1. Avoiding the Summer Slide
The Importance of Reading over the Summer
Presenters:
Liz Caffrey, Tim Gould, John Ferrero, Sharon Kent, and Pat Speight

2. How Important is Summer Reading?
Develops background knowledge
Increases vocabulary
Improves fluency
Maintains achieved reading level
Perform better on Fall reading comprehension.
Prevents reading achievement loss.

3. What if my child doesn’t read over the summer?
Students can fall 2-3 months behind their peers.
Lose 3 months off their reading level.

4. How much should my child read?
Kids who read 5-6 books over the summer do better in the fall.
Reading more books leads to even greater gains.

5. How can I encourage my child to read?
Show children reading is important to you
Model reading
Make reading a way to connect with your child
Set reading times
Find the fun in books
Take reading on the road

6. How can I encourage my child to read?
Read with and to your child
Talk about reading
Trade books with friends
Hold a book club
Create rewards for reading
Go on a family outing
Library summer reading programs
Governor’s Reading Challenge

7. How Do We Find the Right Books?
5 Finger Rule
RL (Reading Level)
Scholastic Book Orders

8. How Do I Talk About Books
Who is in your story?
Where does the story take place?
What is the problem in your story?
How was the problem solved?
What do you wonder about as you read?
What do you predict will happen next?
What connection can you make to yourself, another book or the world? 

9. What types of materials should my child read?
Chapter books
Picture books
Magazines
Newspaper
Recipes
Internet articles
Original stories
Comic books
Poetry

10. Do you have any ideas?
What has worked for your family to encourage reading?

11. Internet Resources to Encourage Reading