Parent Resources

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104 New Street
P.O. Box 6
Ashley, MI 48806
 
Phone: (989)-847-4000
Superintendent Ext: 7
High School Ext: 5
Elementary Ext: 4
District Library Ext: 6
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Reading

Accelerated Reader
BookFinder -- search for books by your child's interests and reading level
AR Welcome Parents flyer -- includes links to:
Parent's Guide Accelerated Reader
Parent's Guide to AR BookFinder
 
PBS KIDS Raising Readers, where kids can play free reading games and activities with their parents, teachers, and caregivers
 
A free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
 
Famous actors reading stories -- very well done with streaming video; able to watch even with low bandwidth.
 
A FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
 
Able to customize a variety of worksheets -- everything from word searches to telling time to fill in the blanks.
 
Free Worksheets, Flashcards and Resources for Early Years (5-9 year olds).  Lots of resources for a variety of topics.
  Online activities and printables for learning high frequency words -- http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/other/hfw/hfw.htm