As we wind down we would like to invite you to our Reading Celebration on June 17^th.  A morning presentation will be held for K – 2 and an afternoon presentation is planned for students in grades 3 – 5.   More information will follow as the date approaches.

We are excited to inform all that we are expanding our Suggested Summer Reading List to include and incentive program for students!

We will send home a Summer Reading Log for all of Oak Havens students who will be returning next year.  Look for it in the final report card envelope! Oak Haven’s Literacy Committee is planning the details for an incentive program to encourage and motivate our students to read over the summer!

 We hope all of you will have a safe, relaxing summer

Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s):  Reading Habits

Read, Read and Read Still More! "Reading habits” are as important as reading skills.  Beginning in kindergarten, students need to read a lot – independently and with assistance – from fiction, nonfiction, poetry and prose genres.  In the standards, "a lot" is quantified in these terms:

& Kindergarten: Read or reread – independently or with another student or adult – two to four familiar books each day. Listen to one or two books read aloud each day at school and at home.

& First Grade: Read – independently or with assistance – four or more books a day. Hear two to four books or other texts read aloud each day.

& Second Grade: Read one or two short books or long chapters every day. Listen to and discuss every day one text that is longer and more difficult than what can be read independently.

& Third – Fifth Grade: Read 25 chapter books a year. Listen to and discuss at least one chapter read aloud or silently every day.