Parent Resources

Students of all ability levels benefit from support in their learning journey at home. Our Learning Support staff has collected a list of resources to aid in at-home learning. Many are free, but some require a purchase or subscription. Resources that require payment are marked with a ($).

Subject-Specific Learning Support Resources

Reading

Phonics

Subscription Libraries and Reading Game ($)

Reading Fluency

See these tables for guidelines regarding reading fluency for your child:

https://www.readinga-z.com/fluency/fluency-standards-table/

https://scholarwithin.com/average-reading

Remember that each child is on their own learning journey. If they are not yet at grade level benchmark, do not worry. Continue to work with them and talk to your child's teacher about how you can help.

Young students who have not mastered foundational word recognition skills should work on:

letter/sound correspondance
segmenting & blending words
sight word recognition (ask your teacher for a grade level appropriate list)
reading short passages that do not push the child to the point of frustration (Parents and their children can take turns reading passages in a book.)

Older students who have mastered word recognition skills should be working on language comprehension skills:

Building background knowledge by reading a variety of texts
Mastering new vocabulary words
Learning to understand and make inferences
Make textual connections:
- Text-to-Text
- Text-to-Self
- Text-to-World

No matter a reader's age, BOOK CHOICE is of paramount importance to ensure a child will continue to choose reading as a preferred activity.

Expose your child to a variety of texts and see which one is their favorite!

Writing

Math

Organization Skills