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The Summer Slide

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"The Summer Slide" refers to the way reading skills regress in the summer months. The good news? The best remedy may just be "supplying students with engaging and comprehensive reading materials."

LAST UPDATED NOVEMBER 2022

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Importance of Summer Reading

by NY State Library NYSED

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From NY State Library NYSED

by NY State Library NYSED

July 2021

From NY State Library NYSED

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One of the most effective means of improving reading achievement levels is supplying students with engaging and comprehensive reading materials. Increasing access to self-selected books for summer reading is an effective strategy for lowering summer reading setback in economically disadvantaged students and the achievement gap in students between high-low socioeconomic statuses (Allington et al., 2010).

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Summer Learning Loss: Why Its Effect Is

by Christie Blazer

Why is summer learning loss strongest among low-income students and what can we do to combat it?

Read More at Miami Dade Public School

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Lost Summers: Few Books and Few Opportunities to Read

by Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard Allington

Why is it so important to enhance children's access to books during the summer, particularly in underserved and disadvantaged communities?

Read More at LD Online

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Summer Reading 2021 When COVID met Summer Slide

by Jonathan Dolce

Now more than ever, students are at-risk of summer slide, due to learning interruptions caused by the covid pandemic. Here are some critical resources and strategies for keeping learning alive over the summer months.

Read More at ALSC

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12 Ways to Keep Students Reading This Summer

by Marisa Grimmius and Sherri Walker

A carefully curated list of 12 ways to create a summer of reading for the student in your life.

Read More at Imagine Learning

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How to Prevent Your Kids from Losing What They Learned in School During Summer Vacation

by Ashley Austrew

The summer months bring with them the risk of learning regression. Luckily, there are a number of ways to keep kids engaged in reading over the summer.

Read More at Scholastic

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Importance of Summer Reading

by Summer Reading at New York Libraries

A study on the impact of summer learning loss, especially on disadvantaged youth, and ways to prevent it.

Read More at New York State Library

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The Whys & Hows of Activating Students’ Background Knowledge

by Larry Ferlazzo

What the term “background knowledge” means, why it’s important, and how teachers can best identify and develop it both in the physical classroom and during remote teaching.

Read More at EdW

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Consejos de lectura de verano para padres

by Alexander, Francie

"El verano es un excelente momento para que los niños lean lo que más les gusta, para aprender cosas nuevas y divertirse."

Read More at Colorin' Colorado

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Lost Summers: Few Books and Few Opportunities to Read

by Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard Allington

Lower-achieving readers read less in school and out of school than higher-achieving readers. Evidence points to a social class effect here, with poor children having fewer reading opportunities.

Read More at LD Online

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Summer Reading 2021 When COVID met Summer Slide

by Jonathan Dolce

This year presents even more challenges when it comes to interrupted learning and summertime learning loss. How do we keep students' reading skills strong and in-use, even from afar? And during leisure time?

Read More at ALSC Blog

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Public Library Summer Programming Is Vital to Communities, SLJ Survey Shows

by Lauren Barack

Library services meet the needs of children and families across the country, with programming ranging from robotics to summer meals to ever-popular reading challenges.

Read More at School Library Journal