[Tasl] summer reading lists for 8th grade

[Molly Newsom]

http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/

Great summer reading information to share with everyone!  Reading lists for 
K-8 are available on this site.







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I would love to have some of these list suggestions also.

Josie Callahan

Harrelson School Librarian

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Our 8th grader teachers asked me for some suggestions for summer reading 
list.  Does your school have a summer reading program?  If so what do your 
rising 6-8 graders have to read? Acording to this article...Summer Reading 
Loss
Regardless of other activities, the best predictor of summer loss or summer 
gain is whether or not a child reads during the summer. And the best 
predictor of whether a child reads is whether or not he or she owns books. 
While economically-advantaged kids often have their own bedroom libraries, 
poor kids usually depend heavily on schools for books to read.

Understandably, summer reading loss or "summer setback" is a bigger problem 
for children from low-income families. Their reading achievement typically 
declines an average of three months between June and September, while that 
of typical middle-class students improves or remains the same. This means 
that a summer reading loss of three months accumulates to a crucial two-year 
gap by the time kids are in middle school, even if their schools are equally 
effective. It suggests that focusing all of our efforts on improving the 
schools isn't going to work.

Children need to read outside of school. Research clearly shows that the key 
to stemming summer reading loss is finding novel ways to get books into the 
hands of children during the summer break.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=391

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