Summer Reading Adventure Educator`s Toolkit

 Summer Reading Adventure The Educator’s Toolkit Educators and librarians alike are well aware of studies indicating that students who engage in reading over the summer retain their skills and often increase their learning abilities. To accomplish this, your public library’s summer reading program has a renewed commitment to keeping young brains active by engaging kids with the right mix of fun activities that we believe will keep them reading, learning, doing and experiencing things all summer long. As educators, you and your staff hold important positions as influential adults in the lives of your students and the library knows we can’t reach your kids without your help. One simple tool for encouraging student achievement together is this Educator’s Toolkit. In this toolkit, you will find resources that make it easy to encourage your students to participate in the Summer Reading Adventure. Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll Overview: Learn how your school can be recognized for staff advocacy and student participation successes. Summer Reading Adventure Announcement: Use this announcement to easily communicate information about Summer Reading Adventure in parent communication pieces. (Available in English and Spanish.) Summer Reading Adventure Article: Use this article to easily communicate information about the importance of reading and visiting the library over the summer in parent communication pieces. (Available in English and Spanish.) Summer Reading Adventure Graphic: Use these full color and B/W images in parent/staff communication pieces. Summer Reading Adventure Student Challenge: Use this challenge as an alternative to creating individual summer reading activities/assignments. The educator’s toolkit can be found online at http://www.mylibrary.us/events. Questions? Contact your school’s High Plains Library District representative or Micaela Sanchez, Program Coordinator, msanchez@highplains.us. summer reading challenge
Follow the steps below, and check the boxes as you complete each step.
Attach this sheet to your completed reading log and return both to your
teacher in the Fall.
Name: ____________________________________________
Grade/Teacher: ___________________________________________
□ Step 1: Beginning May 29, sign up for High Plains Library District’s FREE and fun
Summer Reading Adventure by visiting your nearest library or going
online to www.MyLibrary.us/events.
□ Step 2: After signing up, grab a reading log or print one at home from
www.MyLibrary.us/events.
□ Step 3: Begin reading! If you need more to read, visit a library or the
bookmobile to borrow books, graphic novels, magazines, and more.
□ Step 4: Read and complete Prize Level 1
□ Step 5: Visit a library or the bookmobile to collect your first prize.
□ Step 6: Read and complete Prize Level 2
□ Step 7: Visit a library or the bookmobile to collect your second prize.
□ Step 8: Read and complete Prize Level 3
□ Step 9: Visit a library or the bookmobile to collect your final prize.
□ Step 10: Take home your prize and keep reading all summer long.
Congratulations! You have completed the Summer Reading Adventure.
libraries
Carbon Valley Regional Library, 7 Park Avenue, Firestone
Centennial Park Library, 2227 23rd Avenue, Greeley
Erie Community Library, 400 Powers Street, Erie
Farr Regional Library, 1939 61st Avenue, Greeley
Kersey Library, 413 1st Street, Kersey
Lincoln Park Library, 1012 11th Street, Greeley *NEW LOCATION*
Outreach/Bookmobile - call for summer schedule
Riverside Library, 3700 Golden Street, Evans
www.MyLibrary.us |1-888-861-READ(7323)
SUMMER READING ADVENTURE HONOR ROLL As the school year winds down, the staff of High Plains Library District is preparing to fill one of our biggest roles – engaging your kids in a summer of fun and reading. Participants of HPLD’s Summer Reading Adventure automatically receive prizes for reaching their reading goals, but HPLD also understands the importance of school community and has developed an approach to recognizing your students for their summer successes at school too. In an effort to engage our community, combat summer slide, and encourage students to read over the summer, High Plains Library District invites your school to participate in our first ever Summer Reading Honor Roll. Schools aiming for the Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll will strive to reach the following honors by advocating and participating. HONOR OF ADVOCACY Once you have achieved at least three of the following Honor of Advocacy goals, submit your school’s information at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SRAHonorRoll2016. Schools earning this honor are entitled to a certificate of completion, inclusion in our Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll Report to Superintendents, and school name recognition in HPLD’s e‐newsletter and in your community. Help ensure that Summer Reading Adventure informational materials are sent home to parents. Include HPLD's ready‐made Summer Reading Adventure announcement in your school newsletter. HONOR OF ADVOCACY
Invite an HPLD representative to talk about the Summer Reading Adventure with your students at a school‐wide assembly or event.
Promote the Summer Reading Adventure on your school's Facebook page 2 times during the summer with #HPLDsummer
SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll HONOR OF PARTICIPATION Earn the honor of SRA Advocate and meet minimum registration or completion goals for SRA, and you will achieve Honor of Participation recognition. Registration and completion statistics are tracked for you in HPLD’s Summer Reading Adventure registration software. HPLD will notify schools achieving at the Participant level. Schools earning this honor are entitled to a window cling award for display in your school, inclusion in our Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll Report to Superintendents, and school name recognition in HPLD’s e‐newsletter and in your community. 15% student registration and/or 5% student completion in SRA. HONOR OF ADVOCACY
Helping your students maintain their current skills and avoid the summer learning slump is as important to us as it is to you. The Summer Reading Adventure will keep growing brains active by providing activities and programs that are fun, entertaining, and keeps your kids thinking and learning all summer long. Together we can encourage students to remember that reading is a fun part of summer vacation. Summer Reading Adventure details can be found at http://www.mylibrary.us/events after May 1, 2016. For questions about the Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll, contact your school’s High Plains Library District representative or Micaela Sanchez, Program Coordinator, msanchez@highplains.us. SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Honor Roll Summer Reading Adventure Announcement (English/Spanish) Got Kids? Looking for ways to keep them entertained this summer? Your public library has the answer. Our FREE Summer Reading Adventure offers prizes for kids, plus fun events for the whole family. Sign up at your nearest library or online at MyLibrary.us/events beginning May 29. Receive or print a reading log and enjoy a stress‐free summer of engaging activities that are easy, fun, and require little work on your part. ¿Tiene niños? ¿ Está buscando unas maneras de mantenerlos entretenidos este verano? La biblioteca pública tiene la respuesta. Nuestro programa GRATIS‐ Un Verano de Lectura Aventurera‐ ofrece premios para los niños, además de eventos divertidos para toda la familia. Inscríbase en su biblioteca más cercana o en línea en MyLibrary.us/events a partir del 29 de mayo. Reciba o imprima un registro de lectura y disfrute de un verano libre de estrés con actividades que son fáciles, divertidas y que requieren poco trabajo de su parte. SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Announcement Breaking News: Visiting the Library is Good for Your Health! By Whitney Walker, Lincoln Park Library What comes to mind when you think of health and wellness? Maybe it’s sports – like soccer, mountain climbing, biking, and running. Or maybe it’s taking care of yourself – like getting a good night’s sleep, scheduling a physical, and drinking plenty of water. But did you know that adding some library time into your daily or weekly routine is just as healthy? Starting May 29, High Plains Library District’s Summer Reading Adventure begins, and with it, two months full of fun, engaging, and active opportunities for children and teens. They can participate by filling out a reading log as well as coming to events. This year our theme for Summer Reading Adventure is health and wellness. The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well‐being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” So how does our Summer Reading Adventure address all these aspects of health? 
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Physical well‐being: Kids and teens who participate in Summer Reading Adventure don’t have to be competitive or good at sports. But they will have opportunities to discover new active interests, such as Zumba or yoga. They might try new healthy foods that they cook themselves. Or they might check off an activity on their reading log, such as flying a kite. Mental well‐being: We’ll have events to challenge kids’ minds ‐ they could learn how to play chess or build things out of Legos. Or they might learn about the benefits of relaxation by doodling or making a Zen garden. And simply checking off boxes on their reading log can be good for their mind –according to the US Department for Education, students who read for fun are likely to perform better in school. Social well‐being: At all of our events, kids and teens will have the opportunity to make new friends and meet people who share similar interests. Even if they don’t attend events, they will gain social skills just by filling out their reading log: babies and toddlers will benefit from the social time spent reading with their caregivers, and reading can also help children learn empathy and how to understand others. Ages 0‐18 can sign up at any of our library locations or online at at http://www.mylibrary.us/events. They can sign up anytime between May 29 and August 1. When they sign up they’ll get a reading log which they can complete for the opportunity to win three prizes (including books!). The Summer Reading Adventure and all our events are free! But the health benefits don’t stop after the summer. We have events that encourage healthy living and reading all year long. Visiting the library is a healthy habit that anyone can start! SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Article (English) Citations: Nikolajeva, M. (2013). “Did you Feel as if you Hated People?”: Emotional Literacy Through Fiction. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 19(2), 95‐107. Trei, L. (2006, February 22). New study links reading, social skills in children. Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://news.stanford.edu/news/2006/february22/children‐022206.html Wirt, J., Choy, S. P., Bae, Y., Sable, J., Gruner, A., Stennett, J., & Perie, M. (1999).The condition of education 1999 (p. 44) (National Center for Education Statistics). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics. World Health Organization. (1950). The preamble of the constitution of the World Health Organization (p. 1). Washington. SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Article (English) Noticias de última hora: ¡Visitando la biblioteca beneficia su salud! Por Whitney Walker, Lincoln Park Library ¿De qué piense cuando piensa de salud y bienestar? Quizas es deportes, como fútbol, subiendo montañas ciclismo y corriendo. O, quizas es cuidando si mismo, como durmiendo bien, hacienda una cita para su examen física y bebiendo bastante agua. Pero, ¿sabía qué añadir tiempo en la biblioteca en su rutina diaria o semanal es tan saludable? Al partir de 29 mayo, “Un Verano de Lectura Aventurera” empieza a High Plains Library District, y al mismo tiempo, dos meses llenos de oportunidades divertidas, participativas y activas para niños y adolescentes. Pueden participar por cumplir un registro de lectura asi como venir a eventos. Este año nuestra tema para un verano de lectura aventurera es la salud y bienestar. La Organización Mundial de la Salud define salud como “un estado de completo bienestar físico, mental y social, y no solamente la ausencia de afecciones o enfermedades.” Entonces, ¿en qué modos toca nuestro verano de lectura aventurera todos estos aspectos de salud? 
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Bienestar física: Los niños y adolescentes que participan en un verano de lectura aventurera no tienen que ser competitivos o bueno en los deportes. Pero tendrán oportunidades de descubrir nuevos intereses activos, tales como Zumba o yoga. Podrían probar nuevos alimentos saludables que se cocinan ellos mismos. O puede ser que marquen una actividad en sus registros de lectura, como volar una cometa. Bienestar mental: Tendremos eventos para desafiar el cerebro de los niños ‐ que podría aprender a jugar al ajedrez o construir cosas con piezas de Lego. O pueden aprender acerca de los beneficios de la relajación de garabatos o hacer un jardín Zen. Y simplemente marcando las cajas en el registro de lectura puede ser bueno para el sano ‐de acuerdo con el Departamento de Educación, los estudiantes que leen por diversión tienden a obtener mejores resultados en la escuela. Bienestar social: En todos nuestros eventos, los niños y adolescentes tendrán la oportunidad de hacer nuevos amigos y conocer a personas que comparten intereses similares. Incluso si no asisten a eventos, obtendrán habilidades sociales simplemente completando su registro de lectura: los bebés y los niños pequeños se beneficiarán del tiempo social dedicado a la lectura con sus cuidadores, y la lectura también pueden ayudar a los niños a aprender la empatía y el modo de entender a otros. Edades 0‐18 pueden inscribirse en cualquiera de las ubicaciones de la biblioteca o en línea http://www.mylibrary.us/events. Ellos pueden inscribirse en cualquier momento entre el 29 de mayo y el 1 de agosto. Cuando se inscriban obtendrán un registro de lectura que se pueden completar para la oportunidad de ganar tres premios (incluyendo libros!). Un verano de lectura aventurera y todos nuestros eventos son gratuitos! SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Article (Spanish) Los beneficios para la salud no se detienen después del verano. Tenemos eventos que fomentan una vida saludable y la lectura de todo el año. Visitar la biblioteca es un hábito saludable que cualquier persona puede comenzar! Citas: Nikolajeva, M. (2013). “Did you Feel as if you Hated People?”: Emotional Literacy Through Fiction. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 19(2), 95‐107. Trei, L. (2006, February 22). New study links reading, social skills in children. Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://news.stanford.edu/news/2006/february22/children‐022206.html Wirt, J., Choy, S. P., Bae, Y., Sable, J., Gruner, A., Stennett, J., & Perie, M. (1999).The condition of education 1999 (p. 44) (National Center for Education Statistics). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics. World Health Organization. (1950). The preamble of the constitution of the World Health Organization (p. 1). Washington. SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Article (Spanish) Summer Reading Adventure Color/BW image for school use SRA Educator’s Toolkit 2016 Summer Reading Adventure Graphics