Summer Reading
Summer Reading for Success
Students who read more, know more. By the ninth grade, students should know about 88,000 words! Wide and varied reading is the best way to learn vocabulary! Wide and varied reading means all kinds of text: magazines, how to manuals, poetry, picture books, news articles, novels and more. Research has shown that year round reading closes the gap between success and struggle. Check out the resources on this page to keep your family reading all year long!
Links to Literacy
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program - earn a free book!
NewsELA non-fiction text for grades 2-12
NY Times Learning Network for teenagers
One More Story the best picture books read anytime anywhere
Reading is Fundamental Resources
Reading Rockets Reading Tips for Parents
Science News for Students for middle school students
Shorter news stories and longer features, all written with a vocabulary and sentence structure aimed at readers 9 to 14 years old
West Florida Public Library Children's Programs
Family Read Alouds
Repeated reading is a technique for building fluency. Fluency is an important part of reading because when we can read words automatically, we can spend more brain power thinking about what we are reading. When we understand what we are reading, we can add expression to make the reading fun for ourselves and our listeners. We know when to pause for dramatic effect, how to group phrases so that long sentences make sense, and how to speed up or slow down for excitement or suspense. We get better with practice. Here are some tips and strategies for your family read aloud practice.
K-2 Parent Resources
Grade 1 and 2 family activities Read, Write, Think Resources
Sight Words printable sight word cards and activities
Phonemic Awareness Activities
Raising Readers Phonemic-Awareness
PALS Grocery Store Activity PALS_Grocery Store Sound Shopping
Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness Lesson Teaching Phonemic Awareness
Model Reading Lessons Phonological Awareness Lessons
One of the best things parents can do to reinforce phonemic awareness is to read aloud every day with children.
Check out this Phonemic Awareness Booklist
West Florida Public Libraries Youth and Adult Summer Reading Begins May 28. Keep track of time spent reading or being read to for a chance to win prizes! Click here for more information. Students can also access E-books and E-audio books using their library card.
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Log in to your ECSD Beanstack account to log your minutes!
Wanting to do a little research or just increase your knowledge? Check out World Book Online
Log in with your library card.
Around our Community
Florida Association for Media in Education Sunshine State Young Readers book list.
Neighborhood Free Little Libraries
Free little libraries are "book swaps." If you take a book, then return a book.
Look to see if there is a registered free little library in your area
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Programs-This link will take you to the Barnes and Noble site.
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Journal for Kids in Grades 1-6.
Just Read, Florida!
ELA Parent Page
Click here for more ways families can support their students all year long!
Places to Get Book Recommendations
Ask your school if they publish a list
Scholastic Book Lists and Reading
Sunshine State Books Scroll down on their page to see lists from this and past years.
Lexile.com Find the Right Book for You
New York Public Library Summer Reading packet Recommendations from the NY Public Library and a reading packet of activities
Reading is Fundamental Literacy Central digital tools to encourage summer reading:
