Reading At Home
Dear First Grade Parents,
I have purchased a subscription to Raz-Kids for our students. This website offers hundreds of leveled books for your child to read. They can listen to the story first, but then should read it independently to build fluency. Students may read these books a couple nights a week as part of their nightly reading and add them to their reading log. It is still important for them to also be reading actual books with you as a read aloud. We have signed up all of the students in our classroom with their current reading levels. All you need to do is go to the website and log in. Then they can choose the assignment which will give them several books at their level to choose from. There is also a Book Room that contains books slightly below and above their level. There is often a comprehension quiz that follows each story. Parent support is encouraged with this program: ask questions about the text, encourage re-reading and practicing the strategies we work on in school.
Another online program that the children use is called Lexia Core 5. This program is meant to be done independently by students
Here is the link for Raz-Kids. Each child needs their teacher’s user name to begin (SCScat) This then brings you to page showing each child. The username for everyone is their first name (ex: john). The password for your child is the plane icon. 
Last item is a home reading log. Please have students start to record how much they are reading at home each night. Directions are on the document.
All of these resources are linked under Resources on the Blog for easy access.
Please let me know if you have further questions.
Happy Reading!!
John