Reading/ ELA

Summer is here, and while school is out, the joy of reading can continue! We want to make sure your children stay engaged with books and develop a love for reading.

Unfortunately, when kids don't read over the summer, they are likely to fall behind when they head back to school. These learning losses are often called the "Summer Slide" and, in order to keep our students' skills sharp, we encourage ALL children to read all summer long. To prevent reading loss, research supports reading both TO the child and BY the child. Research with 1,600 sixth-graders in 18 schools showed that reading four to six chapter books during the summer was enough to alleviate summer loss (Trelease, 2010).

Resources to support children and parents with book selection abound, including the Franklin Lakes Public Library's Summer Reading Program, as well as endless children's book lists published on the Internet.

Summer ELA Resources

Start with a Book (Summer Reading Guidance)

Vocabulary Words (1st-12th grade)

Picture Prompts to Inspire Writing

Fundations Writing Prompts and Reading Recommendations.Summer Reading and Writing - Google Slides.pdf

Click the image for grades 1-3 Writing Prompts

IXL Summer Boost Skill Plans: The summer boost skill plans highlight foundational and high-priority skills from the previous year to ensure students are on track to succeed in the next grade level.

IXL Accounts

Incoming grades 1-8 students returning to FLPS in 2025-26 can login using their usernames (matching the student's existing Genesis ID#s) as follows:

username: 5 digit Genesis username: (50421)

password: 5 digit Genesis username + flps (50421flps)

*students may have changed their passwords

*Please note: To continue forward momentum, we strongly encourage your child to utilize their IXL accounts which will be available through the month of July. Student IXL accounts will not be available after 8/1/2025, in order to prepare for a new academic year.

From our FLPS Library/ Media Specialists:

It is very important to keep reading over the summer! We read for three important reasons - for pleasure, for information, and for growth. More time spent reading over the summer not only improves language arts skills (both reading AND writing), but also creates emotional growth for our children as well. Books are a wonderful look into different cultures, and into the stories of people that are different than we are. Our cultures and stories may be vastly different, yet we are the same in our needs and in our wants. This is the terrific paradox of the human condition - that we are all beautifully similar, yet wonderfully different!

Below please find a variety of resources to help keep our kids reading over our summer break:

Digital Maker Space Resources:

LEGO Digital Designer (download):
🎵 Make music: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
Invent/Design: https://pbskids.org/designsquad/games/
Make Art: https://www.abcya.com/games/pixel_art

Try Building: https://fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/lakeland/