DAILY READING

            Because reading is a part of everyday life, we’d like to encourage as much practice as possible - at school and at home- so that your child will feel more confident about his or her ability to read.  Listed below are three of the grades we will be recording every nine weeks.  We feel that these three components of our reading program are good for individualized reading practice and it is this practice that can help build the students’ confidence as readers.

1.      BOOK CHECKS - At school, we will have “book checks” to make sure your child is prepared to read whenever it is required.  These “book checks” will be conducted in your child’s Reading class.  Everyone will start off with a “book check” daily grade of 100.  Students will lose points for each day they do not have a book with them.  The overall daily grade will not be entered into the grading program until the end of the nine weeks because it is an on-going grade.  For the “book check”, they may have a book from home, a book from the library, or an AR book – NO magazines.

2.  READING LOGS - Students will also be expected to read for a minimum of 20 minutes at home every school day, or 100 minutes a week.  They may read to siblings, may read to you, or may read independently.  We recommend they read their AR book, but if they have a favorite magazine, or other books they enjoy, then that is fine too.  We just want the students to read! J We will be recording one daily grade each nine weeks based on their at home reading minutes.  If they go beyond 100 minutes in the week, the extra minutes could be used toward extra credit. The overall daily grade however, will not be entered into the grading program until the end of the nine weeks because it is an on-going grade. Below you will find an example of the form that we will pass out to students on Mondays.  This form will be used all week and won’t be due until the following Monday.  You will need to sign IN INK where it is indicated and please remind your child to get it turned in each Monday before getting a new form so that their minutes/points can be calculated.  If the Reading Log is not signed by the parent/guardian, we do NOT accept it.  If students choose not to read and/or not to turn in reading logs, then a ZERO will be recorded as a daily grade.

 *** SEE THE EXAMPLE BELOW ***                   

Students should work to achieve twenty minutes of daily reading for a total of 100 minutes a week.  Parents please sign (not initial) weekly as well as record the total # of minutes read that week.  I will initial each week to keep track of completed weekly forms. Please write in PEN ONLY!!  If this copy is lost, students will NOT get another one.  Their time will have to be kept on their own notebook paper following these same guidelines.

Week # 1 of 5   from ____________ to ___________   Turn in on: __________Teacher initial: _____   Date: ______

I, ___________________________________, verify that my child read a total of ______________minutes this week. 

3.  AR TESTS - Students will be required to take a minimum number of A/R tests throughout the course of the school year.  These tests are based on books (specific to their reading level) that they have checked out from the library.  Each test WILL be recorded as a daily grade – not a test grade.  If they choose not to read and not to test, then a ZERO will be recorded as their daily grade.  By having this AR book with them at all times (home and school), then the “book checks” should be an easy 100 and the “reading logs” should be extremely easy to keep up with as well.  Below lists the number of AR tests required each nine week grading period:

First quarter – one A/R test

Second quarter – two A/R tests

Third quarter – two A/R tests

Fourth quarter – one A/R test

 These three requirements mentioned above are intended to increase the reading time of our students, therefore making them better readers.   As Dr. Seuss said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more that you

learn, the more places you’ll go.” Thank you in advance for your help and support with this reading program.