On Instagram last week, a good friend posted a picture of a stack of books–her much-anticipated summer TBR (to-be-read) pile.
Before you and your students leave your classrooms for the last time this year, be sure to work in a conversation about what you’re looking forward to doing. And during that conversation, please mention reading! Whether it’s a magazine, a book, or a stack of books, it doesn’t matter. We simply want students to see reading as an option (and an enticing option) on their summer to-do list.
I cringe to think how few of them might actually pick up a book and instead stay glued to their devices. We won’t be with them this summer but we can at least drop a hint before the year ends!