Reading
Our Reading section is dedicated to help you with the concerns that you might have with Reading. We will frequently update this page with articles that we feel relate towards your reading struggles.
In Classroom Material
READ NATURALLY
Read Naturally is a fluency intervention and/or supplemental program based on current scientific research on reading fluency. read on...
Reading for: 1st - 3rd Grade
To Parents of Grade 1 through Grade 3 Students:
This Wordlist contains all the sight words that students will be required to know throughout the year plus some additional enrichment words. Your child should spend some time (10 –15 minutes) each day studying this Wordlist with an adult. The amount of time will vary according to the ability level of the individual child.
Click here for the Wordlist.
Additional Reading Material
"Why Can't I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?"
Sure-Fire Read-Alouds for the Elementary and Middle Grades
20 Ways for Parents to Encourage Reading
10 Tips for Choosing Books for Children of All Ages
Encouraging Personal Libraries at Home
Getting Your Child to Love Reading
Tips for Reading Aloud With Elementary-School Children
Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide
Homework Tips on Reading: What Parents Can Do
Reading Strategies of Independent Strategic Readers
Online Activities
Word Family Sort - Click Here
This online activity is designed for beginning and struggling readers to help them recognize word patterns and learn about onset and rime. Students are first asked to select a vowel, and are then presented with a series of words to sort into short-vowel word families. Students can then print their completed word family chart and use it to practice reading the words fluently.
"Roy - Tale of Singing Zebra Website" - Click Here
The site is home to a package of interactive games, stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read. The site can be used at school or at home. It's one of the most comprehensive interactive literacy resources on the net that is freely accessible...
Reading Games
The following Word Ladders activities are not only fun, but build student fluency. Reading fluency is the accurate and rapid naming or reading of letters, sounds, words, sentences, or passages. When students can perform reading and reading-related tasks quickly and accurately, they are on the path to fluency, as essential element of comprehension. These Word Ladder games will provide both student and parent with fun with words while also boosting student fluency.
Word Ladder 1st to 3rd - Click Here
Word Ladder 3rd to 6th - Click Here
Remedial Reading Program
We held our Remedial Reading Program this September and if you missed it or would like a copy of the program we have it available here. - Click Here