Read and Lead is Discovery's home reading program sponsored by the PTA. Read and Lead is considered homework for first grade students. Teachers encourage all their students to enrolls during the month of September. The reading incentive program begins the third week of October. If you have not yet enrolled your child and would like to, contact your child's teacher or the program coordinators. It is never too late to get started.
During the program, you and your child will read aloud to each other every day at home. This kind of reading practice is the single best way to improve reading ability. It will also help you to see your child's progress throughout the year.
For each 100 minutes read, your child will receive a prize. Each child will have a "school bus" on the wall outside his/her classroom that will show time read throughout the year. In addition, students who read 400 minutes or more in each of the three sessions will be invited to a reward party. Students who meet the goal of 400 minutes in each session, will be invited to an awards party at the end of the year.
The most important part of Read and Lead is adult involvement. Parents are asked to listen your child read 10 minutes a day, 5 or more days a week, and then read aloud to him/her.
We will select a book at your child's reading level and send it home in a special book bag. This is the book your child should read to you. To reach 10 minutes of student reading, your child should read his/her book at least twice. The second time will be easier and smoother. Your child may return his/her book every day to have it exchanged for another one.
