If you have any questions about your child's progress, I would
be happy to discuss it with you.  I can be reached at 347-3442 during school hours or email me at jbenvenu@mum.neric.org.

Great Links for Parents: The following links are terrific resources. They may assist you and your child with reading as well as understanding the standards and new state tests.

• NYS Education Dept.
• International Reading Association
• Scholastic

Reading and ELA classes focus on improving reading and writing abilities.  Classes at all levels provide strategy based instruction designed to improve each student's critical reading and writing skills.

Great Links for Students:  Fun reading related activities.

Scholastic

Reading Rainbow

Just Read Families

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
~ Richard Steele ~

We shouldn't teach great books;
we should teach a love of reading.
~ B. F. Skinner ~

The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.
~ Dr. Seuss ~

If you believe everything you read, better not read.
~ Japanese proverb ~

Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx

You've really got to start hitting the books
because it's no joke out here.
~ Spike Lee ~

There should be a little voice in your head like the storyteller
is saying it.  And if there's not, then you're just lookin' at the words.
 ~ LaKeisha ~
(9th Grader in San Francisco)