Throughout the year, teachers will share information about each student s progress with parents. This might include weekly folders, phone calls and teacher conferences. If you have questions at any time, contact your child s teacher. Because teachers will communicate with you throughout the school year, it will not be a surprise to you if your child is not yet demonstrating grade level behaviors in reading. Parents will be invited to help design an individual literacy plan for the child that will guide the teacher, student and family in assisting the child s progress.
Children learn to read by reading and by being read to.
Parents should interact daily by reading to or with their child. Parents can expect that reading instruction will look similar to what their child has experienced previously with an increased emphasis on formal and informal measures of student progress. Teachers will continue to provide a balanced instructional program that includes phonics. Teachers will provide individualized, small group and large group instruction using a variety of materials and different types of literature, including nonfiction. The district has hired 18 master teachers to work directly with elementary and middle school teachers in their classrooms.