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Read All Summer Long!

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Summer Activities and Resources for Grades K-3

From What's Online at Scholastic.com

Beginning readers need lots of practice - and summer can be a great

time to help nurture your new relationship with books. To

help, Scholastic is offering exciting online summer reading

opportunities for kids and their parents to explore together!

Check out the links below for summertime reading:

Daily reading is important and should be a pleasurable activity, not a chore. Parents, remember too,

that even independent readers benefit from having a book read aloud to them.

Sholastic's Summer Reading Sites

The Best Books

These are the books kids love! Created with the help of children, this

invaluable list organizes books by genre and reading level. There is a

short description of each title, plus many of the books have online

discussion guides that parents can download!

What I'm Reading This Summer

Studentswrite your own book reviews at this site!

It's a great place for kids to celebrate books they've finished and to

find out what everyone else is reading. Sometimes peer pressure can be

positive!

Learning Arcade

Kids join Cubix, the Powerpuff Girls, and other favorite friends for

phonics games, critical-thinking puzzles, spelling challenges, and

more!

Summer Getaway

Independent readers will enjoy these reading challenges, online games

based on exciting books such as the Captain Underpants series, and

opportunities to win fun prizes!