- How can I find a book at my child’s reading level?
- How can I help improve my child’s reading level?
- How long should my child be reading each night?
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How can I find a book at my child’s reading level?
Students first need to find out their reading level from their classroom
teacher. Once a child knows their reading level, they can look for books in
the school library.
Hope and Vieja Valley School libraries are filled with thousands of books that
are part of the Accelerated Reader Program.
The Hope School library has the Accelerated Reader books labeled with a
green dot.
The Vieja Valley School library has the Accelerated Reader books labeled with
a blue dot.
Both libraries have the reading level printed on the inside cover of each book.
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How can I help improve my child’s reading level?
The following suggestions have been beneficial to many parents:
• Provide a good role model-read yourself and read often to your child.
• Provide varied reading material-some for reading enjoyment and some with
information about hobbies and interests.
• Encourage activities that require reading-for example, cooking (reading a
recipe), constructing a model (reading directions), or identifying an
interesting bird's nest or a shell collected at the beach (using a reference
book).
• Establish a reading time, even if it is only 10 minutes a day.
• Write notes to your school-age child; encourage written responses.
• Ask your child to bring a library book home to read to a younger sibling
• Establish one evening a week for reading (instead of watching television).
• Encourage your child in all reading efforts.
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How long should my child be reading each night?
Most upper grade teachers recommend reading for at least 30 minutes each night.
