Welcome, parents! One of the most important gifts we can give our children is to help them learn to read and write so that they can succeed in school and beyond. Confident, active readers are able to use their reading skills to follow their passions and curiosity about the world. We all read for a purpose: to be entertained, to take a journey of the imagination, to connect with others, to figure out how to do something, and to learn about history, science, the arts, and everything else. 

Learning to read is complex. Children don’t learn one reading-related skill and then move on to the next in a step-by-step process. Instead, they are learning to do many things at the same time: decoding, reading with comfortable fluency, absorbing new vocabulary, understanding what the text says, and discovering that reading is pleasurable and builds knowledge about the world.

It’s a great time to SLOW DOWN and read a book together.  Grab a cup or hot chocolate and snuggle on the couch or take a field trip to the library!

Kindergarten:  We will be working manipulating sounds to make words – letters m, s, a, t, 

1st Grade:  We are working on our short vowel sounds – beginning and ending sounds.

2nd grade:  We are working to read our chapter books and summarize what is important in our reading.  What are our characters doing? What do we think is going to happen next?