Parent communication is a big deal for our young learners. Our students rely on parent-teacher partnerships that help them grow their skills and feel excited
About two years ago, I created some resources to send home with parents on how to help their children succeed in school. You can find the
Have struggling reader issues causing your kid to be behind? Or, maybe your child hates reading? Is teaching how to read is sucking all the fun out of books? Here's how to help a child with reading difficulties, how to read challenges, and how to motivate your child to choose books they love. Here's how to help a child who doesn't like to read and understand the biggest mistake you're making when teaching at home for grade level learning and prevent future problems!
Parent communication is a big deal for our young learners. Our students rely on parent-teacher partnerships that help them grow their skills and feel excited
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Help cultivate a love of reading for students in your classroom with these practical tips. The free printable rescource is perfect to share with parents.
Struggling reader blues? These tips are excellent to improve a struggling reader's reader. To get best results, identify the struggle first.
These at home reading tips will help keep children reading at home and loving it too! Reading strategies and tips for parents and teachers of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.
Looking for resources to help your child read fluently? These 6 reading fluency tips for parents will skyrocket your child's reading!
QUICK, EASY & impactful for parents- Reading strategies handout brochures! Printable brochures for comprehension, fluency, phonics and even encouragement for kids who hate reading. Help for parents of beginning & struggling readers - literacy brochure for parents or literacy night brochure for families, reading tips for parents at home & especially reading tips for kids struggling readers. Grab these reading tips for parents at home to help beginning readers. Reading handouts for parents, or parent reading handouts are perfect for ways parents can help with reading at home with reading support for parents with this reading at home flyer.
Reading is not only an important skill, but it's also a great way to learn about the world and other cultures. When you read with your kids, you can open their minds to new ideas and perspectives while also improving their reading skills. Here's a list of the top 5 benefits of reading with kids focused around the world. 1. Improves Language Skills Reading with your kids in different languages or reading books with multilingual text can improve their language skills. It also helps expose them to new languages that exist around the world. Reading with your little ones encourages them to learn more about other cultures and places. 2. Encourages Empathy and Understanding Reading books with diverse characters and themes can help kids develop empathy and understanding toward others. They may feel they relate to characters from different backgrounds and experiences, which can help them to become more accepting and open-minded individuals. 3. Builds Global Knowledge Reading books about different countries, cultures, and landmarks can help build your child's global knowledge. It helps them to learn about different parts of the world and the people who live there. Reading more can help them develop a better understanding of the world around them and appreciate the diversity of our planet. 4. Encourages a Love of Travel Reading about different parts of the world can also inspire kids to travel and explore new places. When they learn about different cultures and landmarks, they may develop a desire to see them in person. This can help to foster a love of travel and adventure. Through books, kids can learn about and appreciate different customs, traditions, and beliefs from around the world. 5. Enhances Critical Thinking skills Reading about a variety of ideas and perspectives, can help kids develop their critical thinking skills and become more open-minded individuals. They will learn to evaluate different viewpoints and consider alternative ways of thinking, which in turn helps them become more independent. Reading with your kids about different cultures and places can have many benefits. It can help improve their language skills, encourage empathy and understanding, build knowledge about the world, and foster a love of travel. You can unlock the world by reading books. So why not pick up a book about a different part of the world and explore it together with your kids today?
Do you have parents of students in your classroom asking, "How can I help my child?" I will be sending these printables home at the beginning of the school year. Head on over to my blog to find out how you can downloaded these for FREE!
I have a fun reading resource for you! Book Talk is loaded with ideas to use for retelling stories, comprehending reading, and using books and tools to share some good conversations. Click here for a preview. Students will have plenty to do during reading time. Plus, there are some great homework ideas too! I recently updated this cover and added more graphic organizers and activities to this resource. Here are just a few examples of what's included: Questions to ask partners or questions for parents to ask their child about the book they are reading. It helps start and guide the conversation about books. If you ONLY want the Book Talk Questions, scroll to the bottom of this post. The questions come in a variety of ways. You can get them all on one sheet or on small papers like below. I put a ring on these and students have a ton of questions to ask themselves or with their partner. These are handy and ready to go on a moments notice. You can use these questions for any genre you are reading. This pack includes 5 book reports with directions and rubrics! Just copy and send home for homework projects. This pack has graphic organizers to keep the conversation going through writing. Over 40 graphic organizers included! Also some reading activities for students that finish early or need some more enrichment. One sheet is for partners to do together and one sheet is for the individual learner who can work at their own pace. You will be sure to find some reading logs in this pack too. There is even one for the entire class to keep track of the books you read together as a class. Plus so much more!!! All activities can be used with any book or any reading program you use in the classroom. You can find Book Talk here on my blog for a discounted price: Discounted Price:Sell ebooks If you ONLY want the Book Talk Questions, click the picture on the left. This pack has 10 pages full of questions students should be answering while reading their story. You can only purchase these questions here on my blog. Click to read more about it. If you ONLY want the book reports, Click on the picture below. Book Reports have 4 book reports with directions and a grading rubric. There are also 3 extra reports to use at anytime! You can ONLY buy this on my blog right now. Thanks for stopping by! See you soon,
Learn how parents can play a pivotal role in preparing your child for reading success with insights into the Science of Reading. Delve into the research of neuroscience and phonology that forms the foundation of effective reading instruction. Bust myths, grasp the systematic approach, and equip yourself with valuable knowledge for your child's transformative literacy journey.
Parent support for reading at home is so important! Parents are so busy that this parent letter will provide support for students reading take home books. It features comments that parents can make to support their child's word-solving (decoding), fluency and comprehension. Parents don't always have "reading-teacher-language" on the tip of their tongues to compliment and/or support their readers. This document will do just that, providing information on comprehension, fluency and word-solving. For each of my first graders, I print this on cardstock, laminate and store in each child's Take Home Book Envelope. This is a non-editable PDF file created with first graders in mind, though it will be helpful with all early readers. Check out my store! There are products for: Reading Workshop Writing Workshop Math Skills Practice Integrated Sight Words & Math Practice
Develop a love for reading with these 10 easy tips. You see children at the library with their faces buried in a book or maybe you see them reading when you pick your child up from school. Have you ever felt that your kids should love books just as much as the other children? Do […]
Follow these five steps to teach a child to read. Helpful for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers that are teaching beginning readers.
Have struggling reader issues causing your kid to be behind? Or, maybe your child hates reading? Is teaching how to read is sucking all the fun out of books? Here's how to help a child with reading difficulties, how to read challenges, and how to motivate your child to choose books they love. Here's how to help a child who doesn't like to read and understand the biggest mistake you're making when teaching at home for grade level learning and prevent future problems!
Download this FREE Help Your Child Learn to Read reading tips brochure for your students' parents to support their child in learning to read.
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Download this FREE Help Your Child Learn to Read reading tips brochure for your students' parents to support their child in learning to read.
These at home reading tips will help keep children reading at home and loving it too! Reading strategies and tips for parents and teachers of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.
Well, friends… We have had oodles of Pirate-y fun! The children are absolutely wonderful and I am thrilled to be working with such a great group! 🙂 We made pirate glyphs this week and they turned out great! This idea came from Mrs. Jump’s Class. We also read this book: The students really liked...Read More »
Yesterday I talked about reading in the classroom.... today, will be reading at home. All that hard work we are doing in class needs to be reinforced and practiced at home. I ask my parents to read with their child for twenty minutes per day. My principal shared this visual at a staff meeting last year.... she got it from Perry Lecompton Unified School District {I am not sure if this is the original source}...... It. Is. Fabulous. Click {HERE} to go to the Perry Lecompton site. I also found that the High-Tech Teacher Blog has retyped the same visual I just shared and added a Spanish version too. Click {HERE} to download her English and Spanish PDF explaining WHY a child needs to read for twenty minutes per day. The website Colorin Colorado has some great tip sheets for parents {click here} I have found {this link} by Mrs. Samuelson very useful. She shares the "Handy Reading Strategies" and I have no idea who created this ..was it Mrs. Samuelson? It is one of those little helpers I have seen everywhere online because it is so useful. I retyped it and it is included in the freebie below. One of the first times I meet the parents in my classroom for a formal meeting is Back to School Night. It is a parent only evening where each teacher explains all the basic information about our school and what to expect over the course of the school year. This is also where I give them my PLEASE READ every single day speech. I also hand this out- Click on either image to download your own copy. Get this Freebie now! {The Handy Reading Strategies image is also available on a page with no other text} I hope you can use these, too! I'll be back soon to post about how writing fits into the Balanced Literacy equation.
Looking for ways to improve your students’ fluency? Grab this print and go “Fluency Tips for Parents”. It has easy to implement ideas for parent to work with their student at home. Grab your copy HERE. Love it? Want to Save it for Later? You Might Also Like:Earth Day: Roll the Dice and Read Activity ... Read More about Reading Fluency Tips for Parents Printable
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Have you ever had a parent ask, "how can I help my child read at home?" My answer was always simple - "read with them!" However, that's not always as easy for parents as it is for teachers. I wanted to be able to give them more. So I created a toolkit of reading strategies
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Hello Everyone! I have had many second grade teachers contact me about our home reading log and parent/child questions to accompany reading. Reading at home is a huge component in reading success. I have shared our first grade log before, but I went ahead and added a second grade component to this little packet. We require our first graders to read at least ten minutes every evening. I included a note to parents about second graders reading twenty minutes. Take a peek! If you would like your own free printable reading pack click HERE!!! :) Thanks for stopping by for a peek!! If you are one of my students, grab a book! Grab a book NOW!! :) Joyfully! Nancy
5 strategies to engage families in reading at home. Meet parents where they're at and enhance family reading time plus a free home reading survey!
This reading fluency strategies file includes activities and tips for parents and teachers to help their children succeed in reading.
QUICK, EASY & impactful for parents- Reading strategies handout brochures! Printable brochures for comprehension, fluency, phonics and even encouragement for kids who hate reading. Help for parents of beginning & struggling readers - literacy brochure for parents or literacy night brochure for families, reading tips for parents at home & especially reading tips for kids struggling readers. Grab these reading tips for parents at home to help beginning readers. Reading handouts for parents, or parent reading handouts are perfect for ways parents can help with reading at home with reading support for parents with this reading at home flyer.
Have you ever had a parent ask, "how can I help my child read at home?" My answer was always simple - "read with them!" However, that's not always as easy for parents as it is for teachers. I wanted to be able to give them more. So I created a toolkit of reading strategies
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The Parent Connection Newsletter is full of ideas for parents to help their children become better readers. This post contains Issue #3.
The Importance of Reading Books, All of the information you need for Why Reading is Important and about Reading Habits, If you're interested in the importance of reading, reading challenges, kids reading nooks or any reasons why reading is the BEST you'll find it here.
About two years ago, I created some resources to send home with parents on how to help their children succeed in school. You can find the
