Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 issued the following announcement on June 12.
“Summer Slide” is real, and in the case of reading skills, not a good thing. Research from Harvard Graduate School of Education says, “On average, students lose 2.6 months of learning in math during the summer break.” The Department of Education in Colorado said that “On average students lose 1-2 months of reading during the summer with those learning losses adding up each summer.” This loss happens if students purely leave school at school. Meaning, that they only work on numeracy and literacy while at school. There are many ways to prevent the “Summer Slide” and below are some resources and ideas!
Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide: Reading every day, reading aloud, and reading six books over the summer are suggested by this article as ways to prevent the summer slide in reading.
15 Fun Ways to Stop the Deadly Maths Summer Slide: Reading math stories, cooking / baking, playing cards, or even set up a lemonade stand are a few suggestions from this article.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5
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