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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
"Algebra Test on polynomial equations first day back! Be ready."
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They don't do that because the students aren't learning to read, like they'd have to be learning new math equations. These students have already been taught to read, usually are given books from the *next* teacher that's an intermediate level between the last grade and the next, so they're not really needing supervision while reading the book.
It's the concepts that are going to be the lessons, and a good way to avoid 'use it or you lose it' during three months of summer. Where most, (about 98% of the kids I knew) never read anything they weren't forced to read. Ever. And that was telling when they got to high school and struggled with more reading materials.
Usually, the teachers would give you a week after you came back, so if you hadn't bothered to read the material, (which was more than a few students) you could cram it in somewhere that last week and pass the test, and be ready for discussion.
I really, really can't get upset over assigned summertime reading assignments. They have good points, and aren't interrupting anything important. The school system just needs to make sure enough are available from the school, from the gutenburg project online, or the local libraries so that they don't cost money the parents may not have.
If a kid can read a book of their own choice during the summer, they can slip in the assignment in there somewhere. If they're not reading, they need the practice.