Delanco's Summer Reading
Incoming Grades 1-2
Students who will be entering 1st or 2nd grade in the fall will be bringing home a summer reading passport and summer reading book suggestions. Research shows that reading during the summer months helps improve children's reading performance. The reading passport consists of some fun reading activities that you can do together this summer. Please make sure to read with your child and send back the completed reading passport at the start of the following school year. Students who return the completed passport will earn a special reward.
Incoming Grades 3-5
Students who will be entering 3rd-5th grades will be bringing home a summer reading passport and summer reading book suggestions.
Please encourage your child to earn reading badges, or passport stamps, by completing the tasks on each badge. To earn the badge, your child should read for at least 15 minutes. Feel free to complete some of the challenges together and even create your own reading challenges!
The challenges are divided into six different categories:
- “Who” challenges encourage your child to read with family members, friends, pets, and even stuffed animals.
- “What” challenged encourage your child to read a variety of reading materials.
- “When” challenges encourage your child to read at various times.
- “Where” challenges encourage your child to read in different places.
- “Why” challenges encourage your child to read for different reasons.
- “How” challenges encourage your child to read in different ways.
Students who return the completed passport will earn a special reward.
Incoming Grades 6-8
Students entering grades 6-8 will be bringing home a book that they have chosen for their summer reading, along with a packet of project choices. Students should choose one project from the list and complete this over the summer. This should be returned to school in September and will count towards an assignment grade for the following school year.
6th Grade Summer Reading Letter