NOVEMBER 13 , 2014

Welcome Jefferson Parents!

Activities

Using sticky notes answer the following questions and place your sticky note on one of the big charts.

1. How do you currently help your child with reading?

2 How comfortable are you teaching your child to read?

1. Dirt Road 2. Paved Road 3. Highway 4. Yellow Brick

Road Keep sticky notes

anonymous!

3. What barriers/struggles do you run into at home?

YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS QUIZ.

Quick Quiz

Swiss Cheese Flashcards

Create flashcards and put them on a ring.Hole punch the card each time your child

gets it correctPull the card off the ring once it looks like

swiss cheese!This can be done with sightwords, letters, sounds, numbers,math facts, vocabulary, etc…

VAKT Activities

Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic

Tactile

Lots of fun and they do not know they are learning!

ACTIVITIES HANDOUT

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PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategies)Ideas are adapted from the PALS program

Let’s change this to PALS (Parent Assisted Learning Strategies) PALS modified for parents at home

4 activities1. Increasing FluencyParent reads a paragraph (or page)Child repeats the same paragraph (or page)2. RetellingChild retells what the paragraph/page was

about

PALS continued…

3. Paragraph ShrinkingParent reads for a set amount of time (2-3

minutes). Parent tells who or what they read about in ten words or less.

Switch rolesStudent reads for the same amount of time

(continued reading, not repeated) (2-3 minutes) Child tells who or what they read about in ten words or less.

4th PALS activity

4. Prediction Relay

Parent reads and makes a prediction while reading (2-3 minutes)

Student reads and makes a prediction while reading (2-3 minutes).

Comprehension Fun

Beach BallBalls in the bag10 words or lessYou say a word, child says a word… building

off of each other

FLUENCY FUN

Read the passage by stating the color the word is printed in.

Pink card activity

“Read Naturally" adapted for at homeCourtesy of Mr. Ewing

Monday - The child does a “cold read” of the given prompt for one minute. He/she should not practice the selection prior to reading it. Mark a slash at the last word completed when the minute is up and put the letter C. Now an adult should model the reading of the prompt. Use inflection and expression while you read the prompt, having the student follow along with the words.

  Tuesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two times.  Wednesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two

times.   Thursday – Practice reading the prompt one time in its entirety. Then do a “hot

read.” This reading is timed for one minute. Mark a slash at the last word read when the time is up and put the letter H. The student should be able to see an improvement in his/her fluency.

  Friday – Record the “cold read” and “hot read” numbers on the Fluency Builder

chart, sign it, and return the folder to school.

A tip from Mrs. Rodrigues – grade 5

Be involved in  your child's education. Check their agenda Be aware when there are tests Help your child studyRead with your child (or at least make sure

your child is reading for fun every night)Know what their test grades are

A tip from Mrs. Yencho -grade 3

Check for understanding with what they are reading...helping them turn a question around into an answer:

T-A-G T - Turn the question aroundA - Answer the question G - Give proof/examples from the story Example: What colors represent the United States of America? The colors that represent the United States of America are red, white, and blue.  I know this because our American flag has those colors.  

A Tip from (retired)Mrs. Pennebacker- grade 1

Review what sight words are and how important they are----not to be sounded out, but just learned by recognition. 

Word Bank books go home daily with students that need this practice.

A tip from Mrs. Kline---grade 2

Practice the sight words every night because this rolls over into spelling words.

A tip from Mrs. Piasecki…grade 2

Keep a small homework basket with supplies, granola bars, and other snacks.

A timer in the basket will help kids stay focused when doing homework.

Take small breaks in between assignments.Find a quiet spot.

A tip from Mrs. Zappile…grade 1

After reading a story together, ask your child questions:

Who was the story about?What was the problem?How did the characters solve the problem?What happened in the beginning, middle,

end?What does the story make you think of?(Nonfiction) What facts did you learn?

Mrs. Hynes

Are you familiar with Think Central and all of the resources that are available?

www.thinkcentral.comStudent2 (grade level)Password: reading

Mrs. Tintle…ESL

SLEEP….

Is your child getting enough?

What good readers do…

Read with expressionLook at the picturesPredictSelf correctUse visual informationKnow their high frequency wordsHave background knowledge (give it to them

if the topic is unknown)Re-read to make sense

What good readers do…

Summarize

QUESTIONS

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