Here are some things you can do to help support your child s reading and writing at home: 1. Read aloud to your child daily and talk about the books.

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1 Your child s classroom teacher and I have completed a reading assessment and feel your child will benefit from a supplementary literacy intervention for a period of time. In addition to reading instruction in the classroom, your child will participate in Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) for 45 minutes each day. The lessons will address comprehension, vocabulary development, fluency practice, phonics and word study, and writing about reading. Your child may bring home a LLI Literacy Portfolio, containing a book, a Literacy Notebook, and some phonics and word study games that have been introduced in lessons. Please help your child remember to bring the book and completed work back to school in the portfolio. Here are some things you can do to help support your child s reading and writing at home: 1. Read aloud to your child daily and talk about the books. 2. Listen to your child read and talk about books together. 3. Play phonics games together. 4. Keep reading and writing activities fun. Enjoy your time together reading, writing, and talking! I will be communicating with you from time to time about what your child is learning in LLI, but please contact me if you have questions about your child s progress.!"#$%&'(#%$)*+,$-"#*.-##-$

2 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Many of the nonfiction books are about animals on the land and sea. The fiction stories are about problems children encounter in everyday life as well as some engaging traditional folktales from other countries. around the books read. Lessons include learning about how words work. The upcoming lessons will include short and long vowels, compound words, words that readers see many times in books (would, there), inflectional endings (-ed, -ing), comparative endings (hot, hotter, hottest), homophones (bear, bare), and homographs (left, left). Your child will also write about the books in a Literacy Notebook. 2. Listen to your child read the books they bring home in the Literacy 3. Play phonics and word games together..-/-.*.*+,$-"#*.-##-$

3 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Many of the nonfiction books are about zoo animals and endangered animals. Some of the fiction stories are about humorous characters and situations. around the books read. Lessons include learning about how words work. The upcoming lessons will include unique vowel combinations (boil, boy), vowels with r (turkey, shirt), consonant digraphs (sh, ch), possessives, contractions, and words that readers see many times in books (want, people). Your child will also write about the books in a Literacy Notebook. 3. Play the phonics and word games together..-/-.*0*+,$-"#*.-##-$

4 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Many of the nonfiction books are about intriguing animals, birds, insects, and even a unicorn. There are some books about exceptional people, too. around the books read. Lessons include learning about how words work. The upcoming lessons will include vowel patterns (cow, shout), prefixes (un-, re-, dis-), suffixes (-full, -ness, -less), and irregular past-tense verbs (sleep, slept). Your child will also write about the books in a Literacy Notebook. 3. Play the phonics and word games together. 4. Keep the activities quick and fun. Most important, enjoy your time.-/-.*"*+,$-"#*.-##-$

5 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Many of the nonfiction books are about endangered species. Some are about unusual art and others are about human and animal heroes. The fiction stories include some series books with familiar characters and other humorous tales. around the books read. Lessons include learning about how words work. The upcoming lessons will include vowel unique patterns (thought, haul), vowel patterns with r (marble, thirsty), compound words, words that readers see many times in books (might, though), and two-syllable words. Your child will also write about the books in a Literacy Notebook. 3. Play the phonics or word games together..-/-.*%*+,$-"#*.-##-$

6 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Some of the nonfiction books are about overcoming adversity. Some are about scientific mysteries. The fiction stories include some humorous tales and folktales from other countries. around the books read. Lessons include learning about how words work such as breaking apart words that have many parts (remember), compound words (butterfly), the sounds of hard and soft c and g (cat, circus, goat, giraffe), plural possessives (girls, men s), and changing adjectives to adverbs (happy, happily). Your child will also write about the books in a Literacy Notebook. 3. Play the phonics and word games together..-/-.*+*+,$-"#*.-##-$

7 nonfiction books and fiction stories. Some of the nonfiction books are about surprising animal facts and interesting facts about the foods we eat. The fiction stories include some humorous tales, folktales from other countries, and one fairy tale. around the books read. Your child will also write about the books read in the Literacy Notebook. Lessons include learning about how words work. The upcoming lessons will include breaking words with many parts (environment), comparative endings (healthy, healthier, healthiest), irregular verbs (know, knew), homophones (paws, pause), homographs (read, read), antonyms (strong, weak), and synonyms (scared, frightened). 3 Play the phonics and word games together..-/-.*1*+,$-"#*.-##-$

8 Although today was your child s last LLI lesson, please continue to read and discuss books as often as possible at home. To help your child maintain what was learned, continue playing some of the games he or she learned and practiced with you. You may also want to buy a blank, lined notebook similar to the Literacy Notebook in LLI. Invite your child to write about the characters, ideas, or information learned in books read at home. Remember, the school and public librarian, as well as the classroom teacher can be valuable resources for suggesting interesting and engaging books that your child will enjoy. Enjoy your time 2!",.*+,$-"#*.-##-$