(2017-07-07) Should My3rdgrader Spend His Summer Working Or Playing In The Woods

Should my 3rd-Grader Spend his Summer Working or Playing in the Woods?

the scores also showed that he lost ground each summer

The most obvious cure was summer school. But research shows that summer programs are not always effective, especially in Reading.

So I decided to bring him into the conversation. He wouldn’t get to decide, exactly, but he would get a say

So here’s where we landed: in exchange for not attending Summer school, he would do a daily reading activity and read for 30 minutes each day