Hi! I am your child's Walk to Read teacher. Thank you so much for muddling through the first week of homework and procedures! I waited to send out a welcome letter because I knew there would be some switching around after the first week, so thank you for hanging in there with me!
I mentioned making bags for "tricky words" (also known ask high-frequency or sight words.) Here is what I mean by making two bags. This is an easy way to keep track of your word cards all year and even add more that you find as your child reads to you. The goal is for your child to know over 100 of these tricky words by the end of first grade, but I think this group will know more like 200!! These are words that cannot be sounded out (like "the") and must be memorized. They make up over 60% of written text in English, so you can see the importance of practicing nightly!!! Keep practice short: 5 minutes or less. The other 15 minutes of reading homework should be your child reading to you or you reading to your child or both.
When I send short books home like this one, please have your child read it THREE times out loud to you. If it is difficult, try alternating pages with him or her: you read one, your child reads one, etc. Most of these books we will have already read in class, so they should be fairly easy. I ask that your child reads them three times because rereading is the best way to build fluency (reading like you talk), and that is a major focus in our group!
Remember, the reading bags need to come back EVERY day with reading record filled out with what your child read the night before. Please always return the paper books as these come from my own classroom. Some nights I will not send books home. Please read a book at home with your child and still write it down on the reading record.
Thank you for all of your hard work. I look forward to all of the growth we will get to see this year!!!
Please contact me with any questions or concerns! I will get back to you as soon as I can.
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