We still have 3.5 weeks to go in our classroom, but that doesn't mean we haven't been gearing up for summer.
For the students, that means dreaming of camps, sleeping in, and going on family vacations.
But for us teachers, it means planning student summer reading.
The term "summer slide" gets thrown around a lot, but it should not be taken lightly. Our kids like to read, so that is probably why it is so disappointing that many of them choose not to read over the summer. (That is, they read the assigned 1 or 2 books right after school gets out OR right before school starts up again.)
As we finalize up our summer reading plans (which may include some student blogging - woo hoo!), let me direct your attention to these 5 practical tips for reading over Summer from Scholastic: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/pam-allyns-5-tips-summer-reading
Read on, my friends. Read on...
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