Ready, Set, Read!

Summer Reading ProgramButler J unior High School

Overview• Purpose, Goals, and Participants• Student Groups• Schedule and Format• Curriculum, Topics, and Strategies• Integrating Technology• Themes, Stories, and Projects/Activities• Special Events• Reading Logs and Incentives• Funding• Staffing• Lesson Plan Format • Model Lesson• Contact Information• Evaluation

Need for a Summer Reading Program

• If students do not practice reading skills during the summer they can lose those skills

• Learners perform better on reading tests the next school year

Goals of Ready, Set, Read!

• Build students’ reading confidence and motivation to read

• Increase reading skills through techniques implemented throughout the previous school year

• Encourage parents and guardians to become involved with their children’s reading at home

• Help students become regular library users by creating an atmosphere that promotes reading and life long learning

• Improve students’ PSSA reading scores

Participants

• Read 180• Language!• Reading Prep• 163 students

targeted – 29 participants enrolled

Student Groups

• Divided into 3 groups• Placement dependent

on reading level• Red, Level, and Green

     

The Schedule

• Every Tuesday and Thursday• June 7th – July 19th

• 9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.• BJHS Library • **See calendar

Session Format

• Check-in (attendance desk in front of library)

• Opening• Break out into groups• Lesson• Project/Activity• Snack• Closure**Students may purchase incentives with

their creature cash

Curriculum

• Aligned with state standards• PSSA anchors • Objectives• Independent practice• Assessment of objectives• Adaptations for students

Topics of Sessions

• Main idea• Summarization• Cause and effect• Context clues• Reading comprehension• Point of view• Theme• Characterization

Integrating Technology

• Interactive websites for independent practice

• PowerPoint quests – Summarization and Point of View

It’s a Jungle Out There…So Pick

Up a Book!

Projects/Activities

• Activities that benefit local animal shelters

• Bird feeders, dog/cat toys, and dog/cat blankets

• Pet supply drive for local animal shelters

Special Events

• Butler Public Library• Memorial Park• Wild World of Animals• Living Treasures

Reading Logs and Incentives

• Read log card• Creature cash• Bookmark• Book chain• Incentives – books, games, DVD

player, DVDs, gift cards, etc.

Funding

• A&W Restaurant & Long John Silvers

• Arby’s Roast Beef• Boarders • Cici’s Pizza• Eat-n-Park• D’Anthony’s Pizzeria • Gallery Construction• L. Pizza Plus• Monroe Hotel

• Ponderosa• Regal Cinemas• Rue 21• Natili Restaurant• Red Lobster

Restaurant• Wendy’s Old

Fashioned Hamburgers

• Wal-Mart• Texas Road House

Staffing

• 1-2 teachers per student group• Check-in/Attendance• Project station• Incentives station• Video

Lesson Format

• Anticipation • Introduction of topic• Guided practice• Story• Practice skill• Closure