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Open Books Literacy Mentor Training
Pages & Chapters
• Organization founded in 2011 with the mission of promoting literacy among families
• Support parent-teacher partnerships, student-parent relationships, and offer resources
• Literacy mentors play a support role among teachers, family members, and students. – By participating in the activities with students,
literacy mentors set an example for family members so that engaged learning may continue.
Open Books
• Family literacy workshops offered to kindergarten-5th grade students and their parents/guardians in Title 1 schools
• Each workshop incorporates a different component of literacy, working to strengthen overall reading levels and skillsets
• Students may start at below grade level with activities, but often progress, reach grade level by year’s end– Sessions build upon one another
• Families receive a book at every session.
Fluency
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness
Vocabulary
Comprehension
• Reading a short passage aloud, at grade level, and then answering a series of multiple-choice questions to assess information retained
• From the curriculum: Comprehension skills include– Identifying cause and effect– Comparing and contrasting– Sequencing story events– Identifying main ideas/supporting details– Understanding characters and setting
Additional Resources
• Pages & Chapters website: www.pagesandchapters.org
• Open Books curriculum: Website, under “Open Books” tab
• Email list sign-up: Bottom of any page within the main website
• Questions? Email Volunteer Committee chairwoman Adrianne DeWeese: [email protected]
Let’s Practice
• Partner up with a fellow literacy mentor or a Pages & Chapters board member.
• One of you will play the role of the student, while the other is the mentor.
• Practice the third grade level of the Fluency component of literacy (1st lesson).
• Remember to use the Student Tracking Sheet to monitor progress made.