Monday, February 4, 2019

Family Curriculum Night February 2109

Yup, this happened last week in Minnesota, where our daughter goes to school! Gotta love the Polar Vortex! 

Thankfully, we have all survived the Polar Vortex, again, and now is the perfect time to get warm and cozy with a book!  Mrs. Brannan and I will be hosting a Family Curriculum Night this Wednesday February 6th from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Stone Bank Library.  Our focus will be on providing resources and practice in how to support your readers at home.  This is the perfect time to come out and not only learn how to support your growing readers, but also a time to come out and share some fellowship with our Stone Bank Families.  Please join us!  Children are welcome...just know that we will be hunkered in reading, discussing, and practicing some thinking work.

So often I hear these statements/questions from families around what reading looks like these days in schools:

  • Reading is not taught like it used to be!  
  • Can kids really choose any book they want to during reading time?
  • What is the Reader's Notebook for?
  • Don't all kids read the same books anymore?
  • Where is the worksheet that has all of the questions on it?
Yup, reading instruction has changed...and for the better!  When we give our growing readers practice in thinking through texts, it is truly amazing to listen to what they have to say!

Mrs. Brannan will provide a comprehensive overview of our library, both digital and physical, and walk us through some important information on reading levels.  Then we will be splitting up into two groups;  4K-3 and 4-8.  The primary group will be practicing some reading and thinking work with a picture book and the upper elementary group will be engaging in the same type of work, with a short story called Thank-you, Ma'am by Langston Hughes.  

Come for the learning.  
Come for the community.  
Come to help support our learners.
Come to support our school and each other.
Come to be a part of our community.

We look forward to seeing you this Wednesday from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Stone Bank Library!

Stay Warm!
Beth



















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