I am curious about this as well. I have been doing summer reading for many years but our participation has been plummeting over the past couple of years. This year I was down to a 17% participation rate at the middle school.  Ten years ago, I was averaging 55-60% participation.  I definitely need to reinvent it!

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask what other districts do for summer reading for students in grades 5-8 (middle levels)?  Do you ask for a reading log?  What incentives do you offer?  Is there required reading or is it voluntary?  If you can share what you have, that would be great.

Our public library also has incentives for summer reading and we advertise these to our students before they leave us in June.

Any thoughts or ideas that have worked is appreciated.  We are trying to get more kiddos reading over the summer as our participation last year needs much improvement.  We would like to do something that is manageable for teachers to assess in the fall when students return (we are a school of approx. 850 students).

We offer a "reading celebration" in the fall for those students that participated in reading over the summer.

Respectfully,

Loretta Sullivan
Library Media Specialist       
Bennet Academy
Manchester, CT





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