LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES:

The following activities can be completed both at school and at home to enhance a child's literacy skills: 

READING ACTIVITIES:

*Newslea Website- Website contains mostly non-fiction articles but has recently expanded to include some fiction texts as well.  Students can check their comprehension by completing the "Quiz" questions. To practice answering constructed responses, students can complete the "Write" section using the "RACES" strategy.

Newsela Link:

Newsela Website 

Scholastic Book Wizard

The Scholastic Book Wizard site has a search feature which will allow you to identify a book's reading level.

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/more-reading-resources/reading-tips-parents. 

Parent Engagement Activities

Reading Rockets- Family Engagement

Reading Rocket Activities

Writing Activities: 

The following websites contain additinal activities that  families can do at home to assist with their child's learning:

*Free Writing Prompts/Story Starters:

Scholastic Story Starters

 Fiction & Non-Fiction Writing Prompts