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Jill Carlson International Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning
summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching
Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M
Students Helping
Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M
Students at Room to
Read, and being able to mobilize
students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M
students (and their families) all
over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M.»
At the last meeting of the year,
students bring books for an exchange so they can select new books to
read over the
summer.
Each
summer most youth lose about two months» worth of math skills, while low - income
students also lose morethan two months in
reading achievement despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains
over the
summer break.
Back in February, I posed a question in response to @pennykittle «s Twitter post to @plthomasEdD regarding
summer reading assignments, and his answer has helped shape what we are going to ask our
students to do
over the
summer:
Students not enrolled in AP courses should be
reading over the
summer, too, which is sometimes overlooked by schools.
When teachers and
students have built a culture of
reading over the course of a school year, it is essential to capture that momentum and carry it onwards in order to avoid the dreaded
summer slide, but it's also equally important to balance
student choice.
My hope for my
students, my budding readers, is that this kind of goal - setting and peer - talk will lead to more
reading over the
summer, and to minimizing the
summer slump that so many
students experience.
It's a given that
students need to
read over the
summer.
Over the two - year study, 57 percent of
students saw gains in
reading proficiency through access to high - quality books, enriching resources, books for
summer reading, and professional development.
Learn how to get your
students engaged
over the
summer with the @Scholastic Summer Reading Cha
summer with the @Scholastic
Summer Reading Cha
Summer Reading Challenge
91.1 percent of Indiana
students passed a high - stakes
reading skills test this year, either on their first try in March or during a retake
over the
summer, state officials announced Wednesday.
RocRead encourages
students at every grade level to
read with their families
over school breaks and
summer vacation.
Students who don't
read over the
summer can potentially lose more than two months of
reading achievement?
Tennessee has also refocused and reinvested in literacy with a statewide
Read to be Ready campaign, new standards with comprehensive guidance and training on teaching
reading, a statewide coaching network for elementary
reading teachers, and
summer camps for
students who are furthest behind with an investment of
over $ 30 million.
For example,
students who do not
read over the
summer months can lose the skills...
A Johns Hopkins University study found that low - income and wealthy
students»
reading test scores
over summer breaks from first to fifth grade rose by.26 and 52.49 points, respectively.
With many
students losing two to three months of progress in
reading and math skills
over summer, it's necessary to offer stimulating outings that are fun and academic.
While they add to their bank of redeemable Golden Eggs
over the
summer, remind
students to also visit fun and competitive areas, such as Puzzle Park and the Arcade in
Reading Eggs or the Stadium in
Reading Eggspress!
But, you also know all about the dreaded
summer slide and how important it is to keep
students engaged
over the
summer, especially when it comes to
reading.
Select specific books for
students to
read over the
summer.
We've also built a
summer Reading Eggs and
Reading Eggspress take - home kit that's perfect for guiding your elementary
students through activities
over break!
NASHVILLE: Six great books to
read to avoid the «
summer slide» (when
students lose academic gains made
over the school year).
To avoid the «
summer slide» (when
students lose academic gains made
over the school year), make it a habit to have your child
read independently for at least 30 minutes every day.
These fictional heroes are supposed to encourage
students to pick up a book and
read over vacation to help stop the «
summer slide,» which is when
students return to school in the fall...
You may have heard about «
summer slide», where
over the
summer students can lose two to three months of progress in math and
reading and fall behind when they return to school in the fall.
Whether you have
students in need of additional practice with foundational literacy skills or are looking for a way to build and reinforce essential
reading, vocabulary, comprehension and writing skills
over the
summer — Achieve Intensive can help.
Plus, with robust learning scaffolds embedded in every lesson — including linguistic supports for English language learners and more intensive instruction for Response to Intervention
students — Achieve3000's solutions help learners at every ability level maintain and even grow their
reading and writing skills
over the
summer.
Whether you have
students in need of additional practice with foundational literacy skills or are looking for a way to improve
students»
reading, vocabulary, comprehension and writing skills
over the
summer, Achieve Intensive can help accelerate literary growth and ensure all
students start the school year better prepared for grade - level work!
Over the years, she discovered approaches and techniques that increased her
students» excitement about
reading — even throughout
summer.
After talking with the teacher, the preservice teachers discovered that
over the
summer students often lost the progress they made on their
reading skills, the result of a lack of age - appropriate books and magazines in their homes.
Through the West Virginia Department of Education's
Summer Learning Reading and Math Challenge, the schools with the highest percentage of students who pledged to read over the summer could win their choice of reading programs, including Achiev
Summer Learning
Reading and Math Challenge, the schools with the highest percentage of students who pledged to read over the summer could win their choice of reading programs, including Achie
Reading and Math Challenge, the schools with the highest percentage of
students who pledged to
read over the
summer could win their choice of reading programs, including Achiev
summer could win their choice of
reading programs, including Achie
reading programs, including Achieve3000.
Are you looking for a fun but simple
summer reading assignment to give your
students to keep them motivated to
read over the
summer holidays?
Canadian School Libraries is looking for input from school libraries / librarians across the country: How do you plan on keeping your
students engaged in
reading, thinking, and making
over the
summer?
Over 850
students this
summer are currently engaged in enrichment programs gaining exposure to the arts, hands - on science, career opportunities, field trips, community service activities, and individualized support in
reading and math.
One recent study found that «while all
students lose some ground in mathematics
over the
summer, low - income
students lose more ground in
reading, while their higher - income peers may even gain.»
Keeping
students engaged with
reading and literacy activities
over the
summer months can help maintain their academic edge and mitigate learning loss.
We achieved the first two conditions by choosing two
reading specialists to lead the lab and by hiring five full - time teachers (plus two graduate
students over the
summer) to serve 35 reluctant readers.
Students in pre-kindergarten were provided a selection of books that their families would be able to
read to them
over the
summer.
Whether you use a
reading list, a set of practice worksheets, or other resources, you will feel more confident that
students won't be forgetting all the material they've learned throughout the year, knowing that they have a plan of action to stay sharp
over the
summer break.
Over the last 10 years, Jason B. Allen has worked in Education servicing our
students, families and communities in various positions from After School and
Summer Camp Director, Teacher Assistant, Associate Teacher, ELA &
Reading Teacher (elem, middle and high school), Parent Liaison and a Family Engagement Specialist.
Auryn, the most award - winning children's ebook publisher and the brain child of Academy award - winning visual effects designers, ahs launched four new titles, just in time to grab
students» attention and engage them in self - selected
reading over the
summer months.
Parents and teachers fret
over the
summer months about the potential for the «
summer slide,» a documented drop in
reading comprehension and word recognition scores in
students who spend their
summer vacations without the daily
reading time they are accustomed to in school.
In addition to the typical
summer reading lists high schoolers have, this school decided to participate in One School / One Book, in which all of the
students were invited to
read the same book
over the
summer so they could participate in a number of activities en masse in the fall.
Reading over the
summer has been shown to reduce «
summer slide,» the term educators use to refer to the skills and knowledge that
students lose
over long
summer breaks.
Combating the so - called «
summer slide» — where students lose reading and math skills over the summer because they are not practicing day in and day out — is really important, but what I hate is «The Summer Reading List.&
summer slide» — where
students lose
reading and math skills over the summer because they are not practicing day in and day out — is really important, but what I hate is «The Summer Reading List.
reading and math skills
over the
summer because they are not practicing day in and day out — is really important, but what I hate is «The Summer Reading List.&
summer because they are not practicing day in and day out — is really important, but what I hate is «The
Summer Reading List.&
Summer Reading List.
Reading List.»
Students all
over the United States will be having their
summer holidays soon and many of them will forgo
reading.
Scholastic, the world's largest publisher of children's books, has been working on increasing
student reading interest
over the
summer months with its
reading challenges, aimed at encouraging
students to meet or exceed goals outlined for them.
With research finding that children who do not
read over the
summer may lose up to three months of
reading progress, it's important to encourage your
students to pick up a few books during the hot months ahead.
A free, online
reading program designed to help
students turn the «
summer slide» — the learning loss which can occur
over the
summer months — into a «
summer leap» by discovering the power and joy of
reading for fun.
One of my
students at Bolton, James Drake, asked me
over the
Summer before he took that particular course what he could do to prepare for the Game Narrative module: I told him to
read a book or a play.