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Summer Reading Toolkit for Rising 4th, 5th & 6th Graders
Mon, Jun 15
|MAIA Education Resource Center
Students will come together in small groups to get a jump start on their summer reading with fun, engaging exercises and peer support.
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2026, 10:00 AM – Jun 19, 2026, 12:00 PM
MAIA Education Resource Center, 11 E 88th St Suite 1A, New York, NY 10128, USA
About the event
MAIA is excited to offer a targeted, small-group program to give students at jump start on their summer reading and practice skills that they can apply throughout the rest of the season and beyond. Students will leave the experience with a toolkit of skills and a week-to-week plan for how they will approach their summer reading.
The specific skills taught in this workshop include:
Prep and Focus: Students will use a "Mental Warm-up" (previewing texts) and assess their reading habits (passive vs. active) to set goals for improved focus.
Annotation: They will move beyond highlighting by creating personal "Secret Codes" (symbols) and practicing "Marginalia" (writing reactions/questions) to engage actively with the text.
Visualization: Students learn "Sensory Mapping" (listing/sketching scene details) to fully immerse themselves and analyze how authors build atmosphere.
Story Analysis: They will master summarizing complex plots with the "5-Sentence Challenge," track "Character Detective" motivations (internal vs. external), and…