We desire that all Reading Recovery children will be successful readers who enjoy reading. The purpose of Reading Recovery is to provide individualized support in order to accelerate students' progress. 75% of Reading Recovery students who have a complete series of lessons, successfully finish the program reading at a similar level to their peers.

What parents should expect:

Your child will bring home a reading bag containing materials that should be used daily for homework practice.

The materials may include:

• familiar reading books
• flash cards
• a cut-up sentence to reconstruct
• word work materials
• alphabet books

How parents can help their child:

• Enjoy sitting next to your child as he/she reads to you. This should be a happy quiet time to read together every day.
• Talk about the stories after your child reads.
• Read the cut-up sentence story from the envelope so your child can reconstruct it
• Praise your child. Encourage all the efforts your child makes when reading a book.
• If your child is unsure of a word, wait a moment and then suggest your child try something. Sometimes telling a child to try the sentence again is helpful, or asking them what makes sense, looks right, or sounds right.
• If your child has tried, but can't solve the word, ask him/her to reread and tell them the word.

Please contact your child's Reading Recovery teacher if you have any questions.