Summer Reading Strategies
Gretchen Caserotti
Head of Children and Teen Services
MMS March 16, 2011
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Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box
Vs.
non fictionfiction
Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box
Vs.
classic graphic novel
Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box
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read listen
Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box
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print eBook
Strategy 2 – Make Reading Social
• Book Suggestions• Bookwink• GuysRead• ReaderGirlz
• Publisher Websites• Discussion Guides• Author Information• Social Spaces
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Strategy 2 – Make Reading Social• Interactive Fiction • Fan Fiction
Strategy 2 – Make Reading Social
Strategy 3 – Encourage Retelling
Strategy 3 – Encourage RetellingBOOK TRAILERS
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Strategy 4 – Be a Good Role Model• Read for enjoyment• Things of interest• Share what you’re reading
Your children learn from you- they model what they see.
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
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