Welcome to Reading Street. What is Reading Street? Reading Street is a comprehensive literacy/language arts curriculum published by Scott Foresman. Reading Street is comprehensive because it hits on all areas of early literacy skills. Students are engaged in phonemic awareness (hearing and identify sounds), phonics (looking at letters and identifying their sound), vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. What can I do at home? Pearson SuccessNet will be your at home area where you can access various reading street materials to enhance the learning experience. This site has a lot of resources for you to use with your child and you can access the stories we are reading. You will be able to view some of the exciting components Reading Street has to offer. You will be receiving a log-in in September/October to be able to access the information. How does Reading Street meet my child's needs? Reading Street has three main components for each child. The children will have a whole group piece where we will meet together and have a read aloud. During the read aloud we will work on vocabulary words, identifying sight words, and answer comprehension questions. In addition, the children will have a small group twice a day. In this small group children will work on specific skills needed to master the early literacy skills. This will include alphabet knowledge, sounds, sight words, etc. Finally, children will work in independent/small group centers. These centers are provided for the children to work on developmental skills with a small group of children. The centers include alphabet work, art, writing, reading, and computers. How do you assess my child? Reading Street is broken up into 6 units and each unit has 6 weeks of study. The children will continually be monitored on their progress. In addition, at the end of each unit the children are assessed. These assessments will help me pinpoint the needs of your child. This will inform me of my instruction in small groups and questions I will focus on asking your child during whole group. You will be notified of how your child is progressing through progress notes and their report card. Furthermore, you will be notified of your child's progress through various papers coming home. Please check your child's communication folder each night for important papers. Literacy Tips for working with your kindergarten child... Read, read, and read! When you read a book with your child ask: What was your favorite part? Why? Who was your favorite character? Why? What do you think will happen next? Why? Learning is messy! Make writing material accessible to your children. Markers, crayons, paintbrushes, chalk, and pencils are great materials to get your children writing and drawing. Help your child notice the world around him. Talking to him is a great model of language. Let your child record what he notices using pictures, letters, words, or have him dictate his stories to you. Keep travel journals. Use a simple spiral note pad and markers. Have him draw something for each day of his vacation. Celebrate this work! Provide examples of writing such as grocery lists, thank you notes, invitations, etc. Model reading and writing. Visit www.readingrockets.org for more great tips!