Exercise Your Brain Over the Summer by Reading
Students required to read over the summer
May 26, 2015
Every year, Smoky Hill High School requires students to read a book over summer. According to a post on http://smokyhill.cherrycreekschools.org, Smoky Hill High School believes in the importance of summer reading to ensure the success of all its students.
“The best predictor of summer loss or summer gain is whether or not a child reads during the summer,” www.scholastic.com stated.Summer reading loss refers to the decline in children’s reading development that can occur during summer vacation times when children are away fr
om the classroom and not participating in formal literacy programs (Allington & McGill-Franzen, 2003).
Every student at Smoky Hill will be referred to 5 different books for each grade level; therefore, the student can choose from the different books based off of their own likings.
In the beginning of the school year, each student will work on a project, a test, or an essay chosen by the teacher. The students are responsible for getting the book themselves and reading it.
If you click the following links, it will take you the page where the book titles are.
10th Grading http://smokyhill.cherrycreekschools.org/Dep
artments/English/Documents/10%20Summer%20Reading%202015-2016.pdf
11th Grade
12th Grade