poplar Creek Library and
enroll in their summer reading
program.

Win prizes for every 3 books
you read.

Documentation:  Log Sheet
Book Buffet
Select a minimum of three
books to survey.  Look at
the front cover, the back
cover, read a few pages.

Documentation:  Complete
Book Buffet chart
Picture Perfect
Have a picture taken of
you reading in an unusual
place.

Documentation: Turn in
picture
Books Galore
Visit a book store and buy a
book.

Documentation: Attach receipt
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Shelfari Safari
Create a virtual book shelf or
update existing.

Documentation:
user name
Award Winners  
Read a
Newbery or
Rebecca Caudill award
book.

Documentation:  Make a movie
poster for this book.
title_________________
author_______________
Switch It
Switch a book with a friend
and read it. When you
switch back, share your
favorite part of the book with
your friend.

Documentation: Friend's
name, title of the book and
favorite part.
Feed your brain,
Feed the world
Work on those brain
cells with vocabulary
words at
Free Rice

Documentation:  Print your
scores
Spies, Mysteries and More
Read an Linda C. Gerber, Ally
Carter, Patrick Carman, or
Anthony Horowitz
book.
Tell what you liked best about
the book on our Canton Wiki

Documentation: Printed copy
of your
Wiki response
Alliteration Amplified
See how fast you can read
a tongue twister without making
any mistakes.  Try a longer one
if you dare....

Documentation:  Select your
favorite tongue twister and
record the title and time.
Double Dutch
Read aloud to someone
younger than you.  

Documentation:  Who did
you read to?  Book Title:  
How did he/she respond
to your read-aloud?
Pickin' Power
Pick a book within your lexile
(any genre)  Read the book
and make connections.


Documentation:  Make a text
to self, text to text and text to
world connection
Audio Audacity
Choose an audio book from
the library to read.

Documentation: Title and
author of book.  Write about
your favorite character.  What
did you learn about him/her?
Are you Afraid of the
Dark?
Turn out the lights and read
a scary story (Mary Hahning
Down) with a flashlight.

Documentation: Parent
signature and book title
Good Samaritan
Visit a local library and
volunteer.

Documentation:  Librarian
signature
Scavenger Hunt
Hunt big game on the district
Library Site


Documentation:  Completed
scavenger hunt sheet
Want to Play?
Play a word game with family
or friends. Examples:
Scrabble, Apples to Apples,
Boggle, Balderdash
Pictionary, Catch Phrase
Wordigo, Taboo

Documentation:  Who did
you play with?  Did you win?
What game did you play?
Snack and Chat
Go out to lunch with a friend
and discuss the last book you
read.

Documentation: Friend's
name, where you ate and
topics discussed.
*Book Adventure
Read a book of your choice
and take a quiz

Documentation:  Print and
attach quiz
Multicultural Potpourri
Read a Pura Belpre or Coretta
Scott King award book

Documentation:  Title, author
Create an eight frame
storyboard of your book.  
Include all major parts of the
story.
Where's your I.D.?
Sign up for a library card.

Documentation:  Write your
library card number
here:_______________
Hot Reads for Cool Treats
  Canton Summer Reading
                    Reading Teachers
              Mrs. McEvilly, Mrs. Smith
                  Canton Middle School
                   Streamwood, Illinois
Mrs. Smith's Reads