Author: Administrator

Reading
A Habit to Last a Lifetime

Here’s the Plan:
Read at home for 50 minutes.
That’s 10 minutes a night for 5 nights each week or any other combination that equals 50.
Have your parent sign your calendar and return it to your folder.
Celebrate your healthy reading habit with a healthy habit celebration on Friday!

Possible Celebrations
Healthy snacks
Gym activities
Prize box
Kickball with the principal
Joke Day
Sleeping Bag Day

Name: _________

Each reading “week” begins on Friday!

September 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Directions: Read for a total of 50 min. (10 min. 5 time each week or any combination that equals 50.) Parents can initial the box each time you read. This calendar must be signed to participate!

Program Details
Rationale:
Kindergarten brought with it tremendous gains in your child’s abilities in Reading. To encourage those gains, Kindergartners worked hard on learning all the letters and sounds, as well as blending and reading words.
We know that all children learn at their own rates and as we begin first grade, some are just beginning to read, while others may already be finding their way to books with more text.
Research has proven that the more you read (… at your appropriate level), the better the reader you become.
To affirm each child’s personal rate of growth and maturity, this program is designed to encourage reading itself rather than the number of books or pages read.
Reality Check:
All reading and nothing else… “will make Jack a dull boy!”
We all want your child to be healthy and well rounded, so there are other habits that need to be encouraged, too.

Laughter

Exercise

Healthy Eating

Reading

Acts of Kindness

Imaginative Play

And don’t forget…
Splurges!

Forming Healthy Habits
To encourage the children to embrace all of these healthy habits in their lives, our Friday Celebration for those who choose to participate will involve at least one of these habits.
Note: Students who choose not to participate will engage in Reading Workshop during this time.

Each Reading week begins on Friday!