Summer slide - 3 - ideas from teachers

A couple of NLNZ sessions this term with teachers explored the importance of maintaining the progress made by students during the year by setting up strategies to keep reading and writing happening over the school holidays - avoiding the "summer slump".

Here are some links to articles about the summer slump :
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c41/ Summary of articles...

Summer Reading Loss by Maryann Mraz and Timothy V. Rasinski (2007) http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/15218

These are some suggestions from the a group of teachers about what they plan to do:

• Intend to set up school LibraryThing for students to record summer reading
• Promote the library in newsletters and the need to read.
• School newsletter item about summer slide
• LibraryThing class site - link up with other classes as "friends"
• I will be better prepared to set up a focus group to monitor over summer.
• Will try and inspire community to make this work
• Look forward to bringing it up at staff meeting to discuss
  
• Good ideas for making books. Will follow through with newsletter
• Will make class slogan for summer holiday reading.
• Had not really thought about this issue deeply and now I realise we can make a difference.·
• Share at syndicate meeting.
• Discuss with librarian about holiday borrowing.
• Liaise with public library about their summer reading programme.