Crisp Academy believes very strongly summer reading is critical to a child’s ability to not only retain information learned the previous year, but also to grow in knowledge and critical thinking skills for the coming year. The purpose of the program is to enhance the student’s reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills as well as prevent our students from having a “summer slide”. A student’s ability to read well relates directly to higher test scores and improved writing skills.
Students entering K5 – 5th grade are given a suggested number of books to read during the summer break. Students log their books on a Reading Log. At the beginning of the new school year, the Reading Log is returned to the teacher by the deadline date for a reward or reading grade per the teacher’s discretion.
Suggested number of books for students:
Entering K5 – 10 books: Student chooses books.
Entering 1st – 2nd: Complete Summer Book Challenge OR Summer Reading Inventory (4 books along with student-drawn illustration of each book).
Entering 3rd – 2 books from a list of books provided with questions to answer.
Entering 4th – 2 books from a list of books provided with questions to answer.
Entering 5th – The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Middle school students should select one of the novels from the list to read during the summer. On the second Friday of school in August (21st), students will have a short reading comprehension assessment over the book they read. Students will tell their ELA teacher which book they chose on the second day of school (12th) so she can prepare the assessments.