Dear Parents,
     Daily reading at home, will be an important part of your child's first grade reading program.  As you may know, every minute your child spends with a book brings him or her closer to becoming a fluent reader.  Even children who have not yet begun to read can gain reading skills simply by sitting down in a quiet location, and looking through a book.  Parents reading to, or along with a child, is even better and highly encouraged!
     Let me explain how our reading log program works.  Every day, your child will be selecting a book from our classroom library for reading at home.  It will be your child's responsibility to read for about 10-15 minutes every evening, and to carry the book back and forth to school each day, in their book bag.  Your child will be expected to take good care of this book.  There may be a fine for severely damaged or lost books.
     Your child will be keeping a reading log of all books read at home.  This log will stay in your child's book bag.  Every night, after reading, students will write the date and the title of the book and have a parent or guardian initial it.  (Parents may need to write the date and title at first and turn this responsibility over to the child as the year progresses.)  Students will need to return their book and reading log to school the next morning.
     Over the school year, consistent daily reading will expose your child to various author's styles and will improve your child's fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and writing.  Our main goal will be for your child to enjoy reading and to choose to read for pleasure.
     Please join me in inducting children into the wonderful world of literature, so that they can enjoy books and reading for a lifetime.
     Thank you for your help, support, and cooperation with our reading log program.  If you have any questions, please call or email me.

Warmly,
Gail Gregory
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