Like you, I’ve been looking for resources to help my students overcome the “summer slide.” Many of you know the research that says on average, students’ achievement scores can decline as much as one month’s worth of school-year learning. Our low income students seem to experience additional loss, and often, the loss is larger at higher grade levels. Our voracious readers enjoy reading as a year-round hobby, but we do have students who fall through the cracks.
Here are several things we can try.