With the end of another year comes the promotion of summer reading. Studies show that the evidence is clear. "Children do forget skills and knowledge learned in the previous school year. But if families and educators encourage kids to stay engaged in learning throughout the summer, students may not only maintain, but improve their knowledge." (Psychology Today, 2017)
In order to combat the "backslide," I do my best to promote summer reading. Usually I like to schedule an event where I give away books and do fun contests, but this year is different. I'm really tired of saying that, but it's true. I am so ready to put COVID-19 behind us, and I think we are close. In fact, it looks like our libraries in MISD will be fully operational next year. (*keeping my fingers crossed*)
So this year, I am promoting summer reading the safe way by adding the 2021 Summer Reading Library Guide to the morning announcements, our principal's weekly email to the parents, my social media posts, my Canvas page, and then I am also emailing the teachers the link to the guide so they can promote it in class.
The guide itself actually came from our lead librarian, Pam. However, she graciously shared it with us to edit and adapt as we saw fit. That was too nice of her because there was a lot that went into this library guide. So thank you again Pam Pinkerton!
This guide has a little bit of everything. It contains the official letter from our curriculum department about summer reading; it contains all of our eBook platforms, and it also contains a link to all of the area public libraries and their summer programs. There is even a short video explaining how to use the reading guide, and how to join the library Canvas Course. It's a one-stop shopping experience.
What your summer reading plan?
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