1. Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Summer Reading Tips
YELLOW Readers
Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Book Ideas:
Ways to help me:
Practice Power Words:
Write the words in the sand at the beach.
Write the words with chalk on the sidewalk, or instead of numbers on hopscotch.
Write the words in shaving cream on a table.
Make letters out of playdough.
Play memory or “Go Fish” out of words on index cards.
Make words with magnetic letters on the fridge or cookie sheet.

2. Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Summer Reading Tips
GREEN Readers
Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Book Ideas:
Ways to help me:
Remind me to use the picture as a clue to figure out words.
Remind me to point to the words.
Help me look for blends and digraphs such as sl, st, bl, cl, dr, gr, sh, wh, th, and ch.
Help me learn family words, contractions, days of the week, number and color words.
Read longer books to me and talk to me about what we are reading.
Take me to the library or help me log on to Bookshelf.
Practice Power Words:
Write the words in the sand at the beach.
Write the words with chalk on the sidewalk, or instead of numbers on hopscotch.
Write the words in shaving cream on a table.
Make letters out of playdough.
Play memory or “Go Fish” out of words on index cards.
Make words with magnetic letters on the fridge or cookie sheet.

3. Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Summer Reading Tips
BLUE Readers
Keep your brain in shape this summer with these helpful reading tips!
Book Ideas:
Website to check out:
(free printable books)
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(read books, take quizzes, earn prizes!)
(watch and listen to celebrities read popular books!)
2B Tricky Words
Practice Power Words:
Write the words in the sand at the beach.
Write the words with chalk on the sidewalk, or instead of numbers on hopscotch.
Write the words in shaving cream on a table.
Make letters out of playdough.
Play memory or “Go Fish” out of words on index cards.
Make words with magnetic letters on the fridge or cookie sheet.

4. Summer Reading Tips RED Readers WEBSITES: Practice Tricky Words:
Write the words in the sand at the beach.
Write the words with chalk on the sidewalk, or instead of numbers on hopscotch.
Write the words in shaving cream on a table.
Make letters out of playdough.
Play memory or “Go Fish” out of words on index cards.
Make words with magnetic letters on the fridge or cookie sheet.
Play Heads Up! (app store) use the make your own cards version
(free printable books)
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(read books, take quizzes, earn prizes!)
(watch and listen to celebrities read popular books!)
WEBSITES:

5. Practice Tricky Words:
Summer Reading Tips
WHITE Readers
Websites:
(track your reading in a passport!)
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(practice understanding words in context)
Practice Tricky Words:
Write the words in the sand at the beach.
Write the words with chalk on the sidewalk, or instead of numbers on hopscotch.
Write the words in shaving cream on a table.
Make flashcards.
Play memory or “Go Fish” out of words on index cards.
Make words with magnetic letters on the fridge or cookie sheet.
Play Heads Up! (app store) use the make your own cards version

6. Summer Reading Tips BLACK Readers Websites: TIPS & GOALS:
Try to read 30 consecutive minutes each day.
Make it a goal to read 1 chapter book a week over the summer.
Learn two new Greek & Latin root words a week.
Read a series
Try a Sunshine State Readers book.
Websites:
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(practice understanding words in context)
(checking vocabulary)

7. Summer Reading Tips ORANGE Readers Websites: TIPS & GOALS:
Try to read 30 consecutive minutes each day.
Make it a goal to read 1 chapter book a week over the summer.
Learn two new Greek & Latin root words a week.
Try a few Sunshine State Readers books
Read different genres: adventure, biography, historical fiction, science fiction, traditional tales, etc.
Websites:
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(practice understanding words in context)
(checking vocabulary)

8. Summer Reading Tips PURPLE Readers PURPLE BOOK LIST Websites:
TIPS & GOALS:
Try to read 30 consecutive minutes each day.
Make it a goal to read 1 chapter book a week over the summer.
Learn two new Greek & Latin root words a week.
Try a few Sunshine State Readers books
Read different genres: adventure, biography, historical fiction, science fiction, traditional tales, etc..
PURPLE BOOK LIST
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The View from Saturday by EL. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’ Engle
Holes by Louis Sachar
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Winning Season by Rich Wallace
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Websites:
(explore the world without leaving home!)
(checking vocabulary)

9. Summer Reading Tips BRONZE Readers BRONZE BOOK LIST
TIPS & GOALS:
Try to read 30 consecutive minutes each day.
Make it a goal to read 1 chapter book every 2 weeks over the summer.
Try a few Sunshine State Readers books from the middle school list.
Read different genres: adventure, biography, historical fiction, science fiction, traditional tales, etc..
BRONZE BOOK LIST
Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke
The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke
Fabelhaven by Brandon Mull
Dive by Gordon Korman
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Maximum Ride by James Patterson