Avoiding the Summer Slide

Presented by Toby Pleszkun and Esther Storrie May 19, 2015

What is the Summer Slide?

It can be defined as the loss of academic skills over the summer break.

Teachers spend 22% of teaching time reteaching forgotten information each fall.

The Facts...

● Children who read 40 minutes a day read about 2,190,000 words per year.

● Children who read 10 minutes a day read about 547,500 words per year.

● Children need books that support them in automatic, independent reading. ● The loss is cumulative, so by the time a student enters high school, he or she could be years behind grade-level standards.

● The “Slide” can be avoided by reading

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just-right books in different genres

Ways to Avoid the Summer Slide

● Set goals (daily, weekly, entire summer) ● Read ANYTHING (comic books, newspapers, video game manuals, graphic novels, etc.) ● Hold a family poetry night ● Start a neighborhood book club ● Host a Reading Under the Stars Night-make it a themed night ● Participate in a book club through Google Drive ● Listen to books on CD in the car ● Post weekly word lists, vocabulary of the day, and wonder of the day ( Wonderopolis.com

) ● Make photo albums with captions ● Write a play and perform it ● Read poetry over and over with different voices ● Write grocery lists and collect coupons (get help from the whole family) ● Make scavenger hunts (could use QR Codes that the kids create)

Ways to Avoid the Summer Slide

● Start a garden and research the plants; make a glossary ● Write goofy Mad Libs ● Visit the Art Institute and The Field Museum ● Read aloud to people at retirement/senior centers ● Research Rube Goldberg and create simple machine with “junk” around your house ● Use a reading response journal (paper or electronic). Summarizing is key.

● Read the same book as your child and write back and forth about it ● Buy books and LET your child annotate right in it! OR...download and write on the downloaded text ● Keep up with current events ( Scholastic , TweenTribune , Time for Kids ) ● ETC….be creative and ask your child for ideas too!

Using NWEA Results to Help Support Your Child at Home

Math: ● Operations and algebraic thinking ● Measurement and Data ● Number and operations ● Geometry Reading ● Literature ● Foundational Skills and Vocabulary ● ● Informational Text Lexile.com

Language ● Writing: Plan, Organize, Develop, Revise, Research ● Language: Understand, Edit Mechanics ● Language: Understand Edit for Grammar, Usage NWEA Progress Report Sample NWEA Bookmarks

Booklists

Community Resources

Glenview Public Library

Summer Reading Club Birth - Teens Adult Reading Program Battle of the Books Novelist plus -Access with a library card

The Book Market on the Glen (Barbara’s Books)

- Programs with GPL

The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

in Winnetka Author visits and book signings Sleepy Storytime with illustrators and authors YA Summer Reads Kick-off Party Newsletter with calendar of events and book picks

More Resources

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Storybird for poetry and story writing using artists' pictures Tales2Go (Netflix for books, $, there is an app for iPhone and iPads) Textproject.org

(managable and easy to print 7 different books) Book Adventure (creating book lists by interest and genre with quizzes) Choosing "book-a-likes" Lexile/findabook ISBE-building a custom reading list Read, Write, Think (Parent and after school resources)

VIDEOS ON SUMMER SLIDE

: ● Reading Rocket (50 minutes) ● ● A Love for Reading (2 minutes) Keep Kids Reading Throughout the Summer ( 3.24 minutes )

Math Resources

Summer Math Challenge The Summer Math Challenge is a

FREE

math skills maintenance program based on grade-level standards that help prepare students for college and careers. The program is targeted to students who have just completed grade 2 through 6 and is designed to help kids retain math skills learned during the previous school year. From June 22nd through July 31st parents will receive daily emails with fun activities and links to educational resources. When the program ends parents can print an award certificate to celebrate their child's summer math accomplishment!

IXL “Not only do students gain new skills on IXL—they gain a whole new appreciation for how fun learning can be! From the vibrant images that permeate IXL's skills, to the enticing awards and certificates that are hidden throughout the site, students cannot wait to hop on IXL —and you'll have trouble tearing them away.” Other Math Apps Sushi Monster Marble Math Slice It!

Math Fact Master Khan Academy

Apps

Writing Multi-Media

Rory’s Story Cubes Strip Designer

Coding

Mad Libs iMovie TeleStory

The World

Book Creator Star Walk Geo Walk Stack the States Cargo Bot Hopscotch Kodable

Thanks for your time

“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”

BF Skinner