Happy Summer Reading!
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The Classroom Bookshelf will be taking a summer vacation, returning on Monday, August 25th. As our final entry for the academic year, we offer you a collection of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the next several months. We wish you have a restful, peaceful, and productive summer.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/23428
Collaborative Summer Library Program
http://www.cslpreads.org
Enhancing Summer Reading White Paper
http://summerreading.pla.org/paper/#focus
The Horn Book – 2014 Summer Reading Recommendations
http://www.hbook.com/2014/05/choosing-books/recommended-books/2014-summer-reading-recommendations#_
Children’s Book Council: Building a Home Library
http://www.cbcbooks.org/building-a-home-library/?utm_source=Building+a+Home+Library&utm_campaign=Home+Library+Lists&utm_medium=email
PBS Parents: Fun Summer Science Projects for Kids
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/tips/summer-science-projects/
Text Sets for Summer Reading: Cambridge, MA
http://www3.cpsd.us/Schools/summer_reading
Audio Books for Families
We love audio books for long car rides with the family. Many public libraries now have downloadable audio books that you can listen to on an MP3 player, iPad, or iPod. Check in with your local public library and share the details with parents and students before the year is over. You might want to search for some of the books included in these lists below.
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The Audies Awards 2014 (Audio Book Awards)
http://www.theaudies.com/
2014 Notable Children’s Recordings (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr
2014 Notable Young Adult Recordings (American Library Association)
Resources for Teachers/Parents
Literacy Tips for Parents (Reading Rockets)
http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents
Summer Reading Loss (Reading Rockets)
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/15218/#literacy
Summer Reading Loss: School Library Journal Interview with Dick Allington
http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/summer-reading-and-the-richpoor-achievement-gap-an-educator-responds-to-questions/
American Library Association Great Websites for Kids
http://gws.ala.org
The Cooperative Center for Books for Children Bibliographies
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/bibBio.asp
50 Bilingual Spanish/English Integrated Books (CCBC)
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
International Children’s Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org
Free digital PDFs of children’s picture books from around the globe in their original language. There is an iPad app that allows for easy viewing on your iPad.Start With a Book
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About Erika Thulin Dawes
Erika is a professor of language and literacy at Lesley University. A former classroom teacher, reading specialist, and literacy supervisor, she now teaches courses in children’s literature, early literacy, and literacy methods. Erika is the co-author of Learning to Write with Purpose, Teaching with Text Sets, and Teaching to Complexity.
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