Be A SUPER Reader

I just finished teaching 2 weeks of summer school and we had a blast.  Our theme this summer was SuperHeroes, to go along with the City Library's Summer Reading theme "Every Hero has a Story".

My goal was to integrate literature with technology.  We started the summer off by reading the story "Superheroes ABC" The K-2 students dressed up like superheroes and we took their picture (super cute) the students told us what they were super at.  We had answers from math, and reading to Minecraft and singing.  The 3rd and 4th grade students looked up the word hero in the dictionary, then typed their own definition of what a hero is.  Another favorite book was "Buzz Boy and Fly Guy" by Ted Arnold.  The students practiced their typing the title then they illustrated it:

The older students practiced changing the font and the letter size as they were typing.  We also made our own superhero emblems, just like superman, yet they put their first letter in the middle.  Students typed what their super power would be and we glued it on the back of their emblem. 

We read the book "Salt in My Shoes" about young Michael Jordan.  Students shared some of their favorite athlete heroes.  We visited the website "Create an Superhero Athlete" by Gatorade and each student was able to create their own athlete superhero.  As the weeks go on the students will read and talk about Everyday Heroes, such as fire/police/military.  We will be typing and creating pictures to send to local heroes.  I hope the summer school students had as much fun as I did!  Now to start thinking about new ideas for fall!  How crazy is that!