Table of Contents
SECTION 1: NOT THIS
I Know What You Didn’t Do Last Summer, Carrie Cahill and Kathy Horvath
- Do We Do Enough to Foster Independent Readers?
- Of Summer-Reading Lists and Questions: Are We Assigning Books or Inviting Students to Be Lifelong Readers?
- Are We Making Assumptions About Children’s Access to Books?
- Why Is It So Difficult for Parents to Get Their Children to Read?
- Why Aren’t Summer School Programs Filling the Gap?
SECTION 2 WHY NOT? WHAT WORKS?
Children Will Read During the Summer if We Provide Access, Choice, and Support, Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard Allington Why Some Children Read During the Summer and Some Don’t
- How Limited Access to Books Affects Summer Reading
- Why Student Choice Is So Important
- Why Summer Reading Needs to Happen Every Summer
- How Teaching Reading Strategies During the School Year Supports Summer Reading
- How We Can Recruit Parents as Children’s Partners, Not Taskmasters, in Summer Reading
- How Personal Goals and Opportunities to Collaborate Can Keep Children Motivated
- Summer Reading Is Not Optional But Necessary
SECTION 3 BUT THAT
School-Year Practices and Summer Projects That Support Summer Reading, Carrie Cahill and Kathy Horvath
- Foster Habits of Independence During the School Year
- Celebrate the Variety of Texts and Topics Students Choose to Read
- Put Books in Children’s Hands
- Scaffold Social Interaction for Students
- Support Personal Learning Goals
- The School Is the Hub for Learning Year-Round
- Embrace Your Own Ingenuity