In the Summer Season Episode 2:  Alicia and Haley talk with TESOL Specialist, Themi, Reading and Language Arts Consultant, Angie, and Reading Specialist, Kim, and hear their philosophies, perspectives, tips, and tricks about... SUMMER READING!  

📍 Major Topics Include:

☀️ Encouraging the use of technology students are familiar with such as phones to take notes

☀️ Philosophy: It's better to read something than nothing at all

☀️ Parental involvement

☀️ Calendar for reading/ setting up a schedule for reading

☀️ Giving students strategies for breaking down the reading and setting goals

☀️ Modeling good reading strategies during the school year to get students ready for independent reading during the summer

☀️ Make it a fun: have a reading "night out"

☀️ Visit the public library

☀️ Many public libraries have reading challenges or activities to engage students 

☀️ Parents:  don't worry so much about what peaks your child's reading interests as long as their reading and its holding their attention (and it's appropriate!)

☀️ Change how we feel about listening to books- best listen and follow along better to know the book .. audio apps:  hear the story local library : library card free apps:

☀️ Encourage all ESL parents to have students read even if it is in their native language: reading and enjoyment is always paramount

☀️ Let the students guide the reading choices and make suggestions for their peers

☀️ Consider a more holistic approach to assessment/ expectations

☀️ Reading graphic novels COUNTS!

☀️ Is summer reading a sign of a bigger, systemic problem?

☀️ Consider: What's the most important outcome? Hopefully that students see themselves in the literature and are able to make connections

💻 Technology Resources:

✅ Overdrive, Hoopla, Libby, Sora

✅ ESL students:

• Glossaries from Steinhardt NYU school of EDU

• Key terms for subject matters

• Textcompactor.com

• Takes dense text and lessens density

• Google Translate

• Translate for multi copies for native languages

• Esl-bits.net

• Different texts

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🎵 by Infraction: Uppbeat