Mrs. Carreiro's June 
READING
Update

Dear Students and Families,
Thank you very much for a great learning experience throughout distance learning. Grade 2 students were the BEST! I would like to thank all the students and their families for all the wonderful support and effort. I would like to thank my students that showed up everyday and gave 100% effort! I would also like to thank Mrs. Robinson for all her work that she put in this year to make you all better readers. You should thank her too! Awesome job to all! 

Reading Over the SUMMER

Days full of fun, sun, and READING!   Having your child read books at their level daily for 20-30 minutes will keep their reading skills intact and promote a love for reading!  Please read below to access summer reading resources available to your child(ren).  

1. Public Library Summer Reading Program:

Clark Memorial Library is excited to announce that we in collaboration with Beanstacks are announcing our new 2020 summer reading program, "Imagine Your Story."  The Beanstacks program allows our students and adults to log and participate in our challenges online.  Students are challenged to read daily for 15 minutes per day and once they reach 2 hours of reading they will be awarded with a ticket that is placed in our online raffle.  The more hours you read the more chances you have to win our prizes.  Adults must register their children via this website:  clarklib.beanstack.org.  Our program begins June 21st but pre-registration is accepted beginning today.  Our program will continue for 8 weeks until August 15th.  If you have any questions please contact the library at:  clarklibrarytech@gmail.com

2.  Barnes and Noble Summer Reading

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/124560/barnes-noble-giving-kids-free-books-summer/?fbclid=IwAR1mADZlmJbRGMRv1Hcazi2NELJug0cGChObz1P4lPbtA9Qer2qHhn1Fy4RY

3.  https://www.getepic.com/students

Wondering how to keep up with summer reading if your public library is closed?  Try an online library like Epic! Every Richmond student has an account. Click the Epic link, enter Ms. Anderson's class code, and type your name into the Search.  Click on your name/icon and begin searching through the books to make your choice.

4. Tumblebooks

Tumblebooks is a collection of children’s e-books, presented in a fun learning format designed to teach children the joy of reading.  Tumblebooks is offered free of charge for the summer through Ask.RI.org.  The website does recognize IP addresses and will only open for RI addresses.  This site will not open if you are on vacation in another state or country.

5. Teach Your Monster to Read 

(Free on computers, Minimal cost for iPad App, Login necessary for Computer Users) Teach Your Monster to Read is a free and paid program that teaches your child the basic decoding skills necessary for reading.  It complements the existing learning programs for young children in the first stages of learning to read; both those who are on track and those who need extra support and motivation.  Children begin at Level 1 and progress at their own pace through three levels of increasing complexity. The series complements stages 2-5 of Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programs. For Computer login, click the link above and type in your username/password (the same one you have been using all year).

6. Storyline Online: (Free Online.  No Login necessary)

Features famous actors reading children’s books.  Readings are accompanied by illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and many more.

7. KidLit

Enjoy storytime with authors reading their own books.

8. Richmond School Library Website

Looking for safe kid-friendly online activities for a rainy day?  Check out the Richmond School Library Website.

As always, have FUN and build a LOVE for READING this summer! Please bring your completed reading log to your teacher during the week of August 31-September 4.

 It can be a reading log from the public library, a reading log from Barnes and Noble, or a self-created log! 

Happy Reading! 

The Richmond Reading Team

USE Raz-Kids THIS SUMMER
Please use this wonderful resource and online library! Every student in this reading class has an account. The app is free to download at home. Your child can listen to, read, and take a quiz on a leveled text. You just need the teacher username and your child's password. I sent home this information in the beginning of the year and many of the children know their information. Please let me know if you have any questions. karrie.carreiro@chariho.k12.ri.us 

Here are the decoding strategies to work on with your child at home. Refer to these strategies when your child comes to a tricky word. The students are familiar with this bookmark and should be able to explain each strategy
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Phonics Work Over the SUMMER!

1. Use Headsprout on the Raz-Kids account. Your child's account will be active throughout the summer and next year. 
2. Play word games like Scrabble, Boggle, or Upwords.
3. Reinforce decoding strategies rather than giving kids the tricky words. 
4. Complete word searches or crossword puzzles. 

Look for these titles at your local library:

Dear Grade 2 Families,
If you have any questions over the summer or need help with anything, please email me.  
   karrie.carreiro@chariho.k12.ri.us 
Thank you,
Mrs. Carreiro 
Reading Specialist
Richmond Elementary School