Read With Me! Miss Vinson’s 2 nd Grade Classroom’s Reading Program An Introduction for Parents

Read With Me!

Miss Vinson’s 2nd Grade Classroom’s Reading Program

An Introduction for Parents

©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

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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


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


Reading To Your Child

Vocabulary 2-30% gain

Literate language


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


Reading With Your Child

What is it?

Child = the primary, active reader

Parent = actively supporting

Much interaction

About narrative and print



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.”*


*Meyer p. 62


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


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>


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


Miss Vinson’s “Favorite Books” Page

My Favorites


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


Step Three: Earn Books

Bring the completed, parent initialed charts to schoolTwo Full Charts One New Book


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Links:

Miss Vinson’s Reading Page:http://dante.udallas.edu/vinson/Reading_Page.htm

Website Evaluation Page:http://dante.udallas.edu/vinson/Excel_Project/

Excel_Website_Eval.xls

Linda Meyer’s Article:http://www.calstat.org/leadershipinstitute/pdf/readingto.pdf

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Read With Me! Miss Vinson’s 2 nd Grade Classroom’s Reading Program An Introduction for Parents