DRA levels, Information, and Ways to Help at Home

Diagnostic Reading Level (DRA) Information was written in your child's agenda today. The DRA is a letter that is used to describe your child's reading level when using the classroom library. Students should be reading leveled books as of today. The level was recorded in the agenda. Please use the websites I have listed below to view some titles that are on your child's reading level when visiting the public library. I have listed the sites by grade level so you can see what grade level your child is currently reading on. Right now, entering the fifth grade, your child should be reading on at least a level Q or R. This puts them on track to be able to transition through reading levels before FCAT and have a higher success rate on this test. Please note that any level lower than a "O" is considered 3rd grade.

Grade 4
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/gradefour.html
Grade 5
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/gradefive.html
Grade6
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/gradesix.html

HOW CAN I HELP AT HOME???

• Read with your child at home.
• Have your child listen to you read.
• Make sure your child reads at least 15-20 minutes each day.
• Ask your child to tell you about what they read.
• When watching TV with your child, ask them what the show your watching is about so far during the commercial breaks. Who are the main characters? Where is the setting? Make sure they tell you in great detail when answering.
• Have an older sibling read to them who has great fluency when reading.
• Check over their Home Reading Logs and READ what they are recording. Currently, we are working on connecting to what we have read. Students should write down their reflection. A reflection is what they connect to on the pages they read and why they connect that way. It should be three to five sentences long. It must include details.