Home Quest teachers emphasize the importance of establishing learning routines at home. Having routines makes things predictable and students will be less likely to resist engaging in challenging learning. But having routines also means regular exposure to structured learning, most especially in Numeracy and Literacy. There is a large amount af research and texts out there that stress the importance of routines and many resources to support you in creating them. Suggestions for daily routines are also described in your learning standards packets.

Today’s professional development at Annieville included some very interesting discussions in Literacy and I especially wanted to share this piece of it with you. This graphic came from an article about the importance of routines to help students become successful readers. But instead of suggesting specific routines, it was specific skills we’re looking for children to engage in developing each day. I thought you might find this helpful in understanding why routines are important and what you are looking for/or what you want your child to get out of those Literacy routines suggested in your learning standards packet. If you’d like to chat more about this, please let me know!