Welcome Parents TCDSB 2012 teresa.paoli@tcdsb.org

Welcome ParentsTCDSB 2012teresa.paoli@tcdsb.org

“It takes a whole village

to raise a child”Old African Proverb

Using the gospel values as the anchor for literacy learning, we are committed to assisting students to become confident and reflective readers and

writers who apply Catholic values to life's opportunities, challenges and choices.

Those who use literacy take it for granted - but those who cannot use it are excluded

from much communication in today's world. Indeed, it is the excluded who can best

appreciate the notion of literacy as freedom.

UNESCO, Statement for the United Nations Literacy Decade, 2003-2012

Ministry of Education and TCDSB

Curriculum Documents

The Literacy Continuum

Comprehensive Literacy

K to Grade 3

Literacy in the Middle GradesGrade 4 to 8

Student Success LiteracyGrade 7 to 12

What strategies do literate learners use?

MakeConnections

AskQuestions

Talk, talk, talk

Tell stories…

Write, write, write

Check for understanding

Read

“When I come to a word I don’t know….”

Fluency

Working together…….

Parents and schools work together in partnership to develop and nurture a love of literacy. Children look to adults as role models. By watching these adults, they begin to develop their own attitudes and values towards reading and writing.

Read every day……

Student A

20 min./day

Student B

4 min./day

In one week

In one month

In one school year

By the end of grade 8

20 min. X 5 days = 100 min./week

4 min. X 5 days = 20 min./week

100 min. X 4 weeks =

400 min./month

20 min. X 4 weeks =

80 min./ month

400 min. X 9 months =

3600 min./ year (10 days)

80 min. X 9 months =

720 min./year (2 days)

2 days X 8 years =

16 days

10 days X 8 years =

80 days

Use the 5 finger rule when you choose a book to read!

•Read a page in the middle of the book.

•Put up one finger for every “clunk” you have.

0 fingers – too easy 1-3 fingers – just right 4-5 fingers - quite hard 5+ too hard for now

When I come to a word I don’t When I come to a word I don’t know……know……

• I look at the pictures.

• I make the first sound.

• I slide my finger under the word.

• I look inside the word for parts I know.

• I blend the parts together.

• I skip the word and read to the end of the sentence.

• I go back and re-read asking myself:Does it make sense?Does it sound right?Does it look right?

Write, write, write….Write, write, write….

How can you support your child?

CommunityCommunity

Resources for parents…..

Reading as a FamilySummer ReadingTCDSB brochures

Websites: parent site on tcdsbebsco

Toronto Public Library

“The desire to read is not born in a child. It is planted by parents and teachers.”

-from Jim Trelease The New Read-Aloud Handbook

Gotta Keep Reading….Gotta Keep Reading….

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