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    Every Word Counts!
    Part of continual reading progress is learning new words. You can help your stu­
    dents learn new words by:
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    Stopping every once in a while and taking a few moments to talk about the
    meaning of a word.
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    For example, you and your child read the word “avoid” in a story, and you
    comment, “?is is an important word. You will see this o?en, so it’s important to
    know what it means. It means to stay away from something. For
    example, Goldilocks will avoid the three bears’ house from now
    on.”
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    A?erwards, frequently using the word you read and talked about
    helps your child to remember a new word. It might sound like
    this: “Suzie, avoid leaving the front door open.” And then, again,
    later: “Suzie, what are some ways that you can avoid making your
    little brother angry?”
    “Students say that the number one reason why they do not read more
    is because they cannot fnd books they like to read”
    (Kids and Family
    Reading Report, June 2006, Scholastic/Yankelovich)
    ?ere are an array of reading materials and activities that can assist
    parents with keeping your children motivated to read during the
    summer and prevent reading loss from occurring.
    Here is a list of resources that can help:
    Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Resources:
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    (
    http://?orida.lexile.com) is a free online book search
    utility that helps users build custom reading lists based on their reading ability
    level and interests or school assignments. By providing this utility, students and
    their families will have greater access to more ability-appropriate/targeted reading
    options year round.
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    http://www.justreadfamilies.org/ provides
    lists of books by grade bands that students are sure to enjoy over the summer.
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    Sample recommended reading list by district, including county library links by
    district for more information about summer activities o?ered in the area:
    http://www.justreadfamilies.org/reading/
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    http://www.justreadfamilies.org/gettingstarted/
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    - (a month’s worth of daily activities for your
    child to do this summer, Summer Reading Activities Kit (cre­
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    tive ideas for fun summer reading parents and children can do
    together while on vacation, at home, or on the road), and other
    links for parents: http://www.justreadfamilies.org/greatideas/
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    that develop reading
    skills through word games, story times: http://www.justreadfami­
    lies.org/kids/
    Other Resources:
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    http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/
    summer o?ers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activi­
    ties designed to help young children learn how to read and read
    better. ?e reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other
    educators in helping students build ?uency, vocabulary, and com­
    prehension skills.
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    sets out to motivate young children to
    read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make
    reading a fun and benefcial part of everyday life. Reading is Fundamental’s (RIF)
    highest priority is reaching children from birth to age eight: http://www.rif.org/
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    SummerReads o?ers free texts aimed at “getting students ready” for a
    particular grade level in the fall—third, fourth and f?h:
    http://www.textproject.org/products/summerreads/
    “Students say
    that the number
    one reason why
    they do not read
    more is because
    they cannot fnd
    books they like
    to read”

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