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Read Works

Read Works: Will You Go to School This Summer?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating the pros and cons of year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Summer Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the importance of summer reading through this informative resource. Scholastic.com provides teachers with links to summer booklists, articles on summer reading and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teachers: Bridging the Summer Reading Gap

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This resource provides an article that discusses the importance of summer reading for students. Find out what schools can do to help improve student's participation in summer reading.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasive Writing for Summer Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A good lesson plan, to be used during the last month of the school year, for motivating students to remain faithful to reading over the summer. Uses strategies such as student-chosen books and persuasive writing techniques.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Friends: School Is Out for the Summer!

For Students K - 1st
Now that school is out for the summer, children have many new adventures and experiences. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive collection of documents, images, digital collections, and teacher resources related to the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. Civil rights activists traveled throughout Mississippi registering rural Mississippians...
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Read Works

Read Works: Will You Go to School This Summer?

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that gives some pros and cons of year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Alearn's Summer Math Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on Alearn's Summer Math Program, a non-profit organization that is committed to help more low-income, underrepresented students prepare for and complete college. These students often come with significant gaps in...
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Other

Paul Yee: 'What Happened This Summer' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "What Happened This Summer", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the issues faced by Chinese-Canadian...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: A Beach Bag Full of Summer Learning Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learning shouldn't stop just because school is out. Here are some ideas to keep students reading, writing and thinking all summer long.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Learn's Summer Math Program

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See how ALearn and Khan Academy help solve the achievement gap.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Summer Bridge Programs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
More students fail ninth grade than any other grade and many of these students ultimately drop out. Can pre-emptive interventions lead to increased graduation rates? Emerging evidence suggests that eight-grade transition programs...
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Other

Haisln: Recommended Reading Lists

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Librarians from a group of independent schools in Houston, TX have chosen hundreds of books covering grade levels from Pre-K through 12, and genres from non-fiction to poetry to fiction. Each entry lists title, author, publisher and...
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Other

Haisln: Recommended Reading Lists

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Librarians from a group of independent schools in Houston, TX have chosen hundreds of books covering grade levels from Pre-K through 12, and genres from non-fiction to poetry to fiction. Each entry lists title, author, publisher and...
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Helping High Schoolers Find Research and Stem Field Opportunities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
I've been involved in shepherding high school students through the world of Independent Research for nearly two decade. I know firsthand the impact that spending one or two summers working in a scientific institution with a real...
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Edith Wharton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the life and work of the author Edith Wharton when you visit this resource. This site features several links to lesson plans, biographical information, teaching guides, reviews, and more.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: High Wages Without a Bachelor's Degree [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This government resource highlights statistics and career possibilities for those without a four-year college degree.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Afterschool Achievement: Strengthening Literacy and Other Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What can afterschool programs offer that the regular school day can't? To build literacy skills and school achievement, think outside the classroom.
Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Supporting Teachers With Progress Monitoring

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Laser Light Properties: Protecting the Mummified Troll!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn and use the properties of light to solve the following challenge: "A mummified troll was discovered this summer at our school and it has generated lots of interest worldwide. The principal asked us, the technology classes,...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: How Labor Got Its Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
If you asked learners what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they would say? The last days of summer? A family picnic? Shopping the Labor Day sales? The purpose of this lesson is to broaden and deepen...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: August Teacher Resource Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Utilize this excellent list of resources focused on August and the holidays, themes and events it encompasses to enhance classroom learning.
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Other

National Crime Prevention Council: Mc Gruff

For Students 3rd - 5th
McGruff the Crime Dog is interested in helping you "take a bite out of crime." You can color, read comic strips, play lots of terrific games, and get great safety tips from McGruff! And don't forget to show your parents the special...

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