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Dear Parents, At EVCS, your kids read every day. They read letters sent through the 1st Grade Post Office from friends. They read books in their classroom book clubs. They read articles to learn more about the world around them. They read their own writing to themselves and peers. They read funny stories with their Reading Buddies. They read complex math problems before solving them. And they read library books they’ve picked out themselves. The way we teach reading at EVCS has many components. I want to highlight just one way we approach learning to read – with Just-Right Books. Each child at EVCS is assessed multiple times each year and his/her reading level has been determined by the use of a Fountas & Pinnell Running Record. This assessment consists of your child reading a story fluently aloud to a teacher, retelling what they read, and answering comprehension questions about the text. Through this running record assessment a teacher can pinpoint the reading level your child is currently at. Levels range from A-Z, with A books being the easiest to decode and to understand (kindergarten) and Z books being more complex (7th grade). While there are benchmarks for each grade level, students move at their own pace, progressing through the alphabet as they master new reading skills and strategies. Below are the goals for each grade level, but at EVCS we know that every child is different and is growing as a reader. |
