Reading Resources to Kick Off Your Summer Break

Reading Resources to Kick Off Your Summer Break

How Can Teachers Increase Access and Self-Selection for Summer Reading?

The past 35+ years of meta-analysis of reading comprehension and summer learning suggests that increasing access to books and encouraging reading may have a substantial impact on achievement (Heyns, as cited in Allington et al., 2010). Some digital resources include, but are not limited to, TumbleBooks, We Give Books, Oxford Owl, International Children’s Digital Library, Story Place, Listen & Read, Children’s Storybooks Online, Newsela, Reading Is Fundamental, Starfall, Storyline Online, Storybird, Star Walk Kids Media (free only in July), K12 Handhelds Ebooks, Gutenberg, Planet eBook, and Books That Grow. Some additional digital materials for students with disabilities include: Bookshare (for students with print disabilities), AIM-VA (for students with IEP that qualifies them for accessible text), and Learning Ally (for students who are visually impaired, blind, or dyslexic).

Resources:

Virginia Is For Lovers of Summer Learning Brochure

SummerReads for Rising 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th Graders

Text Project

2015 Children’s Book Choice List

Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program

Local Libraries

Splash into Summer Reading

Roanoke County Hosts Summer Reading Program

Pulaski Elementary Students Try to Set Reading World Record