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The Reading At Home Program
Most Wednesdays your fourth grader will bring home their reading book to read a portion of the week's reading selection for homework. They will help to earn a group reward when they return a note signed by a parent or some other adult the following day. They will receive a smaller reward for returning the note on Friday. Research shows that when a parent listens to their child read, the child benifits greatly. The benifit is found in the child seeing more value in reading and in practicing a skill while an important person in their life shows approval. Even better is to follow this short reading session with a discussion of the story, or predicting what might happen next to the characters. The articles below furnish some other ideas for how you can improve your child's reading skills.

Reading tips for parents from the NCTE (National Council of the Teachers of English).

Richard Brown, Copyright 2003