Congratulations! You have finished
another year of school, and you’re ready to enjoy your
summer and then move on to the next grade.
Summer is wonderful, but did you know that some children
can lose up to three months of learning over the summer?
Then when school starts again in the fall, it can take
several months to get back to where the reading level
was in May. Yikes! The good news is that it’s simple to
keep your reading and learning strong all summer. Read
some fun books this summer that you will enjoy and that
you may be interested in!
The following is a list of some activities to help your
child continue to enjoy reading and writing this summer.
Remember:
“The more you read, the better you’ll read.”
Read! You are a wonderful reader, and you’ve learned so
much this year. The most important thing you can do to
keep getting better and better is to keep reading. Here
are some suggestions:
a. Read lots of fun books!
b. Go to the library and check out some new and exciting
books that interest you.
c. Ask your parents to take you to a bookstore to select a
new book. If your mom or dad goes to a garage
sale, you can look for interesting books there, too!
d. Read books that you already own over and over again for
FUN!
e. Have a “book swap” get-together with your friends. Each of
you can bring two or three books you’ve already read,
and then you can swap books with each other.
f. As you read, make sure you use the strategies we learned
and practiced this year.
-Before reading, think about what you
already know about the book, and then make predictions.
-As you read, make connections that
help you to understand the text.
-Ask questions to help you
understand.
-Monitor/ or check your
understanding.
-Practice retelling the story to your
mom or dad. This helps you decide what’s important in
the text.
Journal –Use a journal to write about your summer/and
activities or books you read.
Sight Words – Practice with flash cards. As you read,
add new words to your list of words you already know!
Reading Aloud – Read aloud as often as you can.
Games you can play when you’re traveling:
Chunk search – Look at signs for words with chunks you
know.
Lightning Words – Time yourself as you read through a
list of sight words. Can you go through them in a few
seconds faster each time? These are words you want to
read as “fast as lightning.”
Alphabet Race – When you’re in the car, take turns
finding the letters of the alphabet – in order – in the
signs that you pass. For a more difficult version, look
for words beginning with each letter of the alphabet, or
go through the alphabet backwards.
Rhyming Race – Call out a word and have everyone in the
car think of a word that rhymes with it. Who can think
of the most words?
Word of the Day – Have a word of the day at your house.
You can find words in the dictionary or use an
unfamiliar word you’ve heard. Have everyone in the
family use the word appropriately in conversation during
the day.
Happy Summer and READ, READ, Read!
Mrs. Kim Stallings
Reading/Literacy Coach
Rising 1st Grade Suggested List
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