Dear Parents/Guardians,

Efective today, we are beginning our yearlong reading

incentive program. As part of this program, your child will
be signing out boos from our classroom library each day,
!onday through "riday. # have given the children plastic
bags to eep the boos in good condition. Please remind
your child to bring the boo and the bag bac to school
everyday. $he / he may e%change it for another boo or
choose to tae the same boo home again. &owever, '&E
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1ou may 2nd that you will need to read the boos to
your child as # tend to send some of the more challenging
boos home. . # try to eep as many 3good42t5 boos as
possible here in the classroom so the children have them to
read during the day. Adults or older siblings can involve the
children as active listeners by periodically asing them
6uestions about the story7 what they thin the story will be
about, predicting what might happen ne%t, what their
favorite part was and why, how the child might have
changed the story if they were the author, etc. As the
children become more independent readers, # will send
home additional tips that you may 2nd useful in helping
them become better readers.
#t is our class goal that every child read 8or be read to9
a minimum of :;; boos throughout the school year. 8<ust
so it does not sound lie such a daunting tas, there are
about :=; nights left in the school year e%cluding weeends
and holidays.9 #f each child in our class meets their goal, we
will have read a total of >,;;; boos?
# am asing that you complete the attached boo log
for each boo read. # will then use these entries to tie into
our 3(oos are 'reasures5 bulletin board in our classroom.
'he children will receive a variety of little rewards from me
throughout this process and we will certainly have
something special planned for those meeting their
individual goals as well as when we meet our class goal. #
am asing for your assistance in maing this a productive
and enthusiastic process for your child. #ncidentally, if your
child is reading a chapter boo, each chapter can count as
one boo.
"inally, your child is not limited to reading boos they
bring home from my classroom library. If they have books
at home that they would prefer to read instead, that
is terrifc and please include those on the book log. #f
your child reads 8or is read to9 over the weeend, please
feel free to also include this reading time on their log. #n
fact, # certainly encourage weeend reading? #f you have
any 6uestions, please feel free to contact me.
'hans for your assistance and happy reading, !s
Gallagher