Fluency Friends - Volunteer Opportunity

Our Reading Specialist, Mrs. Rivard, is looking for volunteers to help students with reading fluency with a new program called Fluency Friends.

We have many students that need reading intervention.  Volunteers will be paired with students for a variety of tasks including flash cards, listening to students reread books, or give 1-minute reading passages.

Because volunteers will be working one-on-one with students, they will be considered Designated Volunteers.  Volunteers will need to have a background check and finger printing paid for by MSD.

A brief training will also be required for volunteers.  Please fill out the form below to sign up and Mrs. Rivard will be in touch with you.

Summer Reading Resources

HGF will be hosting a Summer Reading Lending Library run by our Reading Specialist Mrs. Rivard.  The program will allow K-2 students to borrow 'at level' books twice during the summer.  The kick off will be held from 3-4 on Wednesday, June 17 in Mrs. Rivard's classroom.  K-2 parent/guardians, look for a form to RSVP in your child's folder soon.

"The research is clear that children who don't read during the summer can lose up to three months of reading progress and that loss has a cumulative, long-term effect. The following resources and articles provide information about summer reading and summer learning loss. Plus you'll discover great activities to encourage kids to learn, read, and have fun in the summer sun."

There are lots of ways to keep your kids engaged with books this summer.  Here are a few resources:

Get summer started on the right page with an amazing collection of resources from PBS LearningMedia's new Summer of Reading collection! This special collection of videos, activities, and games helps to build vocabulary and reading comprehension while bringing storybook characters to life. PLUS: Check out our new Top 10 Summer Reading List!

The Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program marks its nineteenth year celebrating the power of books to expand children’s horizons. Onceagain, we’re partnering with educators like you to inspire readers in first through sixth grades to have a summer filled with reading adventures—and earn a FREE book too! Here's how:

• Step 1. Read any 8 books and record them in the Reading Journal (PDF).
• Step 2. Bring the completed Reading Journal to your local B&N store. Find a Store.
• Step 3. Choose a FREE BOOK from our selection on the Reading Journal list at the store... Enjoy reading!

The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading program for children. Join today and let’s set a new reading world record for summer 2015! (May 4 - Sept 4, 2015) 

• Summer Reading Tracker
• Summer Challenge Book List (ages 3 to young adult)  

And here are even more resources:

• Reading Is Fundamental

Check out RIF's Summer Reading Guide for tips, book ideas, and a daily calendar of summer reading activities.

• Read Write Think

Use this resource from the International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Thinkfinity.org, and Verizon to find a range of summer activities that promote "Learning Beyond the Classroom" for K-12 children and youth.

• Thinkfinity.org

Sponsored by the Verizon Foundation, this site provides free educational resources and ideas for afterschool, educators, parents and students. They also have ideas for summer learning fun!

• freshbrain.org

Freshbrain.org offers an online summer camp focused on multi media development and production including application development, graphic design, music mixing, and robotics. Also, support and incentives for participants through virtual counselors and corporate sponsors. This site is geared towards teens and is free of charge.

• Exploratorium

Exploratorium is an virtual science center complete with exhibits, interactive tools and modules, as well as science projects to do at your site.

• American Library Association

Great tips on tips on making the most of the trip to the library

Volunteers Needed - Book Party 5/14

Our Reading Specialist, Mrs. Rivard, is excited to announce that HGF is the recipient of a $5000 grant! This grant enabled HGF to purchase more than 1000 new books for the lending library that our teachers use.

The books need to be stamped and labeled; we are looking for some volunteers to help with this task after school. She will be hosting a "Book Party" after school Tuesday the 14th from 3-4pm. Please come if you!! The sooner the books are labelled the sooner our teachers can use them with our children.