I am so excited because we are able to use the Kids A-Z Reading program again!  Please check out your child’s homework folder today.  I have sent a note home explaining how your child can use this program at home to become a better reader and have taped the information inside of their homework folder, too.  It is important to note that the sign in is lpicardal0.  The first letter is really the letter L and the 0 is a zero.    I love this program because they have books at your child’s level.  I have chosen a level that is 1 or 2 levels below your child’s reading level.  I did this so that your child can practice their fluency.  Fluency is being able to read all the words without having to stop and figure them out, change their voices according to the characters and the punctuation, and understand what they are reading.  Some students can read the words very well but they do not understand the story.  After they read a book, their will be a quiz to check for understanding if they are at a high enough level.  When your child completes the quizzes correctly and have read all the books in that level, the program will automatically put them at the next level.

I will be sending home a reading calendar tomorrow for the month of October.  Your child should be reading for at least 20 minutes every night.  Please record how long they have read each day.  At the end of each week, I will be checking the reading program to see how much your child has read.  Please encourage them to read.  They may also use MyOn.  They should know how to log into this.  I will check this program, too.  It doesn’t matter which one they are reading from.

Thanks and happy reading!