The Right Book Can Be the Ultimate Summer Escape
By Pam Allyn, Author
Summer vacation is fast approaching for students and educators across the United States. Although it is a time for recovery and rest, the long break poses a major threat to our students' progress — the summer slide. Research shows that children who do not read over their summer vacation can lose significant levels of reading progress in their time out of school.
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My Students Give ME a Summer Reading List By Barb Ryan, Middle School English and Reading Teacher
Teaching middle school has its advantages. I never tie shoes or wipe noses. Handwriting is rarely an issue...One of the special advantages of being a reading teacher is keeping up with the latest trends in young adult books. Seeing a novel passed from student to student, being selected over and over again for free choice selection, and having it pressed upon my stack of ungraded papers by an eager reader prods me to remember why I chose this profession in the first place.
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Summer Reading: Had Me a Blast! By Brandi Ivester, Collection Development
Summer reading should reflect the season itself: enjoyable, self-selected and achievable! With these qualities in mind, the following books were chosen for their enjoyable story lines, engaging themes and low page counts. Another important element to summer reading is affordability, so every title listed below is available in paperback. While these may not be the most academic books in the world, never fear—there are still ample amounts of classroom applications and discussion opportunities.
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Prep for Summer Reading with 7 Inspiring Posts By Erin Vehige, Teacher Resources
Summer's just around the corner, and we have to work together to keep these kids engaged with reading! To help, we've compiled seven inspiring posts from educators around the blogsphere to give you, your students and their families ideas to implement now that will keep reading exciting and fun through the summer months.
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A Day with Patricia Polacco
By Jessica Langan, Advocate Relations
I love my job most days, but there are some days that really stand out. A couple of weeks ago, I experienced one of those days. Each spring and fall, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University hosts a Saturday Reunion where educators from all over the country are invited to participate in inspirational workshops on teaching reading and writing.
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Top Ten: No More Dreadful Summer Reading Lists, Please!
By Stephanie Schwab, Regional Accounts
Summer reading. Those two words can be charged with many emotions...But we can make strides toward giving dear ol' summer reading a fresh, new reputation by highlighting some of the best options! Yes, there are tens of thousands of books out there, many of them engaging, excellent material – so, how will these kids EVER pick some out? Well, fellow champions of the "Developing Life-Long Readers" cause, I may not be a multi-millionaire, double-breasted-suit-wearing, famous late-night talk show host, but I DO just so happen to have some mighty fine top 10 lists
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