SDMS Summer Reading 2024

Summer is a great time to relax, have fun, and read a good book! Participating in reading and other learning activities over the summer is critical to helping students maintain skills from the school year.

The purpose of Wethersfield Public Schools’ Summer Reading Program and other learning activities is to encourage students to become lifelong readers and “learners” and provide them with fun and engaging ways to practice their skills.

The SDMS Summer Reading Page is the best place to find everything you need to know about summer reading. Summer Reading requirements, reading logs, reading ideas, enrichment, and links to the Wethersfield Library are easily found here!

7th & 8th Grade Students must read at least 2 books of their choice and submit a reading log

We have set a goal for 100% participation by SDMS students in summer reading activities.

A digital or paper reading log for listing the titles and authors of books must also be completed.

Students have the option of:

1. Completing the Online Google Form available through Wethersfield Library

2. Printing a reading log and hand writing the information

3. Using an Editable Google Doc

If a reading log other than the Google Form is used, it must be signed by a parent/guardian and turned into each student’s Language Arts teacher within the first week of school. The Online Google Form will be submitted automatically to teachers.

Links to reading lists, book trailers, a Teen Summer Reading Book Discussion Group and other enrichment challenges are also posted on the SDMS Summer Reading Webpage as well as our Summer Reading Bitmoji Page!

Visit the Wethersfield Library's website and participate in their summer reading program, Adventure Begins At Your Library!

On June 13, incoming 7th grade students and incoming 8th grade SDMS students can start logging books online, write a review or comment on the book, and win great prizes! Students are automatically entered for weekly prize drawings when they review or comment on a book using the link available on the Wethersfield Library’s Teen Page.

Additionally, Wethersfield Public Schools has a collection of free eBooks and audiobooks that can be easily used on Chromebooks or downloaded to eReaders, iPads, tablets, or cell phones through our Sora subscription.

Students can log in to Sora with their School Gmail to check out digital materials. If students cannot find a particular book in Sora, many free ebooks and audiobooks are also available for borrowing with a Wethersfield Library card in their Overdrive, Hoopla, and Freading.

More information, including tutorials, is available on the district website’s Sora FAQ’s Page.

Students and their families are encouraged to explore the book lists on the district summer reading webpage including the 2025 MS Nutmeg Nominees and the Wethersfield Library Adventure Begins at Your Library list.

Copies of the 2025 Middle School Nutmegs are available in Sora as are Past Nutmeg Nominees. The Wethersfield Library has multiple copies of the Nutmeg Nominees in print as well as individual digital copies.

Wethersfield Public Schools also offers a broad array of digital learning resources or in person programs available for families looking to provide more enrichment and learning opportunities for students during the summer months. Please visit our Continue Learning Across Summer Session (CLASS) website.

If you are looking for guidance on independent learning opportunities for your child across content areas, please contact your his/her teacher(s) prior to the end of the school year for specific digital learning resources and areas of focus that would be beneficial during the summer months.

Have a wonderful summer!

Ms. Leslie Poulos,

SDMS Library Media Specialist/Teacher Librarian

& the SDMS Language Arts Teachers