2022--Incoming G4&5 Summer English Literacy Recommendations

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1	Incoming G4 & G5 Summer English Literacy Recommendations
2	Incoming G4 & G5 Summer English Literacy Recommendations
3	Fluency	Accuracy	Comprehension/Oral language & vocabulary development	Writing/Word Study
4	1. Practice Repeated Reading: Listen to your child read the first passage or paragraph of a page out loud. Then, you read the next passage or paragraph. Continue until you have read a page. Next, read the page a second time, but this time you (the parent) will read the first passage or paragraph, and your child will follow with the next passage or paragraph. Repeat until you and your child agree that you have read the page with good expression, phrasing and speed.	1. Make sure summer reading includes some printed, physical text. If your child has difficulty following the text from word-to-word or line-to-line, encourage them to use an index card, finger, pencil, or stylus to track the text as they read.	1. Use storycubes to invent and tell stories, using picture symbols as meaning cues to direct your construction of the story.	1. Keep a journal. Set a goal of writing 10-15 minutes in your journal each day.
5		2. Make sure summer reading includes some consumable texts that can be directly written on. Encourage your child to annotate text by highlighting, circling, underlining or sketching on the interesting, important, or confusing parts they encounter. Have a conversation with your child about their annotations.	2. What interesting words have you encountered over the summer? Write them on index cards, then put them in the pockets of the Toss & Teach Ball to decide which words you will discuss, define, and explore further.	2. Play the web-based game Wordcraft for a fun way to learn Greek and Latin roots, and how they are used in English words.
6			3. Play the Once Upon A Time game to construct narratives that follow the logical arc of a story, using a bank of randomly chosen words, phrases and sentences.	3. Visit the Planet Word Museum in DC.
7				4. Play Sound Off 2, New York Minute, and/or Fish for Endings in order to practice reading common Grade 3-4 words fluently. For students interested in exploring more difficult word constructions, try the game WordWright.
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