Reading at Home
Reading at Home
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Reading at home is one of the most important things you can do to support your child’s learning! Even just a few minutes of reading each day can help students build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, develop fluency, and become more confident readers. Most importantly, reading at home helps children develop a love for books and learning.
Reading at home does not always have to mean sitting down with a book and reading every word independently. There are many ways families can make reading part of their everyday routine!
Reading at home can look like:
📖 Your child reading a book independently
👨👩👧 A parent or family member reading a book aloud
🧸 Your child reading to a stuffed animal
👧 Your child reading to a sibling
🔄 Taking turns reading pages with your child
🎧 Listening to an audiobook while following along with the book
🛒 Reading words you see at the grocery store or in the community
🥣 Reading a recipe while cooking together
🚗 Reading signs, labels, menus, or other words you see throughout the day
💬 Talking about a story after someone reads it aloud
Hearing Reading Is Just as Important!
Hearing Reading Is Just as Important!
It is important for children to hear fluent reading every day, even when they are not the ones doing the reading. When children listen to an adult read, they hear what fluent reading sounds like. They are exposed to new vocabulary, sentence structures, expression, and language that may be above their independent reading level.
Reading aloud also helps children build background knowledge and comprehension skills. So even if your child cannot read every word in a book yet, please continue reading books to them! There is no such thing as being too old to be read to
Epic
Epic
Below you will find a link to Epic, a digital library that gives students access to thousands of books and learning resources online. Students can explore books, read independently, listen to books being read aloud, and discover new topics that interest them.
I encourage students to use Epic regularly as another way to enjoy reading at home!
First Grade: Try It Yourself!
First Grade: Try It Yourself!
First graders, by this point in the year, you have learned many of your letters and letter sounds, so I want you to use those skills when you come across a word you don't know!
Before asking an adult to tell you the word, try to tap it out. Look at the letters, say the sounds, and blend them together. You may not get the word right the first time—and that is okay! Trying is part of learning to read.
English can be a complicated language, and there are many words that do not follow the spelling rules we have learned. You will come across words that cannot simply be sounded out. Even so, practicing your letter sounds and trying to tap out unfamiliar words is an important part of becoming a strong, independent reader.
Give it a try before giving up! Your brain is learning every time you practice.
Scholastic Book Club
Scholastic Book Club
This year, our class is excited to read with Scholastic Book Clubs! It’s a great way to build up your child’s book collection at home and help them improve their reading skills. And when you shop with Clubs, your orders earn points I can redeem for books and other classroom supplies we need.
Here’s how it works: I’ll send home flyers throughout the year. If you decide to place an order, you can do that through our class ordering page. Your books will arrive at school about 10 days after I submit our classroom order.
By teaming up with Scholastic, we’ll help your child become a more confident, independent reader—and we’ll build a classroom library all of my students are excited to explore!
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/32VZQ9
Shop the flyers: https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers/
Happy reading!
Class code: 32VZQ9
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