Team, The Newsela summer reading program looks like a lot of fun. I could see a lot of kinds really getting into this! However, a couple ideas: 1) Not all our kids have consistent access to computer and/or internets at home, especially those that summer in DR. MOST do, but there's a decent percentage that don't. 2) Common core standards do encourage us to read more nonfiction, but there's still a lot of value in fiction! A study in The Journal of Science recently showed that reading fiction can help with job skills! Fiction makes us smarter and nicer. There's a lot of other awesome reasons to read fiction, which you can see summarized here. Plus, it's just fun! With those two things in mind, I think we should also have a fiction option available with actual paper books. Something like the Scholastic summer reading challenge is a pretty solid option. Any other ideas for fiction summer reading projects? -Jeff From: Tanisha Sem Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 7:53 AM To: Johanna Powell; Samantha Wuu; Jacky Andujar Cc: Jeffrey Maxim Subject: RE: summer reading Sounds good to me!
From: Johanna Powell
They receive points for answering questions. We could do rewards and prizes the first week of school based on their points? Is everyone ok with going with this? If so, I need your help creating class lists J
From: Samantha Wuu
Yeah that’s a neat idea! Is there any output – a report on one of the articles or something to assign so they’re accountable for not just skimming?
From: Jacky Andujar
I like Vanessa's contest idea. I think we should go with that.
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