Take Home Readers start Monday, September 19th!

Parents,
I am beginning reading groups and take home readers next week. On Monday, your child will come home with a very nice canvas bag with their reader inside. PLEASE help your child to keep up with the bag and with the reader. The bags are brand new and I really want to be able to re-use them each year. The books are part of a new language arts adoption and books from our literacy library. Each teacher has their own library of these books in her class and we only have a specific number of each set. If your child loses a book, the set will not be complete and will need to be replaced. Each lost book will cost $10 because I will have to order a whole new set.
I have finished my assessments and organized each child into a group with similar reading capabilities. I will meet with each group 3 times per week and we will read and discuss their book as well as do various activities with the book. Your child's job at home, is to read the book to you. There are discussion questions in the back of the book that we will go over, but please feel free to go over these questions, too. Your child should be able to read the book easily to you. This is because we have already read the book together during reading groups and the book is on your child's individual reading level. As your child's reading and comprehension improves, we will move on to the next level. After your child reads the book to you and is proficient in reading it, please make sure he/she puts the book back in the bag and the bag in his/her backpack. In order to get a new book, your child must return the previous book. Of course, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
On Wednesdays your child will have a comprehension activity to complete with their book. Please make sure your child completes the activity, puts it along with the book back in their bag and returns it to school on Thursdays.
We will continue to track our reading on the "I Love to Read" hundreds chart. Each book counts as 1 square unless your child is reading or listening to a chapter book. Each chapter counts as a square. Once your child finishes please send it to school to turn in. We will continue our 100 book challenge until the end of October!!


Happy Reading!

Reading bite from Mrs. C: Right now I am on page 172 of 258 of If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster! My FAVORITE author! This is her first published fiction piece!!