Welcome to 2nd Grade Reading Class!
Research shows that children who have had many experiences with books in their early years will have a greater likelihood of becoming proficient readers. Parents and caregivers can become involved by providing their children with additional literacy experiences.
Children should be reading at home every day for at least twenty minutes. Even if the child can’t read every word in a book, he/she is still practicing reading. Reading is a skill. As with any skill, reading proficiency improves with practice. Children need a great deal of practice reading.
In my classroom, we spend time on reading skills. We read every day, but not nearly enough. It would help tremendously if you would provide a time and place for your child to read at home.
Reading aloud to your child is also very important. Reading aloud improves your child’s attention span and increases her/his vocabulary. It also models to your children the importance of reading. I have listed a few of my favorites to read aloud. Please feel free to send me titles of some of your favorite books to share.
Books to read to your child:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judy Barrett
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
The Wonderful World of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
The Trumpet of the Swan, by EB White
Charlotte’s Web, by EB White
The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Dog’s Life, by Ann M. Martin
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel DeFoe
The Summer of Riley, by Eve Bunting
The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, by Jon Scieska
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