First Grade

Kindergarten- Grade 2 Literacy at Home

Fall River's English Language Arts (ELA) Department is excited to partner with families to provide support for our youngest readers. To support this work, the ELA Department developed a “Literacy at Home” website for Fall River families. The activities on this site were created to specifically target the early literacy skills that your child must learn in order to become masterful readers.
 
Oral language is incredibly important to becoming a great reader.  Students with strong oral language skills have a stronger vocabulary and become stronger readers. The best way to give your child a strong foundation for learning to read are to read to, talk to, and listen to your child every day. Talk about people you know, places you go, and experiences you have together.
 
We have selected a couple of great stories for the month of November that you can listen to as a family. Before you start to listen to the story, let your child know which question you will be talking about. --"Today we are going to listen to the story, Creepy Carrots. While you are listening, think about the big problem in the story. We will talk about it when we are done listening.

Read Alouds

 Below, you will find a few questions that you can ask your child to help them communicate what they are understanding about the story. 

 

  • Who was in this book? What do we know about them?
  • Why did (event) happen? How do you know? 
  • What was the big problem or event in this story? How did they solve the problem? 
  • What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story?     
  • Where is this story happening? How do you know?  

Jabari Jumps

I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared!

The Magician's Hat

The Mess That We Made

 

photo of a man with glasses hugging a small child who is laughing

 To learn more about building oral language skills in your child, please visit www.readingrockets.org