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I do summer reading. So does my daughter. She does not have a required summer reading, yet. Summer reading in our household is a natural part of our daily routine as swimming is. We read every night regardless of the season. Most recently, we read The Giver together. The movie is coming out and I know with the focus on the Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS) aka Common Core Reading Standards in disguise, she will not experience this full text in her fifth grade classroom this school year.My daughter, age 10, quite capable of reading alone, likes me to still read books to her and that is okay. Sometimes we get her dad to read books to us. One thing that always stood out in my mind is that my students used to say that my daughter was lucky that she had me to read to her. I wish every student was as lucky. I don't worry about my daughter as a reader, yet. I do worry about the hundreds of students who don't read during the summer and they do anything but. Over the next 8 Sundays, I will be exploring that and other issues around summer reading that I confront in my job as a reading coach. I hope you will join our conversation.
I love how reading is as much a part of summer as swimming. It is for us too. I wish it were that way for all of the students at our school, but we know that it is not. In your position as reading coach, you do a lot to cultivate a reading culture. I'm hoping you'll share how you set that in motion for summer reading too. That picture is too precious. Thanks for being all in.
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