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20 Minutes A Day, Goes A Long Way
Summer slide goes away!
Tips for Parents
Set aside 20 minutes every day for reading.
Share your enjoyment of books with your child.
Read the same book with your child and discuss it.
Continue to read aloud to your child, even after they read independently.
Encourage your child to choose a book to read aloud to someone else.
Broaden your child’s horizons by helping to select from a wide range of subjects & genres.
Encourage your child to read whatever they enjoy, even if it appears to be too easy or too hard.
If your child is multilingual, have your child practice reading in all their languages.
21 Questions to Ask Your Child about a Book
Interesting Articles about Reading
- 6 Tips for When Kids Refuse to do Their Summer Reading
- Summer Reading Tips for Parents
- Summer Reading Loss (includes advice for parents)
- Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn’t Matter
- Reading On Screen vs. Reading in Print: What’s the Difference for Learning
2020 Summer Reading Challenges and more
If you were unable to participate in one of the reading challenges during Distance Learning or want to participate in a challenge again, feel free to give it a go during summer vacation.
(Click on the link above for directions & more inspiration,)
Send your photos to tpretz@asij.ac.jp or send it to Ms. Pretz in Google Hangouts
Photos will be on display in the Elementary Library.
(Click on the link above for inspiration.)
Send your photos to tpretz@asij.ac.jp or send it to Ms. Pretz in Google Hangouts.
Photos will be displayed in the Elementary Library during Children’s Book Week in November.
(Click on the link to access the Goggle Form.)
Which grade level will check off the most boxes?
Return to the Google Form throughout the summer & check off as many boxes as you can!
1,000 Minute Reading Challenge
20 Minutes A Day, Goes a Long Way
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
How many different genres will you read this summer?
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
Maker Challenges
- Make A Difference Challenges – What can you design for others during the coronavirus pandemic?
- Makerspace Challenges with Mrs. Notter & Mrs. Davidson
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
Summer Reading 2020
20 Minutes A Day, Goes A Long Way!
“Kids who don’t have educationally rich summers will be nearly three years behind their peers by the time they reach the end of the fifth grade… Much like we would expect an athlete or a musician’s performance to suffer if they didn’t practice regularly, the same thing is true for young people when it comes to reading performance.”— Ron Fairchild, Founding CEO, National Summer Learning Association
Ms. Pretz’ Recommended Reading Lists
- KG – Gr. 1
- Gr. 1-2
- Gr. 3-5
- Books with a Sense of Humor
- MORE Reading Recommendations
- ASIJ ES Library Digital Resource Site
James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read Site
American Library Association
Best Children’s Books of the Year – Bank Street College of Education
HAISLN
International Literacy Association
2020 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
2019 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
2018 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
Mighty Girls
Looking for your next favorite series?
Gr. 3-5 “Instead Of…”
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
Instead of Alex Rider…
Instead of the Hunger Games…
SORA Summer Reads – Picture Books
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
Graphic Novels
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
Gr. 3-5 “If You Like…”
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
If You Like Harry Potter…
If You Like the Genius Files & Spy School…
If You Like Wonder…
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid…
If You Like Percy Jackson…
If You Like Historical Fiction…
If You Like Land of Stories …
If You Like Scary Books…
If You Like Award Winners…
SORA Summer Reads – Storybook Read-Alongs
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
Read-Alongs (These books have audio and illustrations.)
If you would like a read along challenge, try Tom Angelberger & Cece Bell’s funny series!
Family Read Alouds
*Note: These are book covers only.
You must log in to the SORA app to checkout & read these titles.
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