I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing summer! I am so excited to be back to school and look forward to working with E.I.P. students this year!
To help your child transition, setting up a routine is very important. A daily schedule for homework time, dinner, and bedtime should be established and followed. Free- reading time before bed, either done independently or with a parent, can be a great way to enjoy a book. I encourage parents to read with their child to monitor and help with reading comprehension and fluency. After your child reads a page of text, asking questions and having your child find the answers in the text will go a long way to improve comprehension. If your child comes to a word that he or she does not know, ask him to look for a "little word" inside the bigger word. He should look for chunks that he does know in the word to help decode the unknown word. He should read the words " around the word" to help figure out the meaning of the unknown word, as well. These are just a few of the strategies that we will work on this year.
This year in class, we will be learning and practicing strategies to help your child become a better reader and writer.
I look forward to a wonderful and educational year.
