Below, you will find some suggestions for practicing skills at home and links to online resources.  If you need any additional resources, don't hesitate to send me an email at sbrownpaul@fabiuspompey.org.  I frequently check my email and will get back to you promptly.
Suggestions for practicing skills at home...

• Reading
  • Information about book lists and reading levels
    • Access this reading level correlation chart to help identify your child's reading level.  It shows reading levels by grade range, Guided Reading levels, and Lexile levels 
    • Visit Scholastic's website to access the Book Level Wizard.  This tool will help you find book titles at your child's reading level.
    • Visit Scholastic's website for recommended reading lists by age and by interest.
  • Check out the site readkiddoread.com for booklists and suggestions to encourage reading at home.
  • Read to your child and have them read to you.
  • Have your child practice reading familiar text in front of a mirror.  Repeated readings help students improve fluency.
  • Ask your child questions about what they are reading.  Questions like, "What has happened so far, What do you think will happen next, Who are the characters, Do you like the story, What does this story make you think of?"
  • Play word card Memory.  Create 2 sets of word cards with your child and place face down in even rows and columns.  Have your child read each card as they are flipped over.  Try to match the set.  These can be rhyming words, words that focus on a specific spelling pattern, or content vocabulary words.
• Math
  • Play Top-It with a deck of cards (just like War...higher card wins).
  • Play Addition Top-It: each player flips two cards, add them together, the higher sum wins.
  • Practice math facts.
  • Play addition and subtraction dice games.
• Writing
  • Keep a journal of personal experiences, fictional stories, or poems--and of course, include a sketch. :)

Cool Sites for Learning
Math baseball at Funbrain
ABCya.com
BrainPop  username: fabius  password: falcons
BrainPop Jr   username: fabius  password:  falcons
Starfall
Spelling City
Fun 4 the Brain
Pebble Go   username: fabius  password: falcons
BrainPop Jr Videos (ELA) for 2nd and 3rd Grades
Username: fabius  Password: falcons
Short Vowels
Rhyming Words
Th, Sh, and Wh
Writing a Paragraph
Comprehension Strategies (including: Cause & Effect, Make Predictions, Inference, Sequencing and Main Idea)
Reading Non-Fiction
Grammar (including: Adjectives & Adverbs, Contractions, Homonyms, Nouns, Plural Nouns, Possessive Nouns, Prefixes, Similes, Synonyms & Antonyms, Tenses, and Verbs)
Story Elements (including: Character, Plot, and Setting)
Math Games
Marble Math
Identifying coins
Counting coins
Money Bingo
Counting Money
ELA Games
Sight Word Bingo
Sight Word Spelling

Community Resources for Families

• Parent to Parent of NYS- www.parenttoparentnys.org
• Special Education in Plain Language: A User Friendly Handbook on Special Education Law, Policy, and Practices in NYS.  Revised: March 2013
• NYSED: Parent and Student Resources:  Links to resources from NYS Education Department
• Click here to access the NYS Education Department's Parent Guide to Grades 3-8 Testing in ELA and Math