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©Susanna Vinson 2004 NextBack
Welcome, Parents!
This PowerPoint's objectives are:
To give you some insights on the value of reading to and with your child
To familiarize you with the details of our classroom’s reading program
Read With Me!
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Here’s a question:
Circle the best answer:
The best way to help a child learn to read is to read _____ them.
To With Linda A. Meyer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Reading To Your Child
What is it?
Parent = active reader
Child = mostly passive listening
Some interaction
Mostly about the narrative
“Reading To Children Or Reading With Children?” - by Linda A. Meyer
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Reading To Your Child
Vocabulary 2-30% gain
Literate language
“Reading To Children Or Reading With Children?” - by Linda A. Meyer
What are the benefits?
Nord, C.W., Lennon, J., Liu, B., and Chandler, K. (1999). Home literacy activities and signs of children’s emerging literacy 1993 and 1999 (NCES No. 2000-026). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
However, being read to did not correlate to gains in the children's own reading ability
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Reading With Your Child
What is it?
Child = the primary, active reader
Parent = actively supporting
Much interaction
About narrative and print
“Reading To Children Or Reading With Children?” - by Linda A. Meyer
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Reading With Your Child
What are the benefits?
Knowledge of print—actual reading ability
“The amount of the child participation… had strong correlation with children’s achievement…while the amount that parents read to their children did not.”*
“Reading To Children Or Reading With Children?” - by Linda A. Meyer
*Meyer p. 62
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Reading Program: 3 steps
1. Select Books
2. Read Books
3. Earn Books
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Step One: Select Books
Class Reading List
Some other options:
Children’s Literature AnthologiesAward Winning Books DatabaseMiss Vinson’s “Favorite Books” Page
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Ms. Vinson's Children's Literature
Website Evaluation Page
Rubric Website Goals
Website: Click below to visit the Website!
U.S. Department of Education: Help My
Child Read10 10 9 10 8 47 9.4 Review
Association for Library Service to
Children (ALSC)9 10 9 10 8 46 9.2 Review
No Child Left Behind (U.S. Department of
Education)6 10 9 10 8 43 8.6 Review
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site9 9.5 6 9 8 41.5 8.3 Review
Once Upon A Time…A Children's Literature
Web Site9 9 5 8 10 41 8.2 Review
Database of Award-Winning Children's
Literature10 9.5 5 8.5 8 41 8.2 Review
Children’s Literature Anthologies
ReviewIf You Give a Moose If You Give a Moose a Muffina Muffin
By Laura Joffe Numeroff
- - Review
- - Things to Notice and Talk About
- - Activities
- - Related Books
Information and graphic from: <http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/ifyougiveamoose.html>
©Susanna Vinson 2004 NextBack
Award Winning Books Database
Ms. Vinson's Children's Literature
Website Evaluation Page
Rubric Website Goals
Website: Click below to visit the Website!
U.S. Department of Education: Help My
Child Read10 10 9 10 8 47 9.4 Review
Association for Library Service to
Children (ALSC)9 10 9 10 8 46 9.2 Review
No Child Left Behind (U.S. Department of
Education)6 10 9 10 8 43 8.6 Review
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site9 9.5 6 9 8 41.5 8.3 Review
Once Upon A Time…A Children's Literature
Web Site9 9 5 8 10 41 8.2 Review
Database of Award-Winning Children's
Literature10 9.5 5 8.5 8 41 8.2 Review
Age
Keyword
Historical Period
Setting
Genre
Format
Language
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Step Two: Read Books
Read for 20 minutes a dayRemember readingTO and WITH (according to ability, moreWITH)
Mark the clock chart:Read With Me!
Name:____________
20 minutes
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Step Three: Earn Books
Bring the completed, parent initialed charts to schoolTwo Full Charts One New Book