“Find A Book, Kansas” for Summer Reading!
During the summer months, the challenge of keeping students reading sometimes increases. Research has shown that students who do not read consistently over the summer can lose momentum in maintaining the progress they made during the school year; this phenomenon is known as “summer slide.” To encourage children and families to read independently throughout the summer, MetaMetrics—an educational research group—offers the FREE, research-based tool “Find a Book, Kansas” to help students create a personalized reading list and then locate those books at the nearest library or bookseller. With Lexile measures for students now being included in score reports from the Kansas Assessments, this is a perfect opportunity to make these results more actionable and connect with resources to fuel additional student learning. Ready to get started?
1. Children who read often and read a wide variety of books, become better readers.
Practice makes perfect in everything children do. The more they read, the better they get at reading. Students who read a from a wide variety of literature are exposed to new vocabulary and new concepts. 2. Reading exercises our brain. Reading is a much more complex task for the brain than passively watching TV. Reading strengthens brain synapses (connections) and builds NEW connections. The more children read, the smarter they get for all areas of their lives. 3. Reading improves concentration. Children have to be focused and sit/lay quietly so that they can concentrate on a story when they are reading. The more they read, the greater focus they have. 4. Reading teaches children about the world around them. Through reading a variety of books children learn about people, places, and events outside of their own experience. It’s like a virtual experience full of images and events. 5. Reading improves vocabulary and language skills. Children learn new words as they read. As they read, their brain is like a sponge… it takes in information on sentence structure, complex words, decoding skills, and how to use text features and images effectively in their writing and speaking. 6. Reading develops a child's imagination. A child’s imagination is powerful. As children read, their brains formulate settings, images, and feelings into vivid descriptions of the story characters, places and events. As students are engaged in a story, they are also imagining what it must be like to be in the characters situation. Young children then bring this knowledge into their everyday play. 7. Reading helps children to develop empathy. As children develop they begin to imagine how they would feel in that situation. 8. Reading is a fun. Boredom is gone for the “reader”. Pick up a book and learn about things that are new! Stories, comic books, novels, plays, and high interest, informational text, are all good resources. 9. Reading is a great way to spend time together. Reading together at bedtime, on the sofa, or at a library, are great ways to spend time together. 10. Children who read achieve more in school, and in life. Research shows that reading promotes achievement in all subjects. The more children are exposed to words through reading, and the more children are spoken to in a positive manner on a regular basis, the greater chance the child has to achieve at a higher level in the future, and the greater economic potential they will have as an adult. The more children read, successes in life will follow. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO READ AT HOME! Purpose: Students learn how to retell about the beginning middle and ending of a story. Teacher models- After reading the first part of the story, retail what happened. Continue reading through the middle of the story. Stop and have students help you retell the middle. Read to the end and have students work with a partner to retail the ending.
2. B-M-E with 3 sticky notes. Insert a note near the beginning, one of the middle, and one at the end of each book. On each sticky note have students write one sentence that tells what happened at the beginning, middle, and end. During the discussion, ask students to remove their sticky notes, mix them up, and then place them in the correct sequence. 3. B-M-E with symbols. In each book, insert several sticky notes were important events occur. Have students draw a symbol on each sticky note that represents the most important thing that happened on that page.. 4. Guided writing. Students use their sticky notes to write a beginning middle ending to a story. Guided practice- Create a B-M-E chart using symbols or keywords for each part of the story. Have students work with a partner to retell the story using the chart.
Tips for independent practice- Put the B-M-E chart and the picture book from the whole class lesson in a learning center for students to practice retelling the story. Older students can write the retelling. |
Dawn TushInstructional Facilitator @ PC Archives
February 2022
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