To fight against learning loss over the vacation, Tennessee is funding (提供资金) the delivery of surprise books to keep almost a quarter million kids interested in reading.
In response, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) has taken a step further by expanding its K-3 Home Library program to include all lower grade students in a public school across the state. Working in partnership with Scholastic, the program will provide 1.2 million books for over 200,000 students, teachers and librarians.
To ensure the books reach their intended readers, they will be delivered directly to the homes of participating students in six packages filled with grade-level books, at no cost to families or schools. One parent who joined the program last summer said her son struggled to read but was improving every week. These couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. A Morgan County educator praised the program for getting much-needed books into the hands of students who may not have access (使用的机会) to them at home, for it can have a significant impact on their overall academic performance.
“If we don’t get reading right, everything else can go wrong,” said James Pond, GELF President. “Our goal is to encourage a culture of reading in Tennessee. We achieve this by meeting students and providing them with the books and resources they need to become lifelong learners. We hope other states look to us as a leader in early literacy (读写能力) efforts.”
Most parents reported that their children were excited to receive the books and said they were valuable to their families. The books included in the Home Library program were selected by a group of 28 Tennessee educators. With this program, Tennessee is showing that it takes vacation learning loss seriously and promises to improve literacy rates for its young students. It’s a model that other states would be willing to follow.
【小题1】What is the K-3 Home Library program about for all lower grade students?| A．Teaching them how to read books. |
| B．Making books accessible to them. |
| C．Providing financial support for them. |
| D．Encouraging them to be lifelong learners. |
| A．Librarians offering them to kids. |
| B．Teachers collecting them for kids. |
| C．Scholastic donating them to kids. |
| D．GELF mailing them to kids’ homes. |
| A．Worried. | B．Negative. | C．Thankful. | D．Uncaring. |
| A．Tennessee’s vacation reading program does work. |
| B．Grade-level books play significant roles at school. |
| C．Improving students’ literacy needs proper measures. |
| D．Kids’ early literacy has a deep effect on their growth. |
