Beating the Summer Reading Slump

Here are some great sites to help your child beat the notorious Summer Reading Slump provide by the Friends of BUSD Libraries. Visit their site for more information: http://sites.google.com/site/friendsofbusdlibraries/Home/summer

Aqui haye algunos sitos en el internet para ayudarle y motivar a sus hijos que sigan leyendo
durante el verano!

Reading Summer Challenges
Berkeley Public Library
http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/index.php
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Challenge http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/
Scholastic Summer Reading
http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/

Online Reading Sites
The International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Storyline Online
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Informational sites
Reading is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org/summer/
Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com/
PBS Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/quicktips/main.html
Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/

En Espanol(Spanish)
Colorin Colorado
http://www.colorincolorado.org/familias/aleer/verano
PBS Padres
http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/spanish/quicktips/main.html (consejos breves sobre la lectura y el lenguaje

All of these sites and more can be seen on the Friends of BUSD Libraries: http://sites.google.com/site/friendsofbusdlibraries/Home/summer

I Read, You Read, We all Read for Ice Cream?...

Jefferson Elementary Did, and our top reading classes enjoyed some ice cream in the process too! Mrs. Hill's 5th Grade Class, Mrs. Rossi's 2nd Grade Class, and Ms. Thiele's 4th Grade Class. Yay for reading and ice cream is nice too!