Parent University Resources

     Thank you so much for coming to our Literacy Night for Parent University!  We hope you had a nice time reading with your child, working on character traits, and seeing some of the projects that some kindergarten, first grade, and accelerated learning are working on!

     As promised, here are some resources to help you while you read with your child at home.  As we discussed today, there are incredible benefits to reading for 20 minutes at home each night.  Here is the graphic that we showed:

     The Common Core standards have set some new expectations for our students.  The standards combine reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills to really challenge the students and help them go deeper than ever before.  We shared a tip sheet for parents to help incorporate the Common Core at home.  The best thing that you can is talk more with your child at home about everything...  Reading, writing, cleaning their room, choosing a type of cereal at the store... Everything!      The more that our children use language and vocabulary to express themselves, the more they will be able to do the same things with books in the classroom.  Here are some more suggestions about incorporating the Common Core.

English Common Core Tips
Spanish Common Core Tips

     Finally, our reading teachers compiled some resources to give you idea about what you can do at home with their child while reading.  Take a moment to read them and get some new strategies to practice while reading at home.

Reading at Home Handouts

     Thanks for coming and reading with your child!