September NF families. friends. NF summer. poem school. Mo Willems. restaurant menu. NF something that flies. respect. with no words, use your own words to tell the. Laura Numeroff. first grade. NF apples. n ABC. NF fish. that makes you laugh. Read the TV Guide.
October a ghost. Eric Carle. NF pumpkins. NF bats. Read a mystery. NF nocturnal animals. trick or treat. Write the grocery list, then read it. patience. spooky. NF your skeleton. poem Halloween. Kevin Henkes. NF Christopher Columbus. Read the words to your favorite song. being scared.
November your parents read when they were little. NF pilgrims a farm. Read the recipes in a cook. (Bonus if you actually cook something!) NF Native Americans. Bob Shea. of maps (atlas). someone who is kind. a funny family. NF fall. Doreen Cronin. NF crops. while sitting outside. Thanksgiving. NF forest animals. kids that play football.
December Oliver Jeffers. Write a letter to a family member. NF reindeer. a family celebrating a holiday. elves. NF a holiday you don t celebrate. Jan Brett. few pages in a catalog. NF a winter sport. Read the directions for a board game. NF bears. giving. fairy tale. NF a warm, sunny place. a snowy day. holiday joke.
January Marc Brown. NF an animal that hibernates. a talking penguin. to your favorite stuffed animal. NF winter. of winter poems. NF Martin Luther King Jr.. building a snowman. Maurice Sendak. characters who disagree. a creative kid. NF snow. Write your own set of household rules and read them to your family. NF polar animals. graphic novel. outside in the snow.
February Mercer Mayer. NF the Arctic. best friends. of Valentine poems. NF firemen. Write a list of things you like your friends. NF a president. brothers and sisters. Valentine s Day. NF the human body. Steven Kellogg. how to do something. Try it! Read your Valentines from your classmates. a groundhog. NF a president. a prince and princess.
March During your nightly reading this month, complete 10 of the challenges below. Color in the square after you complete a family on vacation. NF something green. Dr. Seuss. takeout menu. Read the road signs to your mom or dad as they are driving. of poems Jack Prelutsky. NF spring. a leprechaun. NF Ireland. Write a list of reasons you are lucky. realistic fiction. (Something that could really happen.) NF rabbits. a garden. NF Dr. Seuss. of poems family. that takes place at the beach.
April kids who take care of the Earth. magazine. a rainy day. NF dinosaurs. page in a dictionary. Magic School Bus. NF a life cycle. kids at school. that has a mean character. NF weather. Jon Scieszka. of spring poetry. NF the planet Earth. NF music. wordless. Make up your own words to the. that happens in outer space.
May Name your favorite author. NF food and nutrition. n article from a newspaper. a contest. NF space. camping. to learn something new. Read a NF sea animals. second graders. NF insects. Tomie depaola. Write a list of your favorite first grade memories. outside in the sunshine. flowers. NF an athlete. that makes you laugh.