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Questions for My Child's Teacher

Questions for My Child's Teacher sections include: (click to view the section)

Learning

Oral Language Development

Reading

Writing

Testing and Assessment

Learning

How can my child explore his/her interests in your classroom?

As a parent, how can I be of help to you?

What specific things can I do at home to support my child's learning in your classroom?

What is the daily classroom schedule ?

What choices does my child have during the day?

How is my child supported in becoming an independent learner ?

Oral Language Development

What opportunities does my child have to talk during the day ?

Do they have time to discuss what they are reading and writing with other children?

Are children encouraged to respond to books and writing ?

Reading

What is my child reading?

Are the books for independent reading easy for him? How do you know?

Is he being taught how to choose books that are appropriate for him ?

How much time is spent actually reading during the day?

Do you read aloud each day? I notice the Standards suggest reading aloud at least twice a day in the early grades.

What are your suggestions for my helping our child at home?

What are you reading in social studies, in science, in math, in read aloud so I can support his/her learning when choosing books at the library?

How do you teach reading ?

Do children have opportunities to read in small groups in books they can actually read ?

Writing

How is writing incorporated into my child's day?

What suggestions do you have to encourage writing at home that will connect with what she is doing at school?

How do you teach spelling?

How do you teach handwriting ?

Does my child get to choose what he writes about most of the time ?

Are children encouraged to write about their own experiences ?

Testing and Assessment

What are the district's tests for my child for this year?

What kinds of assessments do you do other than what is required ?

How do you know what my child is doing as a reader and writer and what instruction he needs ?

What can I do to help you ? What can I do to help him be successful ?