First Grade Library Program

                                                                                   

 

Dear Parents,

The library program is another aspect of your child’s reading program. I, too, am one of your child’s reading teachers. In the library we focus on both recreational and informational reading with books appropriate for individual abilities and interests.  I expect that your children will learn to select books at their comfort level and watch this level increase throughout the year.

Attached you will find your child’s “Reading Passport” which will entitle him/her to “book trips through the library.” Five trips are outlined on the passport with ports of call labeled. To enter each port, your child must read a book of the genre specified. Books read to children by adults do not qualify.

The books must be on a reading level suitable to your child—not too difficult, but not too easy either. I have spent time in our library class periods talking about choosing books on an appropriate level. Children will become frustrated and unable to finish books that are too long or too difficult. At the same time, books that are too easy simply do not qualify.

Many first grade students are in the beginning stages of reading and will require much help at first. Please read a book to your child several times, allowing him/her to memorize the text at this stage. When your child can “read” the book back to an adult, this will count on the “Reading Passport.”

Please assist your child in traveling through the library. Make sure that the books are read and are matched to your child’s ability. I will try my hardest to suggest appropriate books here. The books may come from any source.

Your child may choose to read any books in any trip. They do not have to be completed in order. A special treat awaits the completion of each trip.

Thank you for your help in this reading adventure.

           

Mr. Nerstheimer