Dear Parents/Guardians,

Eighth grade reading at Yoakum Junior High is dedicated to helping students become better readers and to developing a love of reading in students. The student who loves to read will be successful not only in reading, but in every area of schoolwork and life.

1. It is important for your child to spend at least 20 minutes a day reading.
2. Students will go to the library for library books only during reading class except for those 8th graders that are in gifted/talented, speech and health classes. These students will go during Advisory Class.
3. If you want to supplement your child's reading at home, recorded tapes may be checked out from me. A parent teacher conference needs to be scheduled so there is an understanding by the parent and student about the desired outcome of recorded tapes.
4. The 8th grade students will be working on fluency. It is a program aimed at helping students to read material more fluently and smoothly, thus increasing comprehension and reading level.
5. Any child who is caught cheating in my class, will receive an automatic zero on that paper.

If you have further questions concerning the reading program, please contact me during my conference period, which is from 8:15 - 9:00 A.M., at 293-3111.