Tips for Parents

 

High Frequency Word Lists

 

Assessment Information

 

Respond to your child’s writing:

 

·          Keep it positive!

·          Be excited!

·          Celebrate even the simplest attempts of beginning writers.

·          Be the coach—not the writer.

·          Focus on the ideas first—then editing.

 

Help children see how reading and writing are connected.

 

·          Read, read, read!

·          Take turns reading.

·          Read grocery labels, road signs, and menu items.

·          Provide writing materials.

·          Write notes.

·          Help write letters.

·          Write to-do lists, grocery lists, postcards, and journal entries.