Category: Free Resource

  • Beyond the Summer Slide: Turning Break Time into Reading Growth

    Beyond the Summer Slide: Turning Break Time into Reading Growth

    Summer break brings longer days, a pause from school routines, and opportunities to connect with families and friends. But for educators and families, it can also bring on the summer slide, a loss of reading growth for students. The summer slide is the learning loss that can happen when students are away from school for…

  • Helping Students Talk About Books: 20 Questions That Work

    Helping Students Talk About Books: 20 Questions That Work

    “Did you like it?” or “How was your book?” are often the go-to questions we ask when we want to help students talk about the book in their hand or ask questions about a book they’ve just finished.  We’ve all asked them, and we’ve all gotten the one word answers, “yes” or “fine”. As a…

  • Free Resource for Read Across America 

    Free Resource for Read Across America 

    Is it March Already? Time to Read Across America and BookBreak has a resource for you that is free and ready to use. Don’t start scrambling around on the last day of February. You can start using BookBreak’s free 50 States Book List at any point in the school year to promote reading and celebrate…

  • How To Keep Kids Reading During The Summer

    How To Keep Kids Reading During The Summer

    Make Summer Reading an Outdoor Adventure During the summer, reading can sometimes feel like a chore for kids. We’re here to change that! Our goal is to make reading feel like what it truly is: an adventure waiting to happen. It’s no secret that reading matters. Research from the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report…