Responsibility

• Follow rules and use polite language

• Listen effectively and pay attention to detail

• Work Cooperatively with others

• Use time effectively

• Complete given chores, tasks, and/or assignments

• Clean up behind yourself

• Prepare properly for school and instruction

• Organize your belongings (ex. bedroom, book bag, notebooks etc)

• Take pride in your work

• Take good notes

• Return completed homework

• Attend school regularly

• Model positive behaviors

• Be honest

• Show respect for self and others

• Go beyond expectations

• Accepts responsibility for what you say and do

Why is reading aloud with my child valuable?

• it helps develop oral language

• it increases vocabulary

• it increases attention span

• it helps develop a sense of story

• it demonstrates fluent reading

• it develops the knowledge of how books are structures

• it sets the situation for discussing complex ideas and/or sensitive issues

• it engages your child in reading for enjoyment

• it helps develop a warm caring relationship between you and your child

Tips for Reading Aloud with Your Child

• Select a book that is slightly above your child's reading ability

• Read picture books to very young children

• Select a comfortable environment and an appropriate time

• Look over the cover of the book and have your child predict what the story is about and what might happen in the story

• Read with expression and occasionally stop to talk about what has been read

• Match the length of reading time to your child's attention span

• Always make this an enjoyable time for both you and your child!