Elelmentary School Reading activities

Mark Twain Elementary School in Niles aims to promote summer reading and fun, informative ways to keep kids busy during the summer - 'make and take' session. The students will be making a journal and a bookmark."     http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/school-to-explore-what-summer-has-to.html

 

To foster reading during Summer 2012, multiple community partners created One Jackson...Many Readers. Research shows that students who read throughout the summer continue to grow academically.   http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/to-foster-reading-during-summer-2012.html

Racine Reads: Dream Big! was developed as a holistic approach to literacy advancement.  A recent study reported that the average elementary school student read 40 books each school year, yet only 34 percent of students are deemed "proficient" in their reading level.   http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/racine-reads-dream-big-was-developed-as.html

Barrow Elementary, media center is the hub of the school.  For example, pre-kindergarten students used studio equipment to write and film weather forecasts; kindergartners researched various topics using databases; first-graders created movies about the seasons; third-graders researched and created designs for a new state park, fourth-graders created book trailers advertising authors and fifth-graders taught social studies to one another.  http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/barrow-elementary-media-center-is-hub.html

School districts and community partners are doing book drives this summer
http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/school-districts-and-community-partners.html

http://schoollibraryservices.blogspot.ca/2012/05/join-td-summer-reading-club-this-summer.html

Join the Summer Reading Program at the Ermineskin School Library