Online Summer Literacy Resources

[Tengrrl <t3ngrrl@att.net>]

 Hi,
I wanted to share our collection of out-of-school activities, organized by age
groups, at www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/. You'll found
specific activities like going on a sound hike, creating a photoblog entry, and
composing a first resume. The site also has online, interactive materials, like a
crossword puzzles tool and another for creating comic strips. 

This year, the website features two new podcast series, Chatting About Books and
Text Messages. Host Emily Manning chats with kids, parents, and teachers about
the best in children?s literature for ages 4 through 11 on the Chatting About
Books podcasts. Discussions include reading tips and fun activities to do with
children before, during, and after reading.

Text Messages podcasts provide book recommendations that adults can pass along to
preteen and teen readers. Each episode features one in-depth recommendation plus
suggestions of several other related books, audiobooks, or films that will engage
and excite teen readers. The first podcast in the series explores American Born
Chinese, a book that tells its story in words and pictures and that made Amazon?s
editors choice list in 2006.

The site includes a "Share this Site" link that leads to a PDF flyer you can
print and send home with students to encourage them to read, write, and think
during the summer month.

Traci Gardner
Online Content Developer
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/