K-5 Literacy Home Support
To find out more about the literacy instruction your child is experiencing at
North Shore Schools, please check out any of the following websites or
contact your child's teacher.
Fundations ~ Grades K-3, phonemic concept, language usage, rules
and
application instruction.
Fundations
Rebecca Sitton ~ Grades 4-5, practical application and
accountability of
spelling rules, language usage, and concepts.
Sitton Spelling
National Institute for Literacy ~ "Put Reading First"
National Institute for Literacy
Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading activities designed to
help young
children learn how to read and read better.
Reading Rockets
The Horn Book publications has provided a list of recently
published books to
enjoy over the summer. Books are grouped by picture books, and
books that
would appeal to young readers, intermediate readers, young adult
readers,and
readers who would enjoy folklore, poetry or nonfiction.
Horn Book Reading Suggestions
Writing Fundamentals Units of Study for grades K-8 provides an
explicit and sequential writing workshop curriculum.
Writing Fundamentals
Other Resources