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2. Read the grade 3 community read:
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The required book for rising third graders is Watercress by Andrea Wang.
Read or listen to someone read this book. As you read, pay attention to the story. Look through the book again and pay close attention to the pictures. Write the name of the book and the author in your journal. Select two of these questions and write a sentence to answer each question. Draw a picture to go with your answer.
This book is available at the Alexandria Public Library, Hooray for Books (20% discount if you mention you're from ACDS) and elsewhere.
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3. Just Right Books (3 or more)
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Read: At least three books at your "just right" level. Then you should enter the following information in the journal for each book:
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4. Book of Your Choice (1 or more)
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Read: One book of your choice. Please select a book that you have not read before. Select a book of interest to you. It can be any book-- fiction, nonfiction, biography, graphic novel, any book, at any level, with your parents approval.
Write (or create a multimedia) Book Review. Remember to include:
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Optional Entries (Complete as many of these as you would like)
Students are encouraged to try some of the suggested optional entries, ideas from the Summer Ideas blog, or to use the rest of the journal to pursue other projects of interest. Be sure to click on the hyperlink in each task to see the specific reflection questions to inspire your answers. The reflection questions are a guide to help format your answers-- you may address other questions that interest you instead or as well.