Booker T. Washington K-8 School

Parents can help support their scholars literacy development in many ways.  Below you will find helpful strategies and resources for helping your students become fluent readers and lifelong learners.  On the right, you can visit the various websites that have online books available for your scholars.  Happy reading! 

Watch the Presidential Inauguration with your kids - livestream and discussion topics!

• 10 Special Literacy Activities Families Can Do Together!

• Supporting your child's literacy development - NCIL website 

  • This website has videos, tutorials, and infographs for parents to support their child's literacy development.

• Reading tips for parents of kindergarteners

• Reading tips for parents of 1st graders

• Reading tips for parents of 2nd graders

• Reading tips for parents of 3rd graders

• Supporting your 4th - 8th graders literacy development

  • This informational page provides ideas for reading encouragement and strategies to support your reader.

• My On

• Alabama Virtual Library

• Brightly Storyline

• Storyline Online

Check out this link to explore virtual field trips your family can take from home! 

• Click here to access the NYPL English Language Learners Resources  

•  Click here for ELL Resources by Grade 

•  ELL Resources for Teachers

•  Book Recommendations for young ELL students

•  Book Recommendations for Elementary ELLs

•  Book Recommendations for Middle Grades ELLs

•  Multicultural Book Lists

• Recursos de ELL para padres en España (ELL Resources for Parents in Spanish)

At Washington, we celebrate diversity! 

• Diverse Book Resources (for Educators & Parents)

• Why Diverse Books Matter

• Diverse Classroom Libraries with Book Suggestions

• Inclusive Book Lists

• Books about Students with Disabilities

*Books from each list are on our purchase list for 2020-21 school and wish list for upcoming purchases.  We make book purchases celebrating diversity based on students interests, backgrounds, recommendations, and instructional needs.

What is the Book It! Program?

A free reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents and homeschool families.

For more information about the Book It! Program, click here.

To enroll your student in the program, click here.

Click below to access the Alabama State Department of Education's 

Summer Learning Challenge