Mr. Ogden

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This year we are revamping our home reading program.  As you know, EGUSD 
requires 6th graders to complete 30 minutes of reading a day.  This reading 
is above and beyond the typical reading necessary to complete assignments.  
It is our goal to make this not seem like a chore to parents and students.  
Yes, there must be accountability, but we don’t want it to foster resentment 
towards reading nor an “ugh” feeling when a student picks up a book.   Thus, 
we are going to change things up.  We know this is probably nothing like you 
have done before- so we hope you will look to it with a bit of excitement.

We ask that you make a commitment to your selves and your child to set aside 
a time and space for 30 minutes of family reading/discussing.  Make it what 
works for you.  It has been proven that the more involved a child is in 
reading WITH their family, the stronger speaking, reading, comprehension, 
writing, and socialization skills that child will have as an adult.  
Students are requested to track their progress daily in student agendas.  A 
parent signature will be required Wednesday evenings. A grade will not be 
earned without proper tracking and/or parent signature.

We are also adding a Physical education component to our home requests.  We 
are encouraging EVERY family to get out and get physical in some way- 
TOGETHER.  We know that we have some students who are active in sports.  
However, more often than not, it seems that we are hearing on the news that 
so many children are at risk of diabetes, children are out of shape, 
children are unhealthy, children are overweight, etc.  We would like to 
challenge our families to help stop this cycle now by creating ONE new 
family fitness change.  Maybe your family decides to go for a walk every 
evening after dinner, maybe you play Frisbee, go to a park, hit golf balls, 
maybe even start walking to school with neighboring families (now wouldn’t 
that be wonderful), something/anything that is up and moving together.  We 
are only asking for a 15 minutes per day commitment.

The amazing thing is that experts say that if you do something for 21 
straight days-it becomes a habit.  What better habits could you look for 
than ones that bring your family closer together and hold open lines of 
parent/child communication as you and your child prepare for that wonderful 
time of “teenage bliss?”

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Mr. Ogden

Home Reading & Physical Fitness Program