
Dear Parents,
Summer is almost here! Our students have worked hard to become great readers this year, and we want to maintain those reading skills over the summer! Here are some activities that can help students avoid the summer slide:
- Lexia – students will have access to Lexia Core 5 all summer through Clever.
- HMH Into Reading – students will continue to have access to HMH books and information all summer. Students can access HMH through Clever.
- Prince William County Library – our dozens of free activities throughout the summer. Be sure to register early, as they fill up quickly. https://www.pwcva.gov/department/library/summer-reading
- Barnes & Noble Summer Reading - https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our-stores-communities/summer-reading-program/
- Chuck E Cheese – get free play points for reading, good grades, and other achievements! https://www.chuckecheese.com/activities-and-downloads/
- Scholastic Kids – Lots of games and activities featuring your favorite Scholastic characters! https://kids.scholastic.com/content/kids64/en/home.html
- Capstone Virtual Summer Camp – Lots of online books and activities! Sure-fire boredom busters for summer! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT_d6t6iJUbSOtBZTJ0ClK5unLgO_rVpK9_k7npvXA4FP--q9xsqCihF683HquX5cCaETXlg9BCz_RQ/pub
Students who bring any of the above reading logs to school
by September 1 will receive a special prize!
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Updated 11/19/21
PWCS Portal
Students have access to a number of reading and learning resources through PWCS Portal. The apps listed below are some of the apps available.
This site requires a free membership. It offers a variety of searchable reading materials (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) as well as text sets. Includes articles in Spanish.
https://www.commonlit.org/
Read Works
This site requires a free membership. It offers a variety of searchable reading materials (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry), text sets, paired passages, and an Article of the Day.
https://www.readworks.org/
Reading Bear
This site provides spelling and phonics review and quizzes. This is a fun way to review!
https://www.readingbear.org/
Scholastic Learn At Home
This is an awesome resource that provides daily news articles, stories, videos, and learning resources.
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Storyline Online
This a YouTube channel that features celebrities reading their favorite books.
https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline
Tumblebooks
This site offers dozens of books with both audio and video (please check Class Dojo for login information).
https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx
Unite for Literacy
This site offers dozens of books on a variety of topics. Narration is available in dozens of languages.
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
PWCS Portal
Students have access to a number of reading and learning resources through PWCS Portal. The apps listed below are some of the apps available.
- Lexia - Research-based reading and phonics instruction for grades PK-5.
- Newsela (NEW) - this is a great resource for news articles for a variety of subjects and content areas. The Lexile level (reading difficulty) can be adjusted for different grade levels. Under the ELA tab, there are even some Novel studies pages that provide awesome text pairings.
- eMediaVA (NEW) - this is another great resource through PBS. Lots of great videos on a variety of topics.
Lots of great story books and chapter books for various age groups. This site also features books read in Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Chinese.
https://www.audible.com/
This site requires a free membership. It offers a variety of searchable reading materials (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) as well as text sets. Includes articles in Spanish.
https://www.commonlit.org/
Read Works
This site requires a free membership. It offers a variety of searchable reading materials (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry), text sets, paired passages, and an Article of the Day.
https://www.readworks.org/
Reading Bear
This site provides spelling and phonics review and quizzes. This is a fun way to review!
https://www.readingbear.org/
Scholastic Learn At Home
This is an awesome resource that provides daily news articles, stories, videos, and learning resources.
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Storyline Online
This a YouTube channel that features celebrities reading their favorite books.
https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline
Tumblebooks
This site offers dozens of books with both audio and video (please check Class Dojo for login information).
https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx
Unite for Literacy
This site offers dozens of books on a variety of topics. Narration is available in dozens of languages.
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/