Guide For Parents
"How Do I Know A Good Early Reading
Program When I See One?"
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Every teacher is
excited about reading and promotes the value and fun of
reading to students.
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All students are
carefully evaluated, beginning in Kindergarten, to see
what they know and what they need to become good
readers.
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Reading
instruction and practice last 90 minutes or more a day
in first, second and third grades and 60 minute a day in
kindergarten.
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All students in
first, second and third grades that are behind in
reading get special instruction and practice. These
students receive, throughout the day, a total of 60
minutes extra minutes of instruction.
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Before- or
after-school help is given to all students beyond the
first grade who need extra instruction and practice.
These students review skills. Summer school is
available for students who are behind at the end of the
year.
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Reading instruction
and practice includes work on letters, sounds and
blending sounds. Students learn to blend letters and
sounds to form new words.
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Learning new words
and their meaning is an important part of instruction.
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Students have daily
spelling practice and weekly spelling test.
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The connections
between reading and writing are taught on a daily
basis. Students write daily. Papers corrected and
returned to the students. By the end of second grade,
students write final copies of corrected papers.
Corrected papers are sent home for parents to see.
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All students are
read to each day from different kinds of books. Students
discuss what they read with teachers and other students.
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All Students have a
chance to read both silently and aloud in school each
day and at home every night.
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Every classroom has
a library of books that children want to read. This
includes easy books and books that are more difficult.
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The school library
is used often and has many books. Students may check
books out during the summer and over holidays.
These guidelines are from the Federal Government. They can
be located on:
http://www.ed.gov/inits/rrrl/guide.html |
