April 10, 2017
Dear Parents,
Today we are beginning our Home Reading Program!
Here is how it works:
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Each day your child will be bringing
home their home reading bag with their leveled reading book and a time tree.
- Set aside a convenient and quiet time each
evening when you and your child can read and discuss the book together.
After reading for 15 minutes, please fill in the “Time Tree” and
return the book to school the following day. Once your child has
read for 450 minutes, he/she will receive 5 tallies. Please keep the
time tree at home and return it after it is completed.
- Your child may also bring home his/her ring
words sometimes. Please practice them daily and ensure that they
remain in their blue book bags with their books for the next school day.
- The books that the children are bringing home
are leveled according to difficulty from “A” through “S". It is
important to read the book several times so that your child is familiar
with the vocabulary. You may keep it for a day but please return it
to school, as your child will be reading it at DEAR Time. If
your child would like to bring it home again, he or she will have the
choice. Please remember that a child needs to see a word 72 times before
it is its own.
- Your child will have the opportunity to choose
a new book each day to bring home, unless they want to keep their book for
an extra day, they may color in the Time Tree each night at home.
- Please note that we have taken great care and
time in preparing these books to be ready for your children.
- I hope that you enjoy spending time reading
with your child and please be patient with your child and make this
reading time fun for your child.
Mrs. Sayani
