Hello Families!

As I mentioned at pick up today, I sent home the Oakman Young 5s Read At Home Plan. This is a daily expectation for you and your child. The purpose of the read at home plan is to help your child not only become a better reader, but also to continue to foster their love for literacy and learning. The Read at Home Plan will continue throughout elementary school. It is our goal that your child will be at grade level (or above) each year they are in school. I know they can do it!

So…I included a laminated sheet in the reading bag. One side tells about the expectations of the Read at Home Plan. The other side is our Oakman Read At Home Pledge! I will have copies of this pledge for you and your child to sign as well.

I also included a graph. There is a column for each day of the week. Help your child color (going up the graph) the number of books they read with you each night. The expectation is that you and your child are engaged in reading for 15 minutes each day! I will collect these graphs every Monday. The child/children with the most books read will get a prize.  They will get a new graph every Monday for the new week.

I included 5 books in their reading bags too. They are not actually reading the words…yet, but they can read the pictures! You can read to them too. You can read the books and help your child retell the stories to build comprehension. Here is a copy of what I sent home in the bag.:

   Oakman’s Young 5s’ Read at Home Plan

Hello Families!

Your child has a Read at Home Plan that will be part of their homework routine each day. Please read/listen to your child read for 15 minutes everyday. Please use the attached graph to help your child color the number of books read each night. There will be a special reward for the child with the most books read at the end of the week. I will check this graph numerous times throughout the week. This is an expectation that will continue throughout the rest of the school year!

Here are some ideas to do with your child:

1. Read the books inside the reading bag. Your child needs to touch each word as they read these books with your help. They can also practice reading the pictures with any book. This is when they use the pictures to make up the story. 🙂
2. Read books from home or the library. You can also visit sites like storyline online (https://www.storylineonline.net/) or mel.org
3. Ask your child to find sight words we have learned,
4. Ask your child to find letters we have learned.
5. Ask your child comprehension questions, such as who are the characters?, what is the setting of the story?, what part of the story is your favorite and why?
6. Find the periods, question marks, exclamation points
7. Draw a picture of their favorite part from a story
8. Draw a picture and label a character from a story.
9. Play sight word memory match game by writing the sight words on two cards each. Place these cards upside down and take turns picking two cards until a match is found. This can be done with the letters too following the same format.

Here is the Oakman Read at Home Pledge:

Oakman Students’ Pledge to Read to Succeed

Reading is fun and books are cool too.

I will read a book daily to learn something new.

I will learn different words and I will listen in school,

When teachers read stories and share reading rules.

I will practice my skills in every way,

Reading is something I will do everyday.

Reading offers great adventures to me,

Reading will help me be the best I can be.

I will read to Succeed!
I _______________ pledge to read for 15 minutes everyday so that I can succeed.

I _______________ pledge to listen to my son/ daughter read every day.

Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you! Have fun reading with your children!

Mrs. Mehrhof