Grade 1 Spring Reading

Manchester Public Schools

Office of Equity and Partnerships

Read Books

Connect with School Staff

Use Resources

Here are some of the things you can do to help your child learn…

Be a Reading Role Model

Provide a good role model - read yourself and read often to your child.
What are you Picturing?

Ask your child: What are you picturing in your mind as you read the story?
Set a Time to Read

Establish a reading time and read with your child for 20 minutes.
Replace Television with Reading

Establish one evening week for reading (instead of television viewing).
Click to Visit the Epic! Website

A great resource for both fiction and nonfiction at home is Epic! books online. It is a digital library that tailors itself to your child’s interests and level. Click now to go directly to the Epic! website!
Click and Check out Reading Rockets Website

Reading Rockets is a multimedia project that offers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities to help you children learn how to read and read better. The resources assist parents help struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Click to Search Scholastic's Books

Having students read just right books at home is very important. You can find levels of books online at Scholastic Book Wizard. On this website you can find levels of books or place your child’s level in the computer to find books that they might like.
Use Mentor Texts

Mentor texts are pieces of literature that you can return to and reread for many different purposes. Texts are read aloud to students and discussed. Suggested Mentor Texts: Dinosaur Chase; The Runaways: Zelda & Ivy, Tumbleweed Stew
Call a Teacher or Literacy Coach

Your child’s teacher or a school/district literacy coach are available to answer questions about your child’s progress and what they are learning in class. Click now to access the Manchester Public Schools employee directory!

If your child gets stuck on a word...

When reading with your child encourage all their reading efforts and if they are stuck on a word:

Tell them to read letter sounds together
Ask them does that look right?
Ask them does that make sense?
Ask them does it sound right?
Look at the picture to figure out a word
Reread the sentence to see if it makes sense with the story

Connect with the School

Your child’s teacher is available to answer questions about your child’s progress and what they are learning in class. Be sure to attend conferences, contact your child’s teacher via email, notes, and/or phone calls. Attend school events (i.e., Open House, Parent Math Night, etc.), as well. Review any work that comes home (corrected papers, classwork or homework) to see what your child is working on in class. Keep the lines of communication open. Email or call the teacher when you have questions.

Questions you can ask the teacher:

What should my child’s reading level be at this point in the year?
In addition to the learning goals in this guide, what else is my child expected to learn?
How is my child’s progress measured throughout the year?
Is my child on grade level? If not, what support will the school offer my child? How can I help at home?
If my child is at or above grade level, what extra enrichment and support will the school offer? How can I help at home?

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