Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.

1. When are Read and Responds due?
2. How can I help my child with their Read and Respond?
3. How much should I help them with their Read and Respond?
4. What if my child does not have a book on their level?
5. What should I do if my child forgets their homework?
6. When do Sign and Returns come home?
7. What are the names of the instructional assistant(s) that will be working with

When are Read and Responds due?

Every Friday except the first Friday of every month.  On the first Friday of 
every month I will assign a special book report.  For example, it may be a 
Book Talk, Book in a Bag, etc.

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How can I help my child with their Read and Respond?

Have them orally discuss their response before they begin writing.  This 
helps them to organize their thoughts.

Encourge them to use the sentence starters in thier journal (This story 
makes me think of.., I wish..., If I could change...).

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How much should I help them with their Read and Respond?

Second and third graders should be able to do this at an independent 
level.  When they are finished writing, I would have them call the C.O.P.S
which encourages them to check their writing for capitalization, 
organization, punctuation, and spelling.  They can write C.O.P.S down the 
side of their paper and cross off each letter as they check their work.

For my first graders, I do not mind if they copy a dictated sentence from an 
adult into their journals.

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What if my child does not have a book on their level?

They can always borrow a book from our class library.

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What should I do if my child forgets their homework?

Create an assignment for them to do that night.  I just want to see that 
they took responsibility for their work and practiced their spelling words 
in some way.

If they forgot their spelling list, the words will be listed on the website 
each week.  They just have to remember what color list they have.

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When do Sign and Returns come home?

Every other week.

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What are the names of the instructional assistant(s) that will be working with

Mrs. Sestito and I will be working with first,second, and third grade in the morning for reading and 
language arts.  Mrs. Sestito will also provide push-in support for math in first and second grade in the 
regular education classroom.  Mrs. Gilbert will push-in for third grade math.

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