[RP TownTalk] summer reading challenge for 4th-6th graders

[Alice Ewen]

For those interested ...

Elementary school students in Prince George’s County, Md., are being offered
a chance to receive money for reading books over the summer. To combat the
“summer slide” effect – the summertime regression of students’ reading
skills from the lack of regular reading – Prince George’s County Public
Schools <http://www1.pgcps.org/test_ajaxMenu.aspx?id=126534> is teaming up
with a nonprofit to implement the “5 Gets You
25”<http://www.lukefoundation.org/5x5.html> pilot
program. Incoming fourth, fifth and sixth graders will be able to receive $5
each time they read a book and write a five-paragraph report. The program
offers each grade specific, 16-book reading
lists<http://www.lukefoundation.org/reading/#reading> from
which students can choose from. Students participating in the program will
only receive money for up to five books, capping their summer-reading
earnings at $25. If a student reads and reports on five books, they will
then be entered to win a netbook computer. Sign-ups for the program started
in mid-June and will cease once the 500-student limit is reached. LUKE
Foundation President Charles G. Davis came up with the idea after using a
similar activity to spark a colleague’s child’s interest in reading.

http://www.lukefoundation.org/5x5.html


-- 
Alice C. Ewen
Councilwoman, Ward 1
Town of Riverdale Park MD
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