Take Home Book Program
Beginning the second week of January, your student will receive a take home book each Monday, along with a class response journal. This will be part of their weekly homework. The aim of this program is to support family literacy and develop reading comprehension. By reading aloud and with your children, you are helping them in significant ways.
-When you hold them and give them your attention, they know you love them.
-Reading to them will encourage them to read.
-Books are one way of passing on your moral values to your children. Readers know how to put themselves in another's shoes.
-When students are exposed to stories of multiple reading levels they gain a stronger understanding of story structure and language.
-Exposure to lots of literature builds their vocabulary and decoding skills. Most importantly, it helps them build positive associations with reading.
Please carefully read the introduction letter that will go home with the first book bag so you know how to make the most of the book bags and help your child complete the assignment. Please also remember to include the time spent reading these books into your child's monthly reading log.
Optional Weekend Literacy Kits
We are also beginning our Weekend Literacy Kit program in January. You may remember signing up for this program at Back-to-School Night. You see when your child is scheduled for a kit at the classroom website.* This optional program allows students to take home a themed kit packed with quality books and family activities. The goal of this program is to promote literacy as a fun family activity. Your child will receive their kit on his/her scheduled Thursday and return it the following Monday. Please help ensure that all the contents are returned to the kit in good quality so the next family may enjoy them.
*If you are scheduled to get the "Under the Sea" kit, please consider picking your child up in a car that day, as the kit is a bit cumbersome and may be difficult to walk home with.
*If you are scheduled to get the "Under the Sea" kit, please consider picking your child up in a car that day, as the kit is a bit cumbersome and may be difficult to walk home with.
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