Summer Listening Packet Grades 6-8 · o Book of A Thousand Days by Shannon Hale o Catch a Falling...

Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 1

SummerListeningPacketGrades6-8

DearParentsandGuardians,Yourchild’sschoolhasasubscriptiontoTales2go,anaward-winningkids'mobileaudiobookservicewiththousandsoftitlestochoosefrom.

Thebenefitsoflisteningtoaudiobooksincludeenhancedvocabulary,fluencyandlisteningskills.Studiesshowthatwhenalisteningcomponentisaddedtoreadinginstruction,studentachievementincreasesmeasurably.Studentsareabletolistenatahigherlevelwithouthavingtodecodeeachwordonapage,andtheyhearmodeledfluent,expressivereading.

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You’llfindtitlesandactivitiesinthenextfewpagestoencouragesummerlisteningandlearning.

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ListenUp!

1. Logintoyourchild’sTales2goaccount(instructionsonpage1.)2. Fromthetopics/homepagefromyourdevice,click“SummerListening”

thenclick“Grades6-8”

3. Findatitletolistentocheckitoffafteryoulisten.Trytolistentoallsuggestedtitlesthroughoutthesummer.

4. Findasuggestedactivitytocomplete,orjusthaveyourchilddrawpicturesofwhattheyarelisteningto.

Mobile:

DesktoporLaptop:

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SuggestedTitles

o 11BirthdaysbyWendyMasso AMango-ShapedSpacebyWendy

Masso AMutinyinTimebyJamesDashnero AcrossFiveAprilsbyIreneHunto AdriftbyPaulGriffino AllofaKindFamilybySydney

Tayloro BabeRuth’sOwnBookofBaseballby

GeorgeHermanRutho BluishbyVirginiaHamiltono BookofAThousandDaysby

ShannonHaleo CatchaFallingStarbyKim

Culbertson

o Catherine,CalledBirdybyKarenCushman

o CopperMagicbyJuliaMaryGibsono DashbyKirbyLarsono DoorDiebyRalphComptono DukebyKirbyLarsono EchobyPamMunozRyano EmilyoftheNewMoonbyL.M.

Montgomeryo EverySoulaStarbyWendyMasso GhostShipbyDietlofReicheo GoodMorning,Mr.MandelabyZelda

laGangeo GraceUnpluggedbyMelodyCarlsono GreenglassHousebyKateMilfordo Gulliver’sTravelsbyJonathanSwifto HalfaChancebyCynthiaLordo HarrisandMebyGaryPaulseno HoldFastbyBlueBallietto IsleoftheLost:ADescendants

PrequelbyMelissaDeLaCruz

o KingArthurandtheKnightsoftheRoundTablebyBenedictFlynn

o LifeofPibyYannMartelo MyBrotherSamisDeadbyJames

LincolnColliero OnceUponaMarigoldbyJeanFerriso RulesbyCynthiaLordo TheAdventuresofTomSawyerby

MarkTwain

o TheClockworkThreebyMatthewJ.Kriby

o TheGlassCastlebyJerryB.Jenkinso TheInvisibleManbyH.G.Wellso TheLightningQueenbyLauraResauo TheMerchantofVeniceby

Shakespeareo TheNightGardenerbyJonathan

Auxiero TheRedBadgeofCourageby

StephenCraneo TheReturnoftheKing(Lordofthe

RingsNPRBroadcast)byJ.R.R.Tolkien

o TheRoarbyEmmaClaytono TheSameStuffasStarsbyKatherine

Pattersono TheStoryofMyLifebyHelenKellero TheWestingGamebyEllenRaskino YouAreThere!JoanofArcatStake:

1431bytheColumbiaBroadcastingSystem

o YouAreThere!TheBattleofHasting:1066bytheColumbiaBroadcastingSystem

o ZaneandtheHurricanebyRodmanPhilbrick

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Activities

o Drawpictureswhilelistening-onapieceofpaper,whiteboard,oremptycomicstrip

o Createaplay/skitafterlisteningandperformitforfamilyandfriendso Makecharactersoutofclayo Writeastorybasedonthecharactersinthetexto Usetherecordingfeatureonyourphoneorcomputertorecordanoriginal

audiobooko Bakeorcooksomethingwhileorafterlisteningbasedonthestoryo Listentotitlesinthecaronaroadtripo Keeptrackofvocabularywordsandwhattheymean

2graphicorganizersareattachedtothispacket.Findallgraphicorganizershere:https://www.tales2go.com/category/lesson-plans/graphic-organizers/Exampleofacomicstripforvisualizing:

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Title and Author

Setting

Main Characters

Solution

Problem

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