Reading at Home

Please have your child read aloud in English at home to build oral reading fluency and accuracy. Reading fluency is reading at the rate of speech while being mindful of punctuation (so not too fast and not too slow).

If you would like a great list of online books to read, here is the list from our DG library site.

sites.google.com/deltalearns.ca/dg-library/literacy-online?authuser=0

Writing

Please create real life opportunities for your child to write. Examples are letter writing and lists.

List Ideas:

• activities you want to do

• books / movies you want to read or watch

• people to invite when you can

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Writing Ideas:

• write a journal entry once a week (make sure it makes sense)

• write a letter to a front line worker or to someone you have not seen in a while

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Tips for writing:

• have your child set 1 goal to focus on for writing each time. Examples of writing goals are to ensure that the writing makes sense, to add details, to use punctuation correctly etc...

• have your child re-read the writing to make sure that it makes sense

• ensure that letters are formed correctly (from top to bottom)

• ensure that words go from left to right on the page

• when reading your child's work, please choose 1 thing to fix (it might be the spelling of common sight words, it might be to only use capital letters when needed, it might be to add details to every sentence, it might be to use punctuation correctly). Please do not try to fix everything all the time. Focus on 1 goal.