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Summer Reading Record

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No more summer reading lag! Give young readers a set of graphic organizers and worksheets to keep track of the books they read over the summer and to keep reading comprehension skills fresh. The graphic organizers include identifying plot, setting, main characters, problem, solution, and main events.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

summer reading, summer homework, plot summary, titles, character descriptions, main characters, main events, setting

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Send home to parents or share the link with parents so that they have access to it over the summer
  • Give a book list suggestion that includes a variety of genres to pair along with the sheets, or have a classroom book trade where class members bring gently used books to trade with their classmates
  • Start the process of summer book reporting at the end of the school year so that learners can carry it into summer

Classroom Considerations

  • Print pages front and back to save paper, or print pages as you choose to use them
  • Sheets can be used in upper grades as well

Pros

  • Great for summer assigned reading or just to keep readers engaged with reading comprehension
  • Allows for both fiction and non-fiction reading

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.7 RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.5 RL.3.7 RI.1.1 RI.1.2 RI.1.3 RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.3 RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3

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