Reading

=Reading Logs: =


 * A new reading log will come home with your child each Thursday, and needs to be returned to me on the following Friday.
 * If your child has misplaced their log form, please let me know and I can send home another one or you can record minutes read and the dates on a piece of paper and have your child return it to school.
 * Together you and your child will keep track of how many minutes your child reads each week. Please listen to your child read occasionally, and ask him/her questions about the book.
 * Your child's goal this year is to read 15-20 minutes each day.
 * Your child needs to read books that are at his/her reading level. (We have discussed "Just Right Books" in class.) Please make sure that your child is reading new books, and not ones that they have read over and over again so much that it has been memorized. By reading new books, it exposes them to new vocabulary and ideas.
 * Your child should be reading his/her library book at home. If they not in chapter books yet, he/she can read their picture book over a couple of times during the week along with other picture books. This will help with their fluency.
 * Students who bring back their reading logs on time will get a variety of rewards.
 * We are also participating in the "Book It" program. Each student should read at least 60 minutes each week and turn in their reading log to receive a pizza certificate at the end of each month.





