One School, One Book

Students entering Kindergarten to Fourth grade, after

you enjoy The Year of Billy Miller, choose one project to
complete. Share the completed project with your new
teacher during the first week of school.
See the One School, One Book webpage on the Bellmawr
School’s website for project samples, resources, and videos.
Be an Artist Be a Designer

• Create a found art piece using things you
find around the house. Share a picture of
your art piece and a list of materials with
your teacher.
• Create an animal using papier mâché.
Share a picture of your piece.
• Draw a picture of what Billy could be
imagining was under his bed. Third and
Fourth graders write a paragraph to go
with your drawing about Billy looking
under his bed and what he may find.
• Draw a picture of the inside of Ruby’s
Cupboard. Third and Fourth graders create
a menu for the restaurant to go with your
picture.
• Design a good luck charm and describe it.
• Design a stamp showing something special
about your summer. Third and Fourth
graders write a paragraph explaining why
it is special.
• Create a plan for staying up all night and
draw a picture. Write a few sentences
telling your teacher the plan.

Be an Author Be a Researcher

• Write a thank you letter.
• Write a poem about someone or something
special to you.
• Make a scrapbook titled “The Summer
of…” included pictures/drawings with
captions of your summer adventures
• Research one of the animals in the Chinese
New Year lunar cycle. Draw a picture and
tell about it.
• Create a diorama of something that
interests you and write 5 facts about it.

Be a Collector Be an Engineer *See Miss B’s video for inspiration

• Make a collection like Billy. Take a picture, • Create a bat that hangs upside down or
make a list of the items and tell what has moving wings. List the materials you
they all have in common. used and the steps to make it. Share a
picture or video with your teacher.

Remember this is a book to read TOGETHER as a family. Feel free to be as involved as your child
would like in their project. Use pictures of everyone who read together. Enjoy working on this
TOGETHER as a family.