Summer Reading suggestions and lists!

 I'm so (soooooo!) excited about our Sprague Summer Reading packets this year.

So colorful!
So fun!

That cool, lime green bookmark on the top... that has a link to our online list of suggested new books.  Looking for your next book? You will want to take a look at that list.

Every student will get one to bring home before the end of school.

Misplaced a sheet?
If you misplace any of your copies just go here to find printable versions of everything we sent home.



Summer Reading is meant to be fun.
I know I am looking forward to it!
Nothing is required, but there are a lot of fun suggestions.

Here's a thoughtful look at Summer Reading from Meghan Cox Gurdan who writes a weekly Children's Book Review column for the WSJ:

"For children, the phrase “summer reading” has two meanings, one a lot sunnier than the other. The first pertains to the books that teachers oblige kids to get through before classes resume in September. However good such assigned reading may be, it can’t help carrying a whiff of pedagogy. The second kind of summer reading, though, is the stuff of freedom: These are the books devoured for fun, at the beach, in a tree house or anywhere else that lends itself to the season’s long, languid hours."

And don't forget to get Caught Reading!

I'll post about that one again (of course)... I like to get caught reading in some strange places over the summer and I can't wait to see where all our Sprague students get Caught Reading.

Reading and fun.

One optional thing that's new this year is the Book Buzz sheet - if a student would rather write about her favorite book or his favorite few books than keep a reading log he or she can try this out instead.

And last, but not least... Sprague students who bring back anything (Caught Reading, Book Buzz or the Reading Bingo/Mission cards) will automatically be entered into our raffle for Wellesley Books gift certificates at the Summer Reading Assembly in September!

Cool!

Read On,
Ms. J.