To encourage your child to continue to grow in the area of English Language Arts and Reading at home, please consider the following ideas. The FLDOE provides Parent Guides for students in each grade level with suggested books, activities, and more. For additional reading strategies, please review the FLDOE Read at Home Plan.
Family reading and writing strategies:
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Have your child read for 20 minutes each day.
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Listen to your child read and reread a text.
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Be a reading role model. If your child sees you reading, he or she will see the importance of reading.
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Be frequent visitors to your local public library.
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Have your child research information about a topic.
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Have your child engage in real-world writing. Write a letter to a family member, write a short story or have them keep a daily journal.
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Set up and carry out a family debate night on a topic that interests your child.
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Find and post a family word of the week or month.
Tiles Within Clever That Provide Additional ELA Resources/Support
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CPalms offers ELA tutorials by grade level
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iReady provides ELA lessons based upon student performance for grades K-5 and selected 6-8 students.
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No Red Ink provides grammar and writing practice for grades 6-12
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Achieve 3000 provides reading practice for selected students in grades 6-12
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Check out digital library books with Tumble Books (elementary) and Teen Book Cloud (secondary).