Welcome to Jefferson's Parent Resource Room!

Here you will find information on literacy games and activities available to Jefferson parents to check out and take home.  Please click on the purple updated Parent Resource Brochure image link below to see a complete inventory and description of items available to our parents.

See an item you'd like to check-out?  Send an email to: amanda.anderson@dist428.org or call the school office at 815-754-2263 and the item will be checked out to you and sent home with your student. Feel free to stop by the school and browse the items available in person!   

If you would like more information to assist with the navigation of our Parent Resource Room, please click on the links below for brochures specific to each grade level.  Each brochure is full of lots of helpful information and resources to guide you:

First Grade Parent Brochure

Second Grade Parent Brochure

Third Grade Parent Brochure

Fourth Grade Parent Brochure

Fifth Grade Parent Brochure  

Other Literacy Resources:

NIU Literacy Clinic

The Department of Literacy Education at Northern Illinois University has announced the release of 7 more videos in the Raising Readers Video Series from the NIU LIteracy Clinic.  The new videos are: Phonemic Awareness; Phonics Fluency; Vocabulary Comprehension Strategies; Comprehension of Fiction; Texts Writing with Younger Children.  Follow the link below to access the Literacy Clinic YouTube Channel video series: