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RISE
BookChoice Read in Summer and Excel – Grades K to 8

Your Books, Your Choice – Grades Pre-K to 12

What it is

What it is This DRA-leveled reading program has been serving “at-risk” students to prevent “summer

slide” for over 8 years. To ensure that our most vulnerable students will not be without
BookChoice is designed to bring curated Sponsored by school divisions and/or schools support and to retain their reading levels, this program has been adapted to an online
books of choice to students in their own home. platform. Like the onsite program, teachers can assist students in finding “just right”
books to help them retain or improve their reading levels before they return to school.
Why BookChoice?

• Gives school divisions an online platform to directly invest in keeping
Sponsored by school divisions and/or schools
students motivated to read and learn for both pleasure and purpose.

• Establishes a connection with students and provides them with tangible resources
to stay focused on reading and learning during these stay-at-home days. Why RISE?

• Supports teachers in engaging students and encouraging regular reading practices.
• Provides school division/schools an
• Engages parents to get involved and keep their children opportunity to invest in a reading
motivated about school and their studies. level retention program with a
proven record of success.
• Provides all children, with or without technology and internet, an equitable literary experience.
Having access to books of choice can positively impact both the mindset and morale of children. • Access to ‘just-right” books can help all
students improve their reading skills.

• Gives students resources to stay on track
with reading level retention or improvements.

• Allows educators an opportunity
to motivate their most susceptible
students to keep reading so they may
be ready for the next grade level..

• Invites parents to participate and
ensure that their child’s reading
levels are being strengthed.

• Allows schools and educators a
quantifiable way to measure the ROI.

Students can lose up to 18 months 01 02 03 04 05 06
9 Children (ages 6–17) agree that the of reading and math skills by 5th
books they enjoyed the most are grade due to “summer slide”. 07 08 09 10 11 12

10 the ones they picked themselves. https://thinkstretch.com/our-difference/summer-learning-loss/
https://www.scholastic.com/readingreport/access-matters.html
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