Literacy

“We must meet children where they are, we must understand them well to teach them, and we must offer them the right amounts of supports and challenges to grow.” 

-Jennifer Serravallo, The Reading Strategies Book 

For homework, your child will have a weekly literacy packet that includes reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing. The packet is handed out at the beginning of the week and is due by Friday, allowing homework to be completed around your child's individual schedule. Students find the packet to be manageable and even "fun"! Parents have appreciated that the packet is comprehensive, involving multiple areas of literacy, and that their children are able to complete it on their own throughout the week, making the nightly homework routine less of a battle. On Fridays, we review the homework together, students self-correct, and then bring it home. A few homework packets per marking period will be collected as a grade (based on effort and completion). 

Nightly reading before bed is encouraged, but not tracked using any type of formal reading log. It is my hope that with teacher modeling of a love of reading, recommended books, and the integration of book clubs, your child will develop a nightly reading habit naturally if they do not already have one. 

If reading at home is a struggle, I always highly recommend reading with your child. I have multi-copies of books in my classroom library that I can send home for this purpose if needed.