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Tools For Parents

When schools work with parents to support learning, our students have a better chance to succeed, not just in our schools, but throuhout life. This involves regular communication from all parties regarding student learning as the goal. This page is reserved for ideas for parents to explore to encourage literacy. Please review these tools and try a few out. Email us to share.

Next Generation ELA Learning Standards Frequently asked Questions

Next Generation ELA Learning Standards Glossary of Terms

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Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core Standards- English Language Arts

The Council of the Great City Schools' parent roadmaps in English language arts/literacy provide guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning in grades K-8. These parent roadmaps for each grade level also provide three-year snapshots showing how selected standards progress from year to year so that students will be college and career ready upon their graduation from high school.

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Spanish Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core Standards- English Language Arts

The Council of the Great City Schools' parent roadmaps in English language arts/literacy provide guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning in grades K-8. These parent roadmaps for each grade level also provide three-year snapshots showing how selected standards progress from year to year so that students will be college and career ready upon their graduation from high school.

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More Ways for Parents to Be Involved All School Year

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U.S. Department of Education Reading Resources

This site provides resources parents can explore to help their students improve their reading.

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Ready Rosie

This website provides short videos in English and Spanish that demonstrate activities to be done at home with your child.

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Parent Toolkit

This link from EngageNY provides parents with videos and information on New York State English Language Arts testing, New York State Common Core Standards, and strategies for helping children learn in school and at home.

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Put Reading First: Helping your Child Learn to Read

This website provides a summary of healthy literacy activities that can be done at home with your child to help them learn to read. Learning to read can be hard wok for children, and this report gives parents a resource as to what they can do to help.

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Parent Roadmap to Supporting your Child in Kindergarten English Language Arts

Updated ParentGuide_ELA_K.pdf 2.15 MB (Last Modified on July 13, 2020)

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Tips For Parents

These are some possible ideas that parents can use at home to support their child(ren) as they learn throughout their years of school.

Tips for Parents.docx 15.5 KB (Last Modified on February 14, 2019)

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Family Guide to Literacy

This presentation was created to assist families in Rochester with creating the love of reading!

OFFICAL Family Literacy Guide.pptx 20.78 MB (Last Modified on April 23, 2018)

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Common Core For Parents

This guide published by EngageNY provides an overview of what parents need to know about the Common Core State Standards.

CommCoreShifts_Parents.pdf 825.10 KB (Last Modified on December 10, 2012)

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