Hi,
I hope everyone is enjoying the winter break. Thank you to Mrs. Alexander and all who helped and donated for our Holiday Party. We had a wonderful time with lots of food and fun! Thanks to everyone.
Winter Break Reading Log
All students should be excited and motivated to read everyday. Be sure to talk to your child about what they are reading. Read together and share your thoughts and analysis about the book. Talk to them about books and articles that you read and encourage him/her to discuss their reading with you. Each student needs to read at least 200 minutes over the winter holiday. We will be out of school for 18 days, so that makes about 11 minutes a day. (Ideally, they should read about 30 minutes a day). The students that read 200 minutes and bring in a signed reading log (or piece of paper with minutes read and a parent's signature) will get to pick a prize. However, the prize is not important. Here are some articles about reading at home.
http://www.scilearn.com/sites/default/files/imported/alldocs/rsrch/30388RAExtra10min.pdf ,
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/patterson-kids-reading/,
https://phoenixacademyomaha.org/read-for-20-minutes-each-day/,
http://www.pennykittle.net/uploads/images/PDFs/Reports/why-cant-I-skip-reading.pdf
My goal is for the students to read a lot at their level (a little challenging but still able to be done independently), and discuss books and their reading with family and friends. We will set up Google Classroom on Monday, so the kids can write about their reading online and share their thinking with classmates. My ultimate goal is for all the students to love to read and to be motivated to read independently. Thank you for modeling and encouraging reading at home. Thank you for taking time to talk to your child about books and reading and to make reading a focus in your family. I am so excited to read about their reading and share my own reading as well. Happy Reading!
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Pam
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