summer listening packet grades 3-5 - tales2go

Tales2go Grades3-5SummerListening 1

SummerListeningPacketGrades3-5

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

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

Tales2gocanbeusedonadesktop,laptop,Chromebook,iPad,iPhone,iPodTouchorAndroid.Onadesktoporlaptop,gotowww.tales2go.comtologin.OnanAppleorAndroid,gototheappstoreandsearchfor“Tales2go.”OnaniPad,Tales2goshowsupunder“iPhoneonlyapps.”

Hereisyourchild’sIDandpasswordforuseononepersonaldevice.Loginas“SchoolsandStudents.”***ID:***Password:Alsofillinthecountry,stateandschoolnameasyoulogin.

You’llfindtitlesandactivitiesinthenextfewpagestoencouragesummerlisteningandlearning.

Ifyouhavequestionsaboutyouraccount,pleasee-mailsupport@tales2go.com.EnjoyTales2goandhappylistening!

Tales2go Grades3-5SummerListening 2

ListenUp!

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

thenclick“Grades3-5Summer”

3. Findatitletolistentocheckitoffafteryoulisten.Trytolistentoallsuggestedtitlesthroughoutthesummer.

4. Findasuggestedactivitytocomplete,orjusthaveyourchilddrawpicturesofwhattheyarelisteningto.

Mobile:

Desktop/Laptop:

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SuggestedTitles

o AHandfulofStarsbyCynthiaLordo AnneofGreenGablesbyL.M.

Montgomeryo ASnickerofMagicbyNatalieLloydo AlcatrazSeriesbyBrandonSandersono AllieFinkle’sRulesForGirlsbyMeg

Caboto AmericanGirlSeriesbyJanetShawand

otherso BayouMagicbyJewellParkerRhodeso BenjaminFranklinbyWendyConklino BoxcarChildrenMysteriesbyGertrude

ChandlerWarnero BrownWolfByJackLondon

o CamJansenSeriesbyDavidAdlero CartwheelinginThunderstormsby

KatherineRundello ChasingFreedom:TheLifeJourneysof

HarrietTubmano ClementineSeriesbySara

Pennypackero ComeonSeabiscuit!byRalphMoodyo DiaryofaWimpyKidSeriesbyJeff

Kinneyo DukeEllingtonbyAndreaDavis

Pinkneyo EncyclopediaBrownSeriesbyDonald

Sobolo EscapingtheGiantWavebyPeg

Kehreto FindingRubyStarlingbyKarenRiverso FiftyFamousStoriesbyJamesBaldwin

o GingerPyebyElanorEsteso Grandfather’sJourneybyAllenSayo HardyBoysSeriesbyFranklinW.

Dixono HeidibyJohannaSpyrio IntheYearoftheBoarandJackie

RobinsonbyBetteBaoLordo LifeofZarfbyRobHarrello MalcolmatMidnightbyW.H.Becko MyTeacherisanAlienbyBruceCovilleo NancyDrewSeriesbyCarolynKeeneo Nim’sIslandbyWendyOrro NutstoYoubyLynneRaePerkinso OneCrazySummerbyRitaWilliams-

Garciao PeterPanbyJ.M.Barrieo TimmyFailureSeriesbyStephan

Pastiso TheBalladofLucyWhipplebyKaren

Cushmano The39CluesSeriesbyJeffHirscho TheCrossoverbyKwameAlexandero TooManyTamalesbyGarySotoo TouchBluebyCynthiaLordo UngiftedbyGordanKormano WillYouSignHere,JohnHancock?By

JeanFritz

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Activities

o Drawpictureswhilelistening-onapieceofpaper,whiteboard,oremptycomicstrip

o Createaplay/skitafterlisteningandperformitforfamilyandfriendso Makecharactersoutofplay-dohorclayo Writeastorybasedonthecharactersinthetexto Usetherecordingfeatureonyourphoneorcomputertorecordanoriginal

audiobooko Bakeorcooksomethingwhileorafterlisteningbasedonthestoryo Listentotitlesinthecaronaroadtripo Keeptrackofvocabularywordsandwhattheymean

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

Tales2go Grades3-5SummerListening 5

Title and Author

Setting

Main Characters

Solution

Problem

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