Reading with your child on a daily basis is the single most important thing a parent can do to help a child become a reader!
Research indicates that 15 to 20 minutes of out-of-school reading time per day results in double the reading achievement gains usually expected from year to year. I strongly encourage you to spend time reading with/to your child everyday. Learning to read takes LOTS of practice. Please don’t expect your child to read perfectly. Enjoy this time together. Home reading should be a positive and enjoyable experience. The primary goal is to help your child feel comfortable and enjoy books.
Make it fun, so your child wants to read. Talk about the illustrations, characters, events, etc. in the story as you read.
Notice the little improvements your child makes and celebrate them! You are also welcome to do some of the reading.
Thank you parents for consistently listening to your child read each night. Please be aware, reading becomes more and more difficult as the year progresses. It is so important for your child to listen to reading and for you to listen to him/her read the stories and mini decodable books that are sent home.
The most fluent readers are the ones that have a lot of practice!
Research indicates that 15 to 20 minutes of out-of-school reading time per day results in double the reading achievement gains usually expected from year to year. I strongly encourage you to spend time reading with/to your child everyday. Learning to read takes LOTS of practice. Please don’t expect your child to read perfectly. Enjoy this time together. Home reading should be a positive and enjoyable experience. The primary goal is to help your child feel comfortable and enjoy books.
Make it fun, so your child wants to read. Talk about the illustrations, characters, events, etc. in the story as you read.
Notice the little improvements your child makes and celebrate them! You are also welcome to do some of the reading.
Thank you parents for consistently listening to your child read each night. Please be aware, reading becomes more and more difficult as the year progresses. It is so important for your child to listen to reading and for you to listen to him/her read the stories and mini decodable books that are sent home.
The most fluent readers are the ones that have a lot of practice!
SIGHT WORDS
Sight words are extremely important as a young reader begins to gain literacy. Knowing how to read and spell these words will aid your child in becoming literate. Students have been given a set of Sight Word flash cards to study and learn at home - you can also find a link to download the flashcards below. Students will be tested on the words every quarter. As words are introduced at school, they are posted on our classroom word wall. Knowing these sight words will undoubtedly help your child become a better reader!
Sight words are the most common words in the English language. These are words that we encounter on a regular basis when reading. Students should read sight words automatically by sight, usually within 3 seconds. We do not sound out sight words. We teach sight words so that students can read more fluently and focus on specific phonics skills without trying to sound out each words. Also, sight words are not decodable with early phonics skills. It is important that students have a strong sight word base to build reading confidence and fluency.
Did you know???
* There are 12 sight words that make up 25% of the words we read and write
a, and, he, I, in, is, it, of, that, the, to, was
* There are 100 sight words that make up 50% of the words we read and write.
* There are about 300 sight words that account for 75% of the words we read and write.
Sight words are words that are most commonly found in text that students should
be able to read without sounding out, segmenting or blending.
Sight words are a BIG component of reading success and are VERY important!
When students learn sight words early on, they become strong and confident readers!
Sight words are extremely important as a young reader begins to gain literacy. Knowing how to read and spell these words will aid your child in becoming literate. Students have been given a set of Sight Word flash cards to study and learn at home - you can also find a link to download the flashcards below. Students will be tested on the words every quarter. As words are introduced at school, they are posted on our classroom word wall. Knowing these sight words will undoubtedly help your child become a better reader!
Sight words are the most common words in the English language. These are words that we encounter on a regular basis when reading. Students should read sight words automatically by sight, usually within 3 seconds. We do not sound out sight words. We teach sight words so that students can read more fluently and focus on specific phonics skills without trying to sound out each words. Also, sight words are not decodable with early phonics skills. It is important that students have a strong sight word base to build reading confidence and fluency.
Did you know???
* There are 12 sight words that make up 25% of the words we read and write
a, and, he, I, in, is, it, of, that, the, to, was
* There are 100 sight words that make up 50% of the words we read and write.
* There are about 300 sight words that account for 75% of the words we read and write.
Sight words are words that are most commonly found in text that students should
be able to read without sounding out, segmenting or blending.
Sight words are a BIG component of reading success and are VERY important!
When students learn sight words early on, they become strong and confident readers!