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Tales2go Grades 3-5 Summer Listening 1 Summer Listening Packet Grades 3-5 Dear Parents and Guardians, Your child’s school has a subscription to Tales2go, an award-winning kids' mobile audio book service with thousands of titles to choose from. The benefits of listening to audio books include enhanced vocabulary, fluency and listening skills. Studies show that when a listening component is added to reading instruction, student achievement increases measurably. Students are able to listen at a higher level without having to decode each word on a page, and they hear modeled fluent, expressive reading. Tales2go can be used on a desktop, laptop, Chromebook, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or Android. On a desktop or laptop, go to www.tales2go.com to login. On an Apple or Android, go to the app store and search for “Tales2go.” On an iPad, Tales2go shows up under “iPhone only apps.” Here is your child’s ID and password for use on one personal device. Login as “Schools and Students.” ***ID: ***Password: Also fill in the country, state and school name as you log in. You’ll find titles and activities in the next few pages to encourage summer listening and learning. If you have questions about your account, please e-mail [email protected]. Enjoy Tales2go and happy listening!

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Page 1: 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,[email protected]!

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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:

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Title and Author

Setting

Main Characters

Solution

Problem

End Middle Beginning

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