This year, summer
slide will crash right into COVID slide. This means that supporting your
students’ literacy needs and lessening the learning loss that has resulted from
the disruption of two academic school years will be more important than ever.
The best solution for your
students is reading real books during the summer. As with classroom reading,
the three keys to […]
Thank you to Emily Waisanen, an ELA Teacher at Oakfield Middle School, for sharing her fun and creative method for stopping the summer slide. Keep reading to see how she engages her middle school readers over summer vacation!
As the end of the school year approaches, teachers everywhere are thinking about how to encourage their students […]
It’s no secret that kids read less during summer than they do during the school year. In fact, the average child reads just 6 hours over summer vacation!
This lack of reading practice is, unfortunately, often due to a lack of access to books. Students who lack books to read at home during the summer […]
Guest post from LitWorld
As tradition goes, summer break is a time for exploring new places, making new friends and discovering new interests. It’s a type of social-emotional development that can, and should, go hand-in-hand with year-round learning.
But for some kids, summer break and ten weeks away from school can put them at risk for summer […]
We asked K-6 teachers across the country what they do to encourage elementary summer reading for their students. From book clubs and book swaps to interactive plays and ice cream, here’s what they had to say!
“To create buy-in for the next year’s upcoming students, I offer incentives in an over-the-summer activity that involves a “game […]
As students are finishing their final exams this spring, their thoughts shift towards sunshine, free time and absolutely no homework. The last thing on their minds might be, “Am I going to remember all this when school starts next fall?” Despite their enthusiasm for the end of the school year, summer learning loss is well documented and […]
As the weather gets warmer we begin to think about those long, lazy days of summer that lay ahead. As readers we make lists in our heads of all those books we’ll get to—reading by the pool, reading in the hammock, reading with our toes buried in the sand. And, as teachers, we think about […]
By Cristy Rauseo
@cristyrauseo
Have you ever wished you could live a day all over again? I do. In my case, I’d want to live a whole week again. Thanks to Booksource, I received a Teachers College Summer Reading Institute scholarship this year. I had the honor of participating in sessions with the most amazing group of […]
If you can’t get away this summer, let books take you there. Enjoy these 11 books (plus a bonus for fun) equipped with Teacher Resources* which include outside links to further the experience of your virtual vacation. Use these in conjunction with Google Earth to continue traveling the world when you have to stay close […]
Summer is a time of exploration and self-discovery. Summer is a time to travel, camp, go to beaches and pools, whatever it takes to just relax. When you’re a kid (and even for adults), the summer away from school gives you time to process and think; it gives you time to explore the nooks and […]
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