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!