1. Alabama: Read a fiction book of your choice for 60 minutes. Choose a character
and describe them in detail.
2. Alaska: Read a science book and conduct a science experiment from the book.
Write a hypothesis before you begin the experiment. Write a paper listing the
Steps of the experiment and explaining the actual outcome. Is your hypothesis true?
Or false?
3. Arizona: Read a mystery book. Draw a picture illustrating the main idea, and explain
What the mystery is.
4. Arkansas: Read a book about animals. List 10 interesting facts you learned.
5. California: Read from a book about another culture other than your own. Write at
Least 5 interesting things you learned about this other culture.
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6. Colorado: Read 60 minutes of poetry. Share a favorite poem with the class. Be
Sure to practice reading the poem to the family or friends.
7. Connecticut: Read a realistic fiction book. Pretend you are the illustrator and
Redesign the cover of the book. Keep the main idea in mind while illustrating.
8. Delaware: Read a biography. List at least 10 facts you learned, and explain why you
Chose this person.
9. Florida: Read 60 minutes of nonfiction. Write a paragraph telling about the most interesting thing you learned.
10. Georgia: Pick a topic of your choice and using an encyclopedia, list five interesting things you learned about your topic. Be sure to include the encyclopedia name and volume number.
11. Hawaii: Read a book about a reptile. List five interesting facts you learned about the reptile you chose. Draw a picture showing the physical features of the reptile.
12. Idaho: Read 60 minutes of a book of your choice. Make a puppet out of a paper bag or other materials. The puppet must be one of the main characters of the book. Write a short paragraph describing this character.
13. Illinois: Read about a natural disaster. Either make a science experiment or draw a diagram showing how the disaster works. Present it to the class.
14. Indiana: Read about a national landmark. Write a paragraph describing it and include a picture.
15. Iowa: Read an article in the newspaper. Cut it out, and write a short summary about the article. After the summary, give your opinion of the article. Present it to the class.
16. Kansas: Read 60 minutes of fiction. Draw a picture illustrating a setting from your reading. Give your illustration a title.
17. Kentucky: Read about a famous athlete. Give the athletes, sport, played, and list 8-10 interesting facts you learned about the athlete.
18. Louisiana: Read through the atlas and find ten small towns in ten different states. List the town and which state it is located.
19. Maine: Read the comic section of a newspaper. Choose a comic and cut it out. Pretend you are the author and using three more windows, continue the comic strip making up what you think should happen next. Depending on the comic, you may need to leave of the existing ending window in order + finish your own.
20. Maryland: Read 60 minutes in a fiction book. Draw a venn diagram comparing a character to yourself.
21. Massachusetts: Look through an atlas and find ten rivers or lakes and write their names and where they are located.
22. Michigan: Read about a career of your choice. Write at least one paragraph telling about this career and why you chose it.
23. Minnesota: Read a book of your choice and make up a ten question test. Be sure to include the answers on the back or on another piece of paper.
24. Mississippi: Read about your favorite hobby or a hobby you would like to know more about. Write a paragraph about what you learned.
25. Missouri: Read a magazine from cover to cover. List the magazine and who the publisher is, and write a paragraph about what you learned.
26. Montana: Read a book of your choice for 60 minutes. Illustrate a bookmark about what you read.
27. Nebraska: Read a cookbook. Find a recipe and make it. Write down your recipe; write about your experience, how it turned out, and how your family liked it.
28. Nevada: Look up and read a historical American document online. Write down the website address where the document was found. Read the document and write a
brief response to the document.
29. New Hampshire: Read a book of your choice for 60 minutes. Write a letter to a
friend telling them why you would or would not recommend this book to them.
Remember to use the friendly letter format.
30. New Jersey: Read a fairy tale. Make a cross word puzzle relating to the fairy tale.
31. New Mexico: Read a comic book. List all the main characters and the main idea of the story line.
32. New York: Read about the Empire State Building. Write down all the interesting facts you learned.
33. North Carolina: Read a legend. Draw a picture representing the story. Give the picture a title.
34. North Dakota: Read about one of the 43 presidents. Write at least 1 paragraph stating the president’s name and interesting information you discovered.
35. Ohio: Read about a famous scientist. Write at least 1 paragraph stating the information you learned.
36. Oklahoma: Read 60 minutes of poetry. Write a paragraph telling about 1 of your favorite poems and why.
37. Oregon: Read a riddle book. Write down you’re your 5 favorite and tell them to the class.
38. Pennsylvania: Read from a children’s nature magazine. Write a paragraph describing
Interesting article you read.
39. Rhode Island: Read a nonfiction book. Make a word search using the facts from the book.
40. South Carolina: Read a historical fiction book. Write a paragraph telling about the main idea.
41. South Dakota: Read 2 picture books by the same author. Write at least 2 paragraphs comparing and contrasting the books.
42. Tennessee: Read for 60 minutes a book of your choice. Draw a picture to illustrate the main idea of your. Title your illustration.
43. Texas: Listen to on tape. Write a summary of the book you heard.
44. Utah: Read about a place you always wanted to visit and never have. Create a travel brochure and include interesting things or sites about your chosen location.
45. Vermont: Read for 60 minutes in a fiction book of your choice. Create a character web describing one of the characters in detail.
46. Virginia: Read a tall tale. Write a summary explaining the tale and how it could not be true.
47. Washington: Read about a famous person of your choice. Pretend you are a talk show host and write an interview for this person and provide and responses, as your person of your choice would answer.
48. West Virginia: Pick one volume of an encyclopedia and scan it for interest. List five interesting things you learned from your reading.
49. Wisconsin: Read a through the dictionary and find then words you do not know. Write a brief definition and create your own interesting sentence for each word.
50. Wyoming: Choose a picture book of your choice and read it to another
