First Grade Here We Come!!

May 10th, 2012

Agenda

Statistics Story Time / Read Aloud Alphabet Knowledge Text Examples

› How do I get my child to a level 6?› How do I move my child beyond a level 6?

Math Concepts At Home Ideas

Statistics Multiple scientific studies show that children

who get a slow start in learning to read are not simply experiencing a developmental lag, but are unlikely to catch up. (Hall 2006)

If a child is struggling to read on level in first grade, there is an 88% chance that child will struggle in fourth grade. (Juel 1988)

74% of struggling fourth grade readers will continue to struggle in ninth grade. (Francis 1996)

Story Time / Read Aloud

Reading aloud to your child is one of the single most important factors for building critical concepts about reading.› Reading aloud bridges the gap between

how we write and how we speak.› Reading aloud introduces your child to new

ideas and vocabulary.› Reading aloud builds a lifetime love of

reading.

Alphabet Knowledge

Letter knowledge is the foundation for reading and writing.

ABC Chart Chant

aa_eaiay

ee_eeeea_yie

ii_eieigh_y

oo_eoaowoe

uu_eueew

Text Example A level 6 has

› A little repetition of the text

› Unknown words are decodable

› Usually 2-4 lines of text

Skills for a level 6› Beginning and ending

consonant sounds› Double final

consonants› Short vowels› Two letter clusters› Endings› Contractions with ‘s

How do I get my child to a level 6?

Sight words Word work

› Blends.flp

How do I get my child to a level 6?

Sight words Word work Reading strategies

Reading Strategies

How do I get my child to a level 6?

Sight words Word work Reading strategies Comprehension

RetellingHand

How do I move my child beyond a level 6?

First grade sight words Word work

› ea.flp

How do I move my child beyond a level 6?

First grade sight words Word work Reading strategies

Reading Strategies

How do I move my child beyond a level 6?

First grade sight words Word work Reading strategies Comprehension

› Making connections› Identifying favorite part and why

First Grade Reality A level 18 has

› Fewer pictures› Large amount of dialogue› Introduction of 2nd grade

sight words› Focus is on comprehension

and fluency› Amount of information

needed when retelling increases

Skills for a level 18› Apply skills to decode

larger words› Base words and endings› Words with multiple

syllables› Recognize a large amount

of sight words

Math Concepts Recognize ½ and ¼ shape Identify, name and describe 2 and 3 dimensional shapes Read, write, and compare numbers less than 100 Skip count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s Addition to 20 Subtraction within 20 Telling time to nearest hour and half hour Count money to the value of one dollar Graphing using bar and picture graphs Numbers to 40 – use tens and ones, compare, 10 more and 10

less Multiplication – use manipulatives, pictures and repeated

addition to solve multiplication problems to 40 Division – use manipulatives, pictures and repeated subtraction

to solve division problems

At Home Ideas

Making words› Pull down letters fast› Mix and make sight words and spelling

words› Make and write sight words and spelling

words› Shaving cream or pudding› Salt, kool-aid, or sand› Sidewalk chalk

At Home Ideas

Writing › Journals› Grocery lists› Story writing

Sight words› 1 minute drills› Flash cards

Math› Identify coins› Count change› Sort and order

coins› Add or subtract

objects around the house

› Tell time at home› Sidewalk chalk

At Home Ideas

Websites› Apples for the Teacher› Game Goo› Soft Schools› Starfall› Gamequarium› Spelling City