Habit formation is a long race. It often takes time for the desired results to appear. Habit Tracker is a daily reminder for you to stick to good habits in the short term and easily record each action, while being able to review your efforts and finally make progress and achieve your long-term goals.
养成良好的习惯就像是一场漫长比赛，往往需要坚持才能达到预期的结果。习惯追踪表可以在短期内每天帮助提醒你坚持好的习惯，轻松记录每个行动，同时能够回顾自己一点一滴的努力，最终取得进步并实现长期目标。
For example, if you read every day, each of those dates gets a dot with a specific color. As time goes by, the calendar becomes a record of your habit streak. As summer vacation approaches, please bring your own Habit Tracker to start or maintain good habits!
例如，如果你坚持每天阅读的习惯，你可以在每个阅读的日子标记上特定颜色的点。随着时间的推移，追踪表会将你的习惯形成连贯性的记录。在欢乐的暑假到来之时，请大家带上自己的“习惯管家”，开启或者保持良好的习惯！
Dear ISD Students, Parents and Community,
Reading is a wonderful activity that can enrich our lives in many ways. It can improve vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, critical thinking, and general knowledge. It can also help us relax, have fun, and explore new worlds and perspectives. Reading is beneficial during the school year, and keeping reading during the summer holidays is also very important.
阅读是一项很奇妙的活动，可以在许许多多的方面丰富我们的生活。阅读可以提高我们的词汇量、拼写和理解力，拓展我们的评判性思维和增加常识。同时，它又能帮助我们放松自我，享受乐趣，同时对新的世界与视角进行探索。在校期间保持良好的阅读习惯是很有益处的，同时暑假期间保持阅读也是非常重要的。
Why is summer reading so important? One reason is that it can help our students to avoid the summer slide, which is the loss of reading skills that can happen when we don’t read for a long time. Studies have shown that children who don’t read over the summer can lose up to two months of reading development, while children who do read can gain up to one month of proficiency. This means that reading over the summer can help you maintain or even improve reading levels for the next school year.
为什么暑期阅读如此重要？其中一个原因是，它可以帮助我们的学生避免暑期滑坡，即是阅读技能的丧失，当我们长时间不进行阅读活动的时候，这种情况就会出现。研究表明，暑假期间不阅读的孩子可能会失去长达两个月的阅读能力发展机会，而阅读的孩子则可以获得长达一个月的熟练程度发展。这意味着暑假的阅读可以帮助孩子保持或者甚至提高下一学年的阅读水平。
Another reason summer reading is important is that it can increase our knowledge base in areas we are passionate about. Reading can expose us to science, history, culture, art, and more. Reading can also help us understand people who are different from us and develop empathy and compassion1. We can learn new things and discover new interests by reading different kinds of books, such as fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and comics.
暑期阅读很重要的另一个原因是，它可以拓宽我们在感兴趣领域的知识基础。阅读可以让我们接触到科学、历史、文化、艺术等领域。阅读还可以帮助我们了解与我们不同的人，培养同理心和同情心。我们可以通过阅读不同种类的书，比如小说、非小说、图画小说和漫画，来学习新事物、发现新的兴趣。
How can ISD parents and students make summer reading fun? One way is to participate in a summer reading program, which is a program that encourages and rewards reading over the summer. Many libraries, schools, and organizations offer summer reading programs that provide books, activities, prizes, and events for children of all ages.
ISD家长和学生们如何让暑期阅读变得有趣呢？一种方法是参加暑期阅读计划，对在暑假期间进行阅读的孩子进行鼓励和奖励。许多图书馆、学校和组织都提供暑期阅读计划，为所有年龄段的孩子提供书籍、活动、奖品和赛事等。
Some ideas for your summer reading include:
Parents can choose the books their kids will like that match their reading level and interests (see ISD’s summer reading list to get you started).
家长可以根据孩子的阅读水平和兴趣选择他们喜欢的书（可以参考ISD暑期阅读清单并由此入手）。
Parents can possibly participate in some of the fun and creative activities related to the books their children read. Take your kids on adventures or trips related to their reading!
父母可以参加一些与孩子所读的书相关的有趣的和具创造性的活动。带您的孩子去进行与他们阅读内容相关的冒险或旅行！
Families can meet other families during the summer and share their books. Have your kids share stories from their favorite books!
可以在暑假的时候与其他家庭聚会，各自分享在读的书。让您的孩子分享他们最喜欢的书中的故事!
Parents can subtly encourage reading by offering fun rewards such as stickers for each book read.
父母可以稍稍地通过提供有趣的奖励来鼓励阅读，比如每读一本书就奖励一枚贴纸。
Speaking of parents, the best way to encourage your child to read is through modeling reading yourself. Join your kids and visibly read during the summer! Show your kids that reading is for life.
说到父母，鼓励孩子阅读的最好方法就是以身作则，参与到阅读中去。和您的孩子一起，在暑假真正地投入到阅读中去！告诉您的孩子，阅读是为了生活。
Summer reading is not only important for our academic success but also for our personal growth and happiness. Reading can help keep our brains active, expand our horizons, and have fun. So don’t let the summer slide get you; grab a book and slide into a great adventure!暑期阅读不仅对我们的学业成功很重要，而且对我们的个人成长和幸福感的保持也很重要。阅读可以帮助我们的大脑保持活跃，拓展我们的视野，并获得乐趣。所以，千万不要让暑期滑坡抓到你；抓起一本书，投身到奇妙的阅读冒险旅程中去吧！
I look forward to hearing about all the books our community has read this summer when we reopen in August.
我热切期待着麒麟社区的成员们在八月开学时与我分享这个暑期读过的所有的书籍。
Mark McCallumHead of School总校长
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