As the lazy days of summer will soon be upon us it is important to take time for rest and relaxation with family and friends. Get some Vitamin D (Sunshine) and explore places less visited during the school year – parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, summer festivals and the likes. Whether you are flying off to an exotic destination or looking for stay-cation ideas Air EIA is your place to start!
READING…It’s not only important to read the in flight safety manual tucked in the back of your seat pocket but it is important to spend at least 20 minutes a day reading. If you’re looking for interesting authors or websites to fill this time check out our suggestions below.
Edmonton Library Summer Reading Program
Visit your local Edmonton Public Library June 23 – Aug 25 and sign up for their summer reading program. Prizes to be
Red Eye Flight Reads: Can’t sleep on your Red Eye Flight…pick up one of these!
2018 Young Readers Choice Award Nominees
1. Goodbye Stranger – Rebecca Stead
As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend–or more than friend–Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: “What is my purpose?”
2. Illuminae – Amie Kaufman
“The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship’s artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all”–Provided by publisher.
3. The Sword of Summer – Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase, a homeless boy living in Boston, finds out he is the son of a Norse god.
4. Nimona – Noelle Stevenson (Graphic Novel)
Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are.
Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are.
5. Saint Anything – Sarah Dessen
Sydney’s charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
6. The Blackthorn Key – Kevin Sands
In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.
7. The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black
In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
8. The Nest – Kenneth Oppel (Author of Inkling)
An anxious boy named Steve becomes convinced that the ‘angels’ visiting him will save his sick baby brother. But these are creatures of a very different kind, and their plan for the baby has a twist. As the story unravels Steve discovers the truth about his new friends as the time remaining to save his brother ticks down.
Weekly Journalling: Keep your writing skills up through the summer with a daily or weekly journal.
Become a published author! Watch here as each week I’ll post a WWP (Weekly Writing Prompt). Send me you’re best work – poem, story, letter or research and we’ll feature you as our EIA In-Flight Entertainment.
June 30 – July 6 – Shoe Puns for Fun! ” Were it not for your small feet, I would walk a mile in your shoes.” OR “Thieves are careful on how they dress especially the shoes they wear. Their favorite shoes are the sneakers.”
Check out John Spencer writing prompt below!
…and don’t forget our equally important topic…
MATH! Numbers, Numbers Everywhere! Here at Air EIA we depend on Math and Science to keep us in the air! (Quite literally – thanks Orville and Wilbur Wright and Daniel Bernoulli!) Whether its baggage and passenger weight or the cost of Carbon Credits to keep our fares reasonable for all, we are constantly crunching the numbers!
Challenge your parents or your siblings to a “Battle Royal’ Number style while on those long flights (drives to the lake, grocery store or where ever you may be going.)
Math Websites:
MathIsFun.com – Explanations, Videos and Resources for all Concepts
Khan Academy – Math practice for Gr. 1- 8
IXL.com – 10 minutes of free practice daily
Weekly Math Challenges Send me your solutions to the following math problems. We’ll publish the High Fliers and solutions each week!
June 30 – July 1 – Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number.
EIA Inflight Menu – Find the price$ of the attached grocery list! Then WITHOUT using a calculator add up the total grocery cost. $hare in your answer! Remember to tell us which grocery store you visited and the price of the items!
1. Duncan Hines Chocolate Cake Mix
2. Lasagna Ready Bake Noodles
3. Pita Crackers
4. Froot Loops 755g
5. 4L Dairyland Milk
6. 5 lbs Ground Beef
7. Hummus
8. Dairyland Cottage Cheese
9. 500g Mozerella cheese
10. Kool-Aid Jammers 10 Pack
Problem of the week:
The boys of 5C were having a Fortnite Battle as the new Season was released. They were getting peckish, and ordered out for pizza. If they each ate the following amount of pizza; arrange them from the person who ate the least to the greatest amount of pizza.
Abdisalam 2/12
Aziz 3/4
Owais 0.4
Sulaiman 1/8
Khalid 2.0 4/5
Khalid R 0.5
Ilyas 0.25
Yazid 1/8
We hope your Summer is filled with warm days, fond memories and much rest and relaxation! Check back weekly for the latest updates and special offers from Air EIA. We are always looking to add exotic destinations to our flight plans!