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The Reading Wolves Club
Reading Wolves SUMMER READING PROJECT
Read for 20 minutes, 10 days each month over the summer and receive cool prizes in the fall! Download the pdf form:
Summer Reading Project
And join us for Family Reading Night at the Grayslake Public Library on Tuesday June 8th from 6:30-7:30 PM. Get a behind the scenes tour, work on a craft project, participate in the scavenger hunt, and more!
Download the flyer
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All Park students are welcome to join up at any time! Read for 20 minutes, 5 times a week at home. Cross off the day on the calendar each time you reach your goal. Keep a list off all the books that you read, and have your parent or guardian sign your calendar. Turn in your calendar on the first day of the next month to your teacher. You can earn a prize for each month you return a completed calendar. There will be other surprises along the way too!
Download the Reading Wolves Log Form
October Calendar
November Calendar
December Calendar
January Calendar
February Calendar
March Calendar
April Calendar
May Calendar
June Calendar
K-8 Reading Lists (Spanish & English)
Cool Reading Sites with Games, Books, and Activities
Links for Parents with Information & Ideas
Websites with Literacy Activities
FIFTEEN-MINUTE READING ACTIVITIES
by the National PTA
http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/family-learning/38301.html
Make 15 minutes go a long way. Try these quick reading activities with your younger kids.
- License to read. On car trips, make it a game to point out and read license plates, billboards, and interesting road signs.
- Better than TV. Swap evening TV for a good action story or tale of adventure.
- Look and listen. Too tired to read aloud? Listen to a book on tape and turn the book's pages with your children. You'll still be reading with them!
- Labels, labels, labels. Label things in your children's room as they learn to name them. Have fun while they learn that written words are connected to everyday things.
- Pack a snack, pack a book. Going someplace where there might be a long wait? Bring along a snack and a bag of favorite books.
- Recipe for reading. The next time you cook with your children, read the recipe with them. Step-by-step instructions, ingredients, and measurements are all part of words in print!
- Shop and read. Notice and read signs and labels in the supermarket. Back home, putting away groceries is another great time for reading labels.
- Your long-distance lap. Away on a business trip? Take a few books with you, call home, and have your child curl up by the phone for a good night story.
- A reading pocket. Slip fun things to read into your pocket to bring home: a comic strip from the paper, a greeting card, or even a fortune cookie from lunch. Create a special, shared moment your child can look forward to every day.
- A little longer? When your child asks to stay up a little longer, say yes and make it a 15-minute family reading opportunity.
Using Lexile Levels to Aid in Selecting Books
The MAP test data that was sent home in the fall report cards provides parents and educators with useful information to aid in finding books for students. After completing the MAP test, each student is given a lexile range that he/she seems to read in. The lexile range given to a student can be used as a guide for selecting reading materials at a student's level.
Keep in mind, that lexile numbers assigned to books do not take into account the content of a book, just the readability.
Likewise, if a student is interested in a topic or has a great deal of background knowledge on a topic, the child will be able to read more difficult books on those subjects. A lexile range is simply a guide to help you and your child find books.
Lexile Ranged Suggested Book Lists:
The Lexile Framework for Reading
To find the lexile level of a book or for information about lexile levels:
www.lexile.com
To search the Grayslake Public Library for a subject:
Grayslake Public Library
You can also download files of books to listen to on this site.
To search the Park School library for a subject using lexile levels:
http://destiny.d46.org/
Select Park School Campus
In the Search Reading Programs field, change the selection to lexile.
Enter your student's suggested lexile range (remember that this is only a guide) in the field provided.
Enter the subject you wish to search for.
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