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Quick Checklist for Administrators
MID-SPRING: Start the Buzz
Invite parents, caregivers, students, teachers, and school librarians to a school-wide “summer reading buzz” night to introduce My Books Summer. Describe the program. Promote daily reading and reading aloud. Display MBS book collections. Launch a summer reading poster contest. Establish daily classroom routines of reading and recording minutes on reading logs. Send out an MBS newsletter or post it on the school website.
LATE SPRING: Set It in Motion & Set Goals
Distribute program materials to teachers. Post student summer reading posters in halls and in classrooms. Send out follow-up parent and student letters (see sample letters, pp. 33–38). Establish class and school goals for summer reading, and communicate these to parents and caregivers. Visit classrooms in person to introduce My Books Summer to students and parents or caregivers. Set up a student-managed MBS table at an end-of-year event, such as a school play, band concert, bake sale, or walkathon. Host a Scholastic Literacy Event to kick off summer. If you have purchased the family engagement BookConnect mobile tool, hold a tutorial for families at a summer reading kick-off event. Hold a tutorial for teachers so that they can set up class, parent, and student interfaces.
OVER THE SUMMER: Keep Up the Momentum
If possible, keep the school library open one day a week over the summer. Partner with the local library for readings, book clubs, reading partnerships, story hours, and/or special booklists. If your school is participating in the Scholastic Summer Reading Program, post on the school website or marquee weekly updates of minutes recorded.
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