1. Why is reading to or with your child so important?
Summer Solutions
Why is reading to or with your child so important?

2. The Summer Slide!
According to the authors of a November 2002 report from Johns Hopkins Center for Summer Learning: “A conservative estimate of lost instructional time is approximately two months or roughly 22 percent of the school year.”
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3. Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide
Six books to summer success
Read something every day
Keep reading aloud
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4. Public libraries
More than 95 percent of public libraries offer summer reading programs
Libraries are ideal places for families to continue their reading habits over the summer months
Library summer reading programs began in the 1890s as a way to encourage school children, particularly those in urban areas and not needed for farm work, to read during their summer vacation, use the library, and develop the habit of reading
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5. This summer is going to be
The Public Library
This summer is going to be
“OUT OF THIS WORLD!”
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6. What’s out there to help?
Summer reading lists
Summer reading programs
Book Stores
Online incentive programs
Web sites and e-books
Web sites for parents
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7. Summer reading lists Distributed at school
Available at the Public Library
Available tonight!
Available on the WHRSD website
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8. Massachusetts Summer Reading Programs
Starship Your Library:
Whitman Public Library
AND
Hanson Public Library
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9. Book Stores Barnes and Noble: Summer Reading Club Borders
Buttonwood Books: Story Hour
Storybook Cove: Story Hour
Building 19
Ocean State Job Lot
Target
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10. On-Line Incentive Programs
Scholastic: Summer Challenge
Sylvan Learning: Book Adventure (free)
Reading is Fundamental (RIF) / US Airways: Read with Kids Challenge
National Amusements: Bookworm Wednesdays
MTA: “Red Sox Reading Game”
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11. Stop the “Summer Slide”
Scholastic: Summer Challenge
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12. Sylvan Learning: Book Adventure
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13. Reading is Fundamental (RIF) / US Airways: Read with Kids Challenge
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14. National Amusements: Bookworm Wednesdays
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15. MTA: “Red Sox Reading Game”
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16. Websites and E-Books
Tumble Books
Storyline Online
Starfall
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17. Available through the Hanson Public Library
Tumblebooks
Available through the Hanson Public Library
TumbleBooks Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love!
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18. Storyline Online
Storyline Online is an innovative website featuring well-known actors reading quality children's picture books aloud.
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19. Starfall
Starfall is a free website to help enhance reading skills. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
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20. Websites for Parents
The following offer great tips and resources for parents and families:
Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Reading Rockets
Get Ready to Read!
Read Kiddo Read
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21. Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
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22. Reading Rockets
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23. Get Ready to Read!
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24. Read Kiddo Read
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25. What do I do with all this?
Read with your child everyday!
Ask questions about what they are reading (see handout). Some examples:
What was your favorite part?
Who was your favorite character?
Did you like the book?
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26. Five Big Ideas in Reading
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension
You have a handout explaining these areas and why they are important.
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27. Keep Reading this Summer!
Read aloud together with your child every day. Make it fun by reading outdoors on the front steps, patio, at the beach or park. Also, let your children read to you. For younger children, point out the relationship between words and sounds.
Set a good example! Parents must be willing to model behavior for their children. Keep lots of reading material around the house. Turn off the TV and have each person read his or her book, including mom and dad.
Read the same book your child is reading & discuss it. This is the way to develop habits of the mind and build capacity for thought and insight.
Try Readers’ Theater
This is a fun and engaging way to read together
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28. Keep Reading Cont.
Buy books on tape, especially for a child with a learning disability.
Listen to them in the car, or turn off the TV and have the family listen to them together.
Take your children to the library regularly. Most libraries sponsor summer reading clubs with easy-to-reach goals for preschool and school-age children. Check the library calendar for special summer reading activities and events.
Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic signs, billboards, notices. Show your children how to read a map, and once you are on the road, let them take turns being the navigator.
Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook.
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29. Summer Reading and Fluency: Tips for Parents
You've got the reading lists. You've got the books. But what else can you do to make your children better readers this summer?
You can help them read more smoothly and accurately. Schools call this reading fluency. Your kids will call it fun!
When kids can read fluently, it's easier for them to understand what they're reading. And they read aloud easily and with expression. Needless to say, this makes reading a lot more enjoyable.
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30. Summer Reading & Fluency Cont.
Less fluent readers read more slowly and word by word. Their attention is focused on sounding out each word; so, they pay less attention to understanding what they've read. Their comprehension and their motivation can suffer. Of course, beginning readers aren't fluent yet, but by the end of first grade, kids should be reading books at their grade level with ease and expression.
The summer months provide a great opportunity for you to help your child continue to develop reading fluency.
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31. How Parents can Help Build Fluency:
Choose the right books
Help your child choose books that he can comfortably read. The "five-finger test" is a useful guideline for beginning readers. As your child reads, count the number of words he cannot read per page. In general, there should be five words or fewer that give him trouble on each page. If a book contains several pages on which you count more than five words that he can't read, consider reading that book to your child until he develops more reading skills.
Listen every day
Once you've found a collection of books that your child can read, listen to your child read every day. Be patient – new readers often read slowly! Offer wait time to allow your child to “noodle” the word when he or she gets stuck. If your child needs help after that, feel free to provide it. ALWAYS give lots of praise and encouragement!
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32. How Parents can Help Build Fluency:
Reread
Encourage your child to reread favorite books, and make it fun! Repeated readings improve children's fluency and comprehension. They also provide opportunities to practice reading with expression.
Read to your kids every day
Model your own fluent reading as you read and reread books with your child. Even though your child may be able to read on her own, continue to find time each day to read books to her that are just beyond her reading level. She will enjoy listening to more advanced stories, and she will hear a great example of fluent reading.
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33. Vacation and Travel!
Summer reading doesn’t have to stop while you are on the road!
Listen to audio books in the car. To keep things interesting, have a large selection of books available.
Undertake pre-trip reading about the destination. This helps build background knowledge and excitement.
Encourage your child to keep a journal or create a scrapbook of his/her vacation.
Build in time for relaxed reading on vacation.
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34. Motivating reluctant summer readers
“Tune-in” to determine children’s interests
Try graphic novels (comics)
Help create the child’s image of himself as a reader
Model reading behavior – make reading a part of everyday life
Surround kids with resources – reading material and other resources – to keep them inspired
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35. How can I get my child excited about summer reading before school ends?
Plug in to their interests (e.g., nonfiction, like sports or science)
Plug in to fun (e.g., humorous books like the Captain Underpants or Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
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36. Remember- reading isn’t just books!
What other media besides books is effective?
Print, text, and words in all forms and fashions are excellent:
Games
Audio books
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
Labels / Signs / Logos
Online resources
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37. READ
READ
READ
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38. Whitman Hanson Regional
Find this
PowerPoint
and
Summer Resource Page
on the
Whitman Hanson Regional
School District
website.
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39. Thank you for coming tonight!
Have a great summer!