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The Literacy By 5th Grade Initiative also seeks to support the role of families and the community in promoting literacy for our youngest learners. Online reading platforms, children's book readings, and literacy resources are provided to help residents of all ages understand and promote literacy outside of the classroom.
A new series of videos from our Early Education Services team will also be featured (see adjacent videos) with tips for reading to children to promote early literacy.
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Free Online Literacy Apps
As part of the Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin Gomez is providing free access to a suite of bilingual learning programs for all students in Riverside county. From pre-reading activities and read-to-you stories, to alphabet recognition songs and grammar rules games, these interactive, new tools from Footsteps2Brilliance are now available to our youngest learners 24/7.
Parents can easily register their children following the steps below:
- Go to www.myf2b.com/riverside
- Click the Register for Free Today button
- Enter your home zip code and click the Check my Zip Code button
- Select your school district from the options provided
- Click the Register in English or Registrarse en español button
- Follow the prompts to complete your child’s registration
- Follow the daily lessons for your child's grade level.
For more information, please see our press release.
Book Readings
Reading aloud to children daily is an effective way to help them become successful readers. Our RCOE team members are doing their part by reading children's books in English and Spanish to promote literacy across the county. Here's the latest edition:
"The Rainbow Fish" read by Mike Barney
"El pez arcoíris" leído por Viridiana Lopez
In Riverside County, we are deeply committed to ensuring every child can read well because learning to read is an essential skills in school and life. In order to achieve this goal, a strong partnership between families and schools and the community is essential.
Learning to read is not a natural process and it has to be explicitly taught. In order to develop strong readers, it is important to use evidence-based methods, or the” Science of Reading,” to ensure all students succeed and thrive in this area.
In order to be a successful reader, students will need strong skills in:
- Phonological and phonemic awareness - the ability to hear and manipulate sounds of language
- Decoding and word recognition - the ability to read words
- Fluency - being able to read a passage accurately, quickly and with proper expression
- Vocabulary - knowledge of the meaning of words
- Comprehension - making meaning of written words is necessary for understanding what we read
For more information on how to support your child in these important areas, please see the resources below.