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Welcome ParentsTCDSB [email protected]
“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….
• Ocoee Middle School - Gotta Keep Ocoee Middle School - Gotta Keep Reading - YouTubeReading - YouTube
