We want to make two promises to every child:

We will teach you to read and we will help you to be a reader

Research –Richard Allington

• ‘’Kids need to read a lot if they are to become good readers.The evidence on this point is overwhelming .’’ • ‘’They need access to books that

entice them,attract them to reading.’’

Parents - Talk about books with your children

• What do you think will happen next?• I think the cat will run away when he sees the

dog because that’s what cats do – what do you think?

• Cinderella is very kind isn’t she?

Readiness to read

• ..has more to do with book,story,and print experiences that occur before school entry than with drill on any subset of skills or achieving at any particular age.

Prior knowledge – Understanding about the things being read

• The importance of prior knowledge to comprehension and communication is included in virtually all modern theories of reading.• ( Anderson&Anderson, 1984, Pressley,Wood&Woloshyn, 1992, Spivey,1996)

Home reading and 85%

•85% of what we read should be easy

• 15% of what we read should be challenging (to be encountered at school in instructional teaching)

• 0% of what we read should be too hard

Summary

Help your child become a reader by• Making sure he/she has access to books• Modelling reading at every opportunity• Discuss what the text is about• Talking about the world– build concepts• Allowing him/her to build reading mileage

with easy/familiar texts