Adventures in Literacy Land: Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap

Showing posts with label Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap. Show all posts

Summer Reading: Getting Books in Their Hands

In July of 2015 we did a book study of Richard Allington and Anne McGill-Frazen's "Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap" .  It was really eye opening to me to look at the achievement gap in relation to the summer.  And my school took some actions to get more books into the hands of our students throughout the year.  A Readbox, stronger "take-home" program, and more listening stations are just some examples.

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