Read Across America Day Welcome Dea parents!

What is Read Across America? NEA's Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss. (113th Birthday/ Passed at the age of 87 in 1991) www.nea.org/readacross Hold up Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat books

READING WORKSHOP STRATEGIES for 3rd Grade READERS UNDERSTAND A STORY BY… Making a prediction about what might happen next in the text, based on… What has already happened and… Empathizing with the characters At this point you would model what that looks like to parents. You would have a book and show them how to readers understand a story. Tell them that students use all of the strategies on the bookmark but today you are just going to focus on these two highlighted in red. Bring a parent volunteer up. Ask them to be your partner. Have a book available. Read a page or two aloud and make a prediction with your partner based on what has already happened while empathizing with the characters.

READING WORKSHOP STRATEGIES for 4th GRADE READERS OF HISTORICAL FICTION… Fit the pieces together WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW? At this point you would model what that looks like to parents. You would have a historical fiction book and show them what strategies readers of historical fiction use. Tell them that students use all of the strategies on the bookmark but today you are just going to focus on these highlighted in red. Bring a parent volunteer up. Ask them to be your partner. Read a page or two and together identify the who, what, where, when, why, and how? Perhaps even record your findings on a sticky note.

Fountas & Pennell The F&P Text Level Gradient should be seen as a continuum of progress for readers. Student are assessed at each interim to determine independent reading level

IN THE CLASSROOM Great Learning is Happening at DEA! Classroom evidence of reading strategies being taught

PARENT RESOURCES Local Libraries Davenport: http://www.mypclc.org/library/haines-city-public-library Haines City: http://www.mypclc.org/library/haines-city-public-library Poinciana: http://www.myosceolalibrary.org/poinciana/ Dundee: http://townofdundee.com/our-community/libraries/ Pass out hard copy of Dundee Library Summer Program. Be sure to point out the QR code that is on the back side of this paper. It will connect them to this power point located on the DEA Website.

Parent Resources Continued More information can be found on the PCSB website (site is listed on the following slide)

Parent Resources Continued http://www.polk-fl.net/students/onlineresources/default.htm Destiny Tumble Books AR Finder

Dundee Elementary Academy Library DID YOU KNOW? Parents may check out books for their child. Available Checkout Time: 7:30-7:55 Limit of 2 Books Per Visit / Per Child

LET’S CELEBRATE READ TOGETHER! AT THIS TIME YOU WILL BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ WITH YOUR CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM AS THEY SHOWCASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF A MULTITUDE OF READING STRATEGIES. HAPPY READING!

THANKS FOR COMING! #makingithappenatdea