Helpful LInks To help prepare your child in Reading

Ask your child to read their self selected library book for 20-30 minutes. After 20 minutes, pick the appropriate guide to spend some time talking about their books (fiction vs. nonfiction). We need for the kids to build their reading stamina and their ability to respond to the texts that they read.  These maps or response pages will help pull out the important information that students should be taking away from their nightly reading.  You don't have to do this nightly, but do it a few times a week to help guide their reading and your conversations. Or, you can have your child fill it out with a dry erase marker as they go (or print them from this email) and then have a book talk when they finish their books.  Obviously, whatever works for your schedules and needs is the way you can incorporate these aids. 

At this time, your child should be reading a just right book for them each week to reach our 4 book per month reading goal (books over 250 pages count as two books). This would be a great way to keep them moving forwards and finishing their books in a timely manner. WE hope that these forms will help you help your child as we go deeper into more and more complex texts.