Summer Reading and Writing Challenges | Next Step

Before you’re of working age to get a job for the summer, the idea of filling up almost 12 weeks of time is intimidating and can lead to feeling overwhelmed with time. The last thing we hope for our students is a summer on their phones, disassociating in an unhealthy way.

Providing students with a fun way to practice reading fluency and keep them busy in the downtime is great; putting them up to a challenge is even better. Competition feeds effort. And even though the summer is a great time for students to rest away from school, it is also a time to be active in things that are good for them, like reading or writing.

A few fun, printable challenges to stick on the refrigerator or on a corkboard are here to you.

1. Summer Book BINGO 
   Challenge your students with getting as many BINGOs as you can or blacking out the entire card.
2. A Book A Week Summer Challenge
   Do you have quick reading students or students who fly through books? This one is for them - challenge them to read one book per week and rate them as they finish.
3. Summer Writing BINGO
   Challenge your creative students to dedicate a notebook or journal to writing prompts throughout the summer, expanding many genres - short stories, paragraphs, poetry, etc. As they write, they can try to get as many BINGOs as possible, maybe even getting a blackout!