Mrs. Perkins' Page for Parents
Sometimes a parent's job isn't as easy as it looks.
Welcome parents!
Please feel free to contact me by email at aperkins@ashfordct.org or by phone 429-6419.
As a parent of two teenagers, I know what a difficult, yet rewarding job parenting can be. I've put together a short list of links (including links to my other classroom pages) and a few how-to tips in case you're looking for some good resources on promoting literacy.
Links:
Scholastic article for parents on enhancing their children's reading comprehension.
National Council of Teachers of English articles:
An Alphabet for Parents
What Can Family Literacy Look Like
The Reading-Spelling Connection
On his website, Jim Trelease (the read-aloud guru) has an article written by Stephen Krashen that shows how becoming a better reader will also help your child become a better writer.
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How-to tips:
Here's what you as parents can do to encourage your children to become better readers:
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Be a reading role model. Bring magazines, newspapers, and high-quality books into your home and share your enjoyment of reading with your children. Children are not too old to enjoy a read-aloud session with you. Click here to read about how reading aloud to your children enhances their reading enjoyment and skill.
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Establish a home library with age-appropriate fiction and non-fiction titles. Books for a home library don't have to be expensive. Check out
library book sales and
Scholastic Book Clubs and Fairs. Don't forget to include reference texts as well as books in a series. Holidays and birthdays are an excellent time to add to your child's personal library.
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Listen to audiobooks in the car. Audiobooks can be borrowed from the library, purchased at a bookstore, or downloaded to your computer from
iTunes or
Audible.com. Audiobooks are especially fun on long car trips when everyone in the family can listen to and discuss books together.
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Here is what is happening to promote reading in my language arts classroom.
Language Arts Overview
Study Units
Independent Reading
Book Talks
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