Early Childhood News
Quakertown Community School District
Spring Edition 2019
Contents
QCSD News
- Summer Reading
- Curriculum News Fundations
Early Childhood Resource
- Recipe for Readiness
Parent Resource
- Scholastic Learning Toolkit
Contact QCSD
QCSD Summer Reading
QCSD Summer Reading
Mission: Quakertown Community School District believes that when students continue reading over the summer, self-selected texts and/or required texts, it will create a positive impact on their academic success and a habit of lifelong reading. Voracious reading also prepares students for the demands of college and career readiness by increasing student vocabulary and building background knowledge.
Goal #1: To instill and inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Whether it is poetry, science fiction, informational text, mystery, biography or classic literature, or any other of the many genres, books will expose students to new worlds. Summer reading is an opportunity explore personal interests on topics he/she wants to learn about and discover new information or answer questions and wonderings.
Goal#2: To improve reading and language skills with practice.
Summer is an important time for students to continue the reading they have been doing in their classrooms throughout the year. Reading in the summer can help prevent a decline in student's reading development. See the article below to read more about summer reading loss.
Elementary K-5 Summer Reading Click Here
Time to...
- read for fun
- read some easy books
- read to or with your child
- reading something more than once
- read magazines, poetry, wordless books
“If children have opportunities to listen to, discuss, and read books on topics that they select, or books about characters that they love, they develop extensive background knowledge that can scaffold their independent reading and sustain their engagement." Allington, Richard and Anne McGill-Franzen. "Bridging the Summer Reading Gap." Instructor May/June 2003: 17. Web. 21 March 2016.
QCSD Primary Curriculum News
Fundations
In the Fall of 2019, QCSD K-2 teachers will be implementing a foundational skills program called Fundations.
Fundations® is a multisensory and systematic phonics, spelling, and handwriting program that benefits all students. It also includes a supplementary activity set for Pre-K students. Fundations is designed as a whole-class, general education program used for prevention purposes. It also can be taught in a small group or 1:1 setting for intervention.
We are excited to continue our focus on building a strong foundation for our early literacy learners!
Early Childhood Resources
Recipe for Readiness
Parent Resources
Scholastic Learning Toolkit
QCSD Contact Information
Dr. Lisa Hoffman
Assistant Superintendent for Office for Teaching and Learning
215-529-2005
Erin Oleksa
Supervisor of Literacy and Arts
215-529-2015
Janet Pelone
Director of Pupil Services
215-529-2014
Kelly Cramer
K-5 Literacy Coach
215-529 -2664
Parent Information for Kindergarten Readiness
Doris Yurchak
QCSD Registrar
215-529-2023
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