Well, it looks like a full week of school isn’t going to happen this week. haha… please remind your child to log into biblionasium.com today to log their reading. If you need their log in information, let me know, and I will send it to you via message. They should have glued it into their planners, though!

As a school district, we have to have the kids logging their at home reading. They must be reading at least 30 minutes per day at home. This can be done on raz-kids, newsELA, or other online resources, or a good, old fashioned paper book. 🙂 Whatever method they choose, they do need to log their time. This is a district mandate.

If they have a reading assignment from me, like this week they have to read a small, leveled book and answer questions about it, this definitely counts as their time. This assignment should take no more than 30 minutes to complete, so it is perfect for their reading log at one point this week. The time they spend writing their answers can count as time spent reading for their log because they are practicing comprehension.

To help with this read at home log, I will be sending more reading homework home rather than the worksheets we’ve been doing.

Some kids were concerned that they don’t have any books they want to read at their homes. I reminded them to take their library books home with them, and encouraged them to get a library card for the Dearborn library. They can even go online and order books through the library, so they don’t have to search for books when they get there.

Check out this really great article about reading benefits and ideas for big kids: https://www.choa.org/medical-services/wellness-and-preventive-care/parent-resources/all/reading-benefits-kids-teens