Lift Off to Literacy

March Activities

Here are the challenges from March.

• March 31st:  Read a book about space.
• March 30th: Look up 5 new words in the dictionary.
• March 29th: Read a book about an animal.
• March 28th: Read about an interesting person.
• March 27th: Write 5 fun facts about yourself.
• March 26th: Write a poem about spring. Here’s a template to write an acrostic poem (where the first letter in each line spell out the word ‘Spring’)
  
• March 25th: Write a story that takes place in the past.
  
• March 24th: Read a book about space.
• March 23rd: Visit your local public library.
  
• March 22nd: Read a book about a place you’d like to visit.
• March 21st: Find a new game, read the rules, and play.
  
• March 20th: Learn about your first name’s meaning.
• March 19th: Create a comic strip with a friend. Print our template (with panels and call-outs) or make your own.
• March 18th: Read a biography of a famous person.
• March 17th: Read a book in the park.
  
• March 16th: Help an adult cook a recipe. Allrecipes has thousands of recipes to try.
• March 15th: Share your favorite book with a friend.
• March 14th: Interview an adult about their favorite book. Check out our interview form with questions you can ask.
• March 13th: Read a graphic novel. Visit your local library to check out a novel or two. OR, try Hoopla, a digital library that lets you check out books for free with your library card.
• March 12th: Learn something new in a newspaper. Online reading counts too! Check out Time Magazine’s Time for Kids website, with a special mention for their article, A Year in Space.
• March 11th: Make an an alternate book cover for your favorite book – Get a printable sheet.