Summer Reading Tips

Guides for Parents, Caregivers, and Students

We are excited to share two valuable resources designed to support your students' summer reading adventures and help prevent the "summer slide." These comprehensive guides are excellent materials for educators to share with families, encouraging and enhancing summer reading for all.

These guides offer practical tips and strategies to encourage children to engage deeply with their summer reading. They emphasize the importance of maintaining good reading habits during the summer months with helpful suggestions for selecting books, developing reading habits, completing reading challenges, and using a Thoughtbook to track thoughts and reflections.

Here's a quick overview of what you'll find in the summer reading guides:

• Tips for choosing books: Help children find the perfect summer read by exploring different genres, assessing readability, and encouraging variety in their selections.
• Developing reading habits: Encourage children to find a comfortable reading space, establish a regular reading routine, and share their reading experiences with others.
• Completing reading challenges: Inspire children to select and complete reading challenges that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and engagement with the text.
• Using a Thoughtbook: Reinforce or introduce children to the concept of a Thoughtbook—a place to record thoughts and reflections before, during, and after reading—and guide how to use it effectively.
• Enjoying the reading experience: Encourage children to immerse themselves in their stories, ask questions, make connections, and share their thoughts and feelings about what they read.

We encourage you to share these resources with your students, parents, caregivers, and families to help them make the most of their summer reading experiences. Together, we can ensure that our students continue to thrive as readers and learners throughout the summer months.