I hope you have seen one of the flyers I have sent home for our Parent Workshop this Thursday, April 11th from 5:00-6:00 PM in our classroom (Room 120). My goal for this workshop is to share with you some strategies and prompts you can use at home, when reading to and with your child. These strategies will support your child's reading accuracy, word-solving skills, and comprehension skills.
Next week, we will begin take-home reading books. Your child will get an envelope that contains a few books at his/her reading level. Your child should read from the envelope each evening or morning at home. Our goal is for each child to be reading at a Level C by the end of the school year. (Click here for information on Leveled Books)
This may include books your child has read before in Guided Reading and new books. Re-readings (reading a book multiple times) support many reading components: confidence, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension. So reading all of the books in the envelope multiple times at home will be important. New readings give your child a chance to word-solve. Simply telling your child a word is not the best strategy for developing his or her skills as a reader. We will talk more about how to support your child in managing all the aspects of the reading process at our workshop.
This is a training workshop for YOU, so your child does not need to attend. I hope at least one parent may attend and I look forward to seeing you!
P.S.
There will be no bagel or popcorn sales this Friday, April 12th.
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