ELA testing that your child will take this school year at #61:

DIBELS & DBA

In addition, School 61 has a Support Reading Teacher who works with your child to help him/her develop the skills necessary to become a successful reader. 

  Principal's Reading Challenge  (CNTRL & Click to download the Principal's Reading Challenge form)

Every month, our students take home a form to record their nightly reading (CNTR & Click above to access the form)   We encourage the students to complete the log, so that we may recognize and honor them at the Awards Ceremonies. Additionally, these students will be called down to the library and be given a gold coin to be used to purchase a book in our Book Vending Machine. 

Reading at home is essential to the students’ academic growth.  Research shows that students that read 20 minutes a day will learn 1,800,000 new words per year.  Please assist us by reinforcing the message that reading is not a chore, but rather a gift we can give to ourselves over and over.