Learning to Read Reading to Learn Presented by: Gail Hannas Parents and Reading

Learning to Read

Reading to Learn Presented by:

Gail Hannas

Parents and Reading

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10 Ways to Help Your Children Become Better

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1. Help your children acquire a wide-range of knowledge.

Involving your children in conversation about anything and everything daily will give them background knowledge.


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2. Talk with your children about their experiences.

This will help your children learn new words and understand the process of putting thoughts together. This will also allow you to share your past experiences with your child.


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3. Encourage your children to think about events.

Ask them to describe these events. Share local and national news, school news, movies, etc.

Your values and views are important to your children.


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4. Read aloud to your children. Younger children love to hear

stories. Older children and adults also value this experience. Share tidbits that you want them to know by reading small excerpts to them.


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5. Provide your children with writing materials.

Younger children like to write their own stories. Be sure to have paper, pencils, markers, crayons, and magnetic letters. Special themed stationary is great for older children. Journals can be completed by families daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Start a “My Life and Times” diary.


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6. Encourage your children to watch TV programs that have educational value.

Watch shows with your children. Discuss the shows. Watch movies -read the books- and share similarities and differences.


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children watch. Research shows that watching up to 10

hours a week could be positive; however, the more children watch TV, the less they read = lower scores in performance on tests:

• 98%tile reading score read 1 hour daily • 50%tile reading score read 5 mins. daily• 20%tile reading score read less than 1 min.

daily


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8. Monitor your children’s school performance.

Children tend to be more successful readers when their parents have an accurate view of what their child is doing in school.

(Checkpoint for progress in Reading and Writing for Families and Communities - Developed by subgroup of America Reads Challenge: Read*Write*Now)


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9. Encourage your children to read independently.

One of your top priorities should be to encourage your children to spend more time reading - books, magazines, newspapers


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10. Continue your personal involvement in your child’s growth as readers.

Set a good example for your children by reading. Establish rules for reading activities.

Kindergarten -2nd Grade

From Sunshine State Standards:Get better at reading and writing by speaking and

getting to know the alphabet, sounds, and words.They learn to develop vocabulary by listening to and

discussing stories that are read aloud and can summarize stories by giving details of events

Understand and follow simple directions

Kindergarten -2nd Grade

Understand that print goes from left to rightKnow the letters and sounds of the alphabetKnow simple words and begins to recognize

high frequency words by sightStart to read signs, food packages, everyday

itemsLike being read to and has favorite books of

different types - fiction, non-fiction, poetryThey can generate ideas for writing

How you can help! Read out loud and talk about stories every

day Get your child a library card and go to the

library regularly Read nursery rhymes and sing songs

together Talk with your child’s teacher often about

your child’s work Let your child see you reading for fun

Kindergarten -2nd Graders

Take time each day to talk about school and share your day

Have a writing supply box with crayons and paper Watch education TV programs together that teach

letter sounds and words. Limit other television viewing

Listen to your child Encourage your child to act out stories in plays or

puppet shows with friends, brothers/sisters, relatives, etc.


Have your child draw a picture. Together, write a story that goes with that picture. You may use a family photograph, a picture from a magazine, or one drawn by child.

Play games with your child that require concentration - card games, memory games, etc.

Play rhyming games, sing songs with rhymes, and play with the sounds of words.


Make tape recordings of books when you will not be available to read in person. The child can still “read with you” in your absence…great for non-custodial parents who want to read regularly with their child.

Read a story to the child and have him retell the story to you later. Ask questions during reading. . .”What do you think will happen? Guess the ending, what would you do?”


Strategies for Learning to Read

Parent led activities: Introduce a new book - look at the cover - think what the book

will be about- do a picture read - look at new vocabularyGuess the EndingPredicting - “ What do you think will happen next?” “What

should he do?”Give help when needed-Wait time: use cueing strategies Does it make sense? What is the beginning sound? Does it sound right?

Skip it and read on to the end. Backtrack and reread. Use key words and picture clues. Find chunks of words that you know. Use letter sounds from families - onsets and rimes.


Choose books with:Repetition or rhymes

Simple Text

Predictability

Picture clues

Interest to child


Reread favorite books Retell the story Tape a book Put a story in order Play word games

From Sunshine State Standards:v (read and write every day. They start to move from

“Learning to Read” to “Reading to Learn.” )Read many kinds of children’s booksRead for fun, information, and understandingUse different ways of reading - sounding out

words, getting information from the story, and personal knowledge - to understand stories and new words

Understand main ideas and purpose

3rd - 5th Graders

They can identify fact, fiction and opinion in texts

In writing, they create logical beginning, middle and ending appropriate to their writing.

They can identify an author’s purpose in writing

They can read and organize information and understands how plots are developed.

3rd - 5th Graders

3rd - 5th GradersHow you can help! Have a daily family reading time. Take turns

reading out loud Talk about family and community events Talk with your child’s teacher and ask how

you can help with learning at home Ask your child to read wherever you go - in

the car, grocery store or park

3rd - 5th Graders Watch and talk about TV shows

together Give books and magazine

subscriptions as gifts Encourage conversation; share

experiences Ask questions about what the main

ideas are from fiction and non-fiction books and articles.

What Parents Can Do to Help!• Spend time talking to your children every

day.

• Talk about everything -• Your values

• education, society, life. • This will make a difference!

•**GO MAD**• Go Out - Make A Difference

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Learning to Read Reading to Learn Presented by: Gail Hannas Parents and Reading