READO Celebrations

This week, we recognized the students who participated in the READO Summer Reading Challenge. We were thrilled to have had 126 students' record sheets handed in! 

The Elementary Library invited our students to participate in READO as a book bingo game that challenged students to engage in a variety of different reading experiences with all kinds of genres. Our goal was for students and families to have fun with reading over the summer.

Students were recognized at the first ES Assembly on September 1 and then Mr. Advento, Ms. Carly and I visited classrooms and grade level assemblies to present students with their certificates.

Congratulations to all our students for your achievements in reading this summer! Keep up all the great reading as we start our new school year! I have already had students ask me about what the next reading challenge will be...

Summer Reading Talk Tuesday

A group of parents joined us in the ES Library for a great discussion about motivating students to read over the summer. We want kids to be excited about reading and to experience a variety of materials.

We encourage students to mix up their reading with a selection of print books, eBooks, magazines, audiobooks, comic books and graphic novels, online reading and book apps. The ES Library website offers a selection of book lists and electronic resources to help support students. As previously posted, the READO Summer Reading Challenge allows students to keep track of their varied reading over the summer.

According to the National Summer Learning Association, it is important to remember the ABC's of summer reading:

• A - Access to a wide variety of books and reading materials
• B - Books that match readers' ability levels and interests
• C - Comprehension: Adult guidance to help kids better understand what they are reading

One of our popular resources, Big Universe, offers some wonderful suggestions to avoid a slip in reading skills over the summer months:

For more information, here is the presentation that was shared at the Talk Tuesday:

READO: Join the Summer Reading Challenge

The Elementary Library invites our students to participate in READO, a summer reading challenge! 

READO is a book bingo game that challenges students to engage in a variety of different reading experiences with all kinds of books. We want families to have fun with reading this summer! 

Click here to get a copy of the READO board or stop by the ES Library to pick one up.

Students are asked to keep track of the books they read either across a row, down a column, diagonal, or a total blackout. Turn in your READO board to the ES Library by Aug. 28th. Students will receive a certificate and special recognition by Mr. Advento at the first ES Assembly of the new school year.

• Bronze Winner: Read two rows (10 books)
• Silver Winner: Read three rows (15 books)
• Gold Winner: Total Black-Out (25 books)

Explore the following links for a collection of recommended reading lists and book apps for all ages.

• Summer Reading Lists
• Recommended Reading
• Recommended Book Apps
• Summer Reading K1-2
• Summer Reading Grades 3-5

Don't forget, you can access the ES Library and all our Electronic Resources over the holidays. Which means you could read books from Big Universe, BookFlix, TrueFlix, TumbleBooks, TumbleBook Cloud Jr., StarWalk Kids and Capstone Interactive Library. You can also explore PebbleGo, Culture Grams, PowerKnowledge Science and World Book.