Parents, children or community volunteers can pair up and read together. Have each member of the family create their own personal bookmark. Celebrate a favorite author or fictional character's birthday by reading or talking about the book. It gives them confidence and makes it more fun. It's reading without the test.
Readers keep track of their time by using a diagram of sports figures placed around a running track.
The Sterling Heights Public Library is closed for the summer because of construction, but operates a downsized reading program at the community center in Dodge Park. Students often neglect to reread books they may enjoy, Kotulis said. Jennifer Yachnin is a Metro Detroit free-lance writer.