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Encourage your child to read!
Ask Your Public Librarian About Library Cards for Your Child!
Library Cards Are FREE for California Residents!!
Go to your nearest public library and fill out a quick application
You can also fill out applications for library cards online
Want a Library Card for your child? Ask a public librarian!
Here are some public libraries close to BVE:
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/248/Library-Cards-Fees
East Los Angeles Library
https://lacountylibrary.org/library-cards/
Montebello Public Library
https://lacountylibrary.org/library-cards/
Play Word Games With Your Child!
TK-1:
Have your child sound out the word as you change it from mat to fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; and from sap to sip
Match letter sounds of familiar words or names, to letter sounds of unfamiliar words; for example: “Your name is Ellie. Elephant is a word that starts with ‘e’”
2-3
Sight Word Bingo
Charades
Vocabulary Building Games: Make your own scrabble board or banana grams board!
Websites with Free Reading Resources:
Word Games Online TK - 6th:
Reach Out and Read: https://reachoutandread.org/what-we-do/family-resources/
Reading 101 for Parents from the National Education Association: https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents
Scholastic Blog: How to Determine Your Child’s Reading Level https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/how-to-determine-reading-level-book.html
Sora: Online E-Books for Your Child, from Public Library Collections. Your child can access Sora with their Classlink MUSD credentials: soraapp.com
For directions on how to use Sora, go to our Resources > Sora Online Library page!
Help your child make a reading goal for the summer!
Walk your child through making a goal for their summer reading.
Think about the books you read this school year. These can be books you checked out from our BVE Library or the Public Library, or they can be books you read for class, or for fun!
Answer these questions about those books:
What was my favorite book this year? Why?
Why did I choose this book?
Why did I enjoy this book?
Did this book inspire me to look at things another way? Why/Why not?
Do the characters or what happens in the book remind me of my own life, what I like, or what I don't like? Why/why not?
What do I wish I knew about this book?
What do I want to know more about, now that I have read this book?
Think of a question of your own!
Now that you have the answers to these questions, walk your child through creating a goal for their summer reading, using SMART.
We're going to create SMART goals.
Goals that are SMART are:
Specific:
Ex: Read 10 books
Measured:
Ex: I will measure my goal by the number of books I have read.
Attainable:
Is it a challenge for me to read 10 books? Is it still possible for me to do this by the end of the summer? If the answer is yes, you’re good to go!
Relevant:
Ex: It is important for me to read 10 books because I want to know more words.
Time: What is my deadline for this goal?
Ex: I want to read 10 books by the end of summer.
Helping your child understand why goal-setting is important, and why it is important to have goals to improve reading will help them become better learners. Improving reading improves student outcomes in many other areas, including:
Vocabulary
Writing
Reading and Story Comprehension
Use the worksheet below to help your child create their summer reading goals!
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