Reading Aloud to Kids, Read Aloud Book Lists, and Fantastic Summer Reading Book Lists
The following three articles (Why Reading Aloud to Kids is so Important..., 20 Read-Aloud Strategies for Grades 4 and Up, and Read2Me Tonight) that I recently read emphasize the importance of reading aloud, and provide great read-aloud strategies to promote vocabulary development, fluency, reading with expression, and supporting ideas with text evidence. The ideas in these articles are great to share with parents along with reading lists to give them and the students in your class ideas for summer reading. The information from Scholastic: Read2Me Tonight provides a list of 100 Best Read Aloud Books that can be conveniently sorted by age, and a great collection of curated parent articles.
11 End of Year Books to Bring Your Class Closure highlights books to help in the transition from one routine to another (school to summer) , and in saying goodbye for the summer. The part of this article I found to be important to consider is where it makes suggestions for after reading each book with talking about the kind of endings (straightforward, implied, unresolved, twist, and tie-back endings) in these books, and ask the kids to share what ending they wish would happen this school year.
Summer Reading Lists help give students and parents great book ideas. Below are to share with students or send home to parents:
ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children) Summer Reading Lists by age group:
Birth - Preschool
Kindergarten - 2nd grade
3rd through 5th grade
6th through 8th grade
More Summer Reading Lists:
Historical Fiction for Tween Girls: Our 10 Favorite Picks
Historical Fiction for Tween Boys: 10 of Our Favorite Picks
15 Life-Changing Middle Grade Books
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