Mrs. LeFante's Literacy Webpage

 

 

  Children learn to read by reading! 

 

     ^{_{Just as you would take your child to sports practice or dance lessons, reading is a skill that needs to be practiced daily! Even if your child is in 3rd, 4th, or even 5th grade you can still read at home with him/her! Alternate reading pages or paragraphs aloud to each other. Have disccussions about these books together. Borrow books from the library on tape or CD and have your child follow along, too.  View the books on DVD if available, and compare/contrast to the text!}}

 

 

 

 

Book Buzz

 

 

  Grades K-2

 

 

 

The start of a brand new series by Shaquille O'Neal and illustrated by 2014 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent award winner Theodore Taylor III, Little Shaq is sure to be a hit with young readers.

When Little Shaq and his cousin Barry accidentally break their favorite video game, they need to find a way to replace it. That's when Little Shaq's science project inspires a solution: a gardening business. They can water their neighbors' gardens to raise money for a new game! Little Shaq and Barry make a great team both on and off the basketball court, but will their business be as successful as they hoped? 

Showing kids that anything is possible with the support of friends and family, Little Shaq will inspire them to love reading, play fair, and have fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades 3-5

The Fourteenth Goldfish 

by Jennifer L. Holm

 

"Believe in the impossible"

 

 

Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? Read to find out.