Seven Tips for Encouraging Early Literacy

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/developing-reading-skills/7-tips-encouraging-early-literacy
1. Form a close bond. This one is easy! Your relationship with your child is very important to his ability to learn. If you are interactive,
close and loving, your child will reap the rewards.
2. Get in on the fun. Being a participant at playtime can bring you closer and help you learn useful information about your child's habits
and emotions.
3. Tell tales. Build narrative skills by gathering family members at meal times and having them tell the story of their day.
4. Play rhyming games to build phonemic awareness . . . and just for fun.
5. Bring reading and writing into everyday life. Encourage literacy in your child's daily routines by writing thank-you notes or making
shopping lists together.
6. Be attentive and engaged when you communicate with your child.
7. Read together. Make story time a daily ritual that your child can count on and look forward to.















November 2014
Mrs. Helms Mrs. LaFlesh
Mrs. LeRoy
Upcoming Events:
November 7 1
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Quarter
Ends
November 10
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No School
Native American Day
November 11
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No School
Veterans Day
November 13
th
Half Day
Report Card Conference
November 26-28 No
School Thanksgiving
Vacation
*Reminder*
Continue reading and recording your minutes for the Read Around New York State
Reading Incentive! Bring your logs to the reading room on E or F days at 2:20.
Students birds will not be able to fly unless he/she brings in his/her reading log.
Suggested Holiday Read Alouds
Fancy Nancy: Our Thanksgiving Banquet by Jane OConnor
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes
H is for Honor by Devin Scillian