Today was our first day of home reading! That means that your child will be coming home with their first home reading book today. In your child's home reading bag you will find a book, a recording book to help keep track of their reading, and some information about learning to read.
Here's what you can expect from home reading this year:
Home reading is in place to help developing readers practice important skills associated with literacy. Some of these skills include comprehension strategies, fluency, vocabulary, sight word and high frequency word recognition, phonemic awareness, and decoding. The leveled books are at the student's independent reading level. This means they can read the book fairly independently with minimal support.
In guided reading with a teacher at school, the students will work to read books at their instructional level. Here they are learning reading strategies, which they then practice at home through their home reading books.
At Home:
Your child will bring home a new home reading book on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Please have your child practice their book a few times with an adult or older sibling. Once the book has been read please fill out the recording booklet, sign it, and return it along with the home reading book each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Supervised daily reading practice is important to ensure success and supports your child's reading development.
At School:
Each day (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) a volunteer will be here to help with the home reading program. Your child will re-read their home reading book to the volunteer and then choose a new book to bring home and practice. Your child will bring home a new book each time unless they are reading a chapter book. Those students who are reading chapter books do not need to bring their books back each day and should instead keep reading at home and just bring their books back when they need to exchange them.
Happy Home Reading!
