Every Monday, students will be given a new set of reading vocabulary words. The words are discussed before we begin the readings. Monday nights they are required to make flash cards for the vocabulary words. On Tuesdays, I will check to see if they completed their homework. However, each unit has five stories. When we reach the third story, the children will not have new story vocabulary words that week. Instead, we will be reviewing reading skills and reading words from the previous weeks.
Students should begin studying the words right away and not wait until Thursday evenings. I taught the students how to study the words. Ask your child how he/she should study the words throughout the week.
These vocabulary words will be used in two different readings during the week. If the boys and girls study the words a little each night and review them on Thursday evenings, they should be successful on the Friday tests.
It's important for you to understand that in order for your children to develop as stronger readers, they need to increase their vocabularies. Students beyond second grade are no longer learning to read, rather they are reading to learn. The children with the stronger vocabularies are the better readers. Please support me in helping your children expand their vocabularies, so they can become better readers. Also, be sure they keep up with reading their library books. Thank you for your help.
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