Summer Reading 2023
Milltown School District
Prevent the Summer Slide!
When it comes to summer, reading may not be the first thing on everyone's mind. But reading can be the ideal summer activity. It's fun, portable, and can even involve the entire family. Plus, it will help involve your child academically to prevent the summer slide. Check out the information below to help your students stay on track during the summer!
Summer Reading Resources
Reading Scavenger Hunt
Need help motivating readers? All students can go on a reading scavenger hunt this summer and win a prize. Print out the scavenger hunt sheet and cross off each box. Turn your completed sheet into Miss Klinger in September and enter to win an Amazon gift card!
Reading Suggestions from Miss Klinger
Parkview Summer Reading Suggestions
Click here for book recommendations for students in grades 1-3.
Joyce Kilmer Summer Reading Suggestions
Click here for book recommendations for students in grades 4-8.
Required Reading for Grades 6-8
Students in grades 6-8 have required summer reading assignments from their Language Arts teachers. Please read the information below. If you have any questions please reach out to your students Language Arts teacher.
Click here for grades 6-8 Required Assignments
You will need a student Milltown Account to Access this link.
Summer Reading and Activity Resources
Start with a Book
Free themed toolkits featuring 5 days of reading and learning fun with dozens of carefully chosen fiction and nonfiction book recommendations, hands-on activities, writing ideas, and apps and websites to deepen learning. Click here to explore more!
Camp BOOK It!
Join Camp BOOK IT! and keep rewarding your kids all summer long. Track and reward your kids' reading for June, July and August on their digital dashboard. When they meet the monthly reading goal, they'll receive a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Sign up here!
PBS Kids
Summer of Possibilities with PBS kids lets students explore and play all season long with free resources from PBS Kids. Spark curiosity with hands on activities and games that support literacy, science, and math. Check out all they have to offer here!
Capstone's Virtual Camp Adventure is open for the Summer!
All students and families can visit bit.ly/capstonesummer23 to access this 12-week long fun summer learning and reading adventure with our friends at Capstone. In the Capstone Virtual Summer Camp Adventure, there are six bi-weekly Where Will You Go This Summer? themes that include a choice board and set of 20 FREE Capstone Interactive eBooks for each.
Scholastic Home Base
The Scholastic Summer Reading program, Home Base offers kids an exciting, free, and safe summer reading experience, while helping to provide books to kids over the summer, keeping every child reading. Click the link to sign up and learn more!
Go on a Summer Reading Roadtrip with Novel Effect
The award-winning Novel Effect app offers a library of interactive music and sound effects to enrich your regular storytime routine. When you read aloud from real books, Novel Effect responds at the right moment.Novel Effect’s immersive, interactive, and engaging summer reading program captures children’s attention and keeps them motivated. Develop lifelong readers with Novel Effect’s Summer Reading Program! Explore new worlds, books and genres. And have fun!
Milltown Public Library
Milltown Public Library : Your Reading and Activity Headquarters
The Milltown Public Library has an amazing summer reading program full of activities! Sign up for their summer reading program, "All Together Now", where you can earn prizes, and participate in events. Looking for a book? The public library can point you in the direction of both digital and print options all for free. Not only do they have books, but access to music and movies too!
Hoopla
Hoopla is digital media service offered by the Milltown public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows. All you need is your library card! Call or visit the library at 732-247-2270 to sign up and learn more!
LIbby
Libby is a reading app for borrowing digital books and audiobooks from the Milltown Public library's OverDrive collection. Add the app to your device for free and connect with your library card. Stop by the public library for your library card today!
Curbside Pickup
The Milltown Public Library will continue to offer curbside pickup for books and DVDs. Please call the library for requests and check out their website to put materials on hold.
2022-23 Library Stats at a Glance
Amy Klinger
Milltown School District
Library Media Specialist
Email: aklinger@milltownps.org
Location: 80 Violet Terrace, Milltown, NJ, USA
Phone: 732-214-2360
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