Sight Word Boxes Simple Steps to Sight Word Success 1. Spend 10 minutes each night reviewing the words. 2. Make it a fun time by coming up with creative ways to practice (funny voices, silly games, i.e.) 3. Don't give up! They will get the words if you keep practicing. 4. Do not show frustration which causes your child to become frustrated as well.
Library Books Our goal is for each student to have two library books read at home to them each week and for those two books to be returned to school for Accelerated Reader testing. Each Friday we will have a class meeting to discuss our goal and receive a small prize if the goal is met. Two books from home is the minimum requirement.
Please complete the AR form and return it with the book so we know that your child is ready to test. Use the link on my home page to print forms from home if needed. A note in your child's agenda will work as well.
Students that have mastered the blue sight word cards will begin reading books at home independently to become a beginning reader. What is a beginning reader? It is a child who reads three books independently on 0.0-0.9 reading level and passes tests on his/her own. You may be wondering what you can do at home to help your child succeed at being a beginning reader. Your child will be bringing home books with dots on the binding. The color of the dot will represent his/her reading level. Your child will bring home books with a yellow dot. Please listen to your child read the book at least two times, only offering assistance when necessary. The following day he/she will take an Accelerated Reader test to determine his/her comprehension of the story.
Math Fact Boxes Math facts are similar to the sight words in that the student will review the cards in their box and return them to school once mastery has occurred. Mastery is reading the problem orally and calling out the answer within 3 seconds. Students work on math facts at their own pace. Like the sight words, once students master one set they move to the next set of cards.