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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">FYI: I just wanted to let you know the following email was sent out on the email discussion list for school library staff. I’ve also asked the person at the Oregon Department of Education
 who administers the email discussion list  for English Language Arts Teachers to consider sharing it on her listserv. If this email goes out to teachers, then you should know I edited it slightly to encourage teachers to talk with their school library staff
 first and then contact their public library.—Katie <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Katie Anderson <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net' <oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Help kids maintain their reading skills over summer vacation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">School librarians and teachers do a great job teaching students during the school year, but over the summer kids forget what they learned in school!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“Most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months. Low-income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact
 that their middle-class peers make slight gains.” <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.summerlearning.org/resource/collection/CB94AEC5-9C97-496F-B230-1BECDFC2DF8B/Research_Brief_04_-_Cooper.pdf">
Cooper, 1996</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What can school librarians and teachers do to help kids remember what they learned?</b> One way is to encourage them to read during summer vacation. School librarians and teachers have a lot on their plate, and public libraries can help!
 Oregon public libraries use <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.summerlearning.org/resource/collection/CB94AEC5-9C97-496F-B230-1BECDFC2DF8B/Research_Brief_03_-_Kim.pdf">
research-based strategies</a> to plan and implement summer reading programs that are educational, fun, and free to everyone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now is the best time to <a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/">
contact your local public library</a> to ask what they are planning for the 2016 summer reading program. You might ask them…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Can I get copies of the public library’s summer reading logs and events calendars to distribute to students at my school so I can encourage them to read over the summer?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Can I get posters and/or fliers about the public library’s summer reading program to put up in my school?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Can public library staff write a short article about the summer reading program that I can include in my school newsletter and post on my school’s website?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Can public library staff come to my school to tell students what the summer reading program is all about and how they can participate?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Can public library staff come to my school and do book talks to recommend good books for them to read over the summer?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Teachers at my school have recommended summer reading lists. Does the public library have the books on those lists? Can public library staff help kids from my school find and checkout those books at the public library?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>My school has a free summer lunch site. Can public library staff come to the free summer lunch site a couple times to do the summer reading program with students here?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Don’t have a local public library?</b> Simply encourage your students to read 10 books over the summer. When school starts in the fall, ask them to bring a list of the 10 books they read signed by an adult who knows they actually read
 the books, and <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/summerreading/summerreadingcertificates.aspx">
award them an Oregon Summer Reading Certificate</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Questions?</b> First, <a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/">
ask someone at your local public library</a>. If they can’t answer your questions or you don’t have a local public library, then contact me at
<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Katie  <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">Library Support and Development Services</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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