Having a Successful Literacy Program! By Lauren Rowe

Guiding Question How does parent involvement affect an English Language Learners ability to learn how to read?

Kindergarten Literacy Stations Sound Sort Students will be able to distinguish letter sounds by using objects that represent that beginning letter sound Bean Bag Toss Students will be able to identify letters of the alphabet on the bean bags and know the letter sounds.

Kindergarten Literacy Stations Reading a Story Students will listen to the story If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. Students will identify the different elements of the story (characters, setting and important events). Play Dough Fun- Forming Letters Correctly Students will use play dough to create and form letters correctly both uppercase and lowercase letters. Will

Kindergarten Literacy Stations Students will practice writing letters (uppercase and lowercase), sight words and spelling words using their finger as a writing tool in the shaving cream. Shaving Cream Writing

First and Second Grade Literacy Stations Word Work #1 Students work with letters to make new words Word Work #2 Students can use Phonic tiles to make new words

Literacy Stations Instructions

First and Second Grade Literacy Stations Sight Words Students work with grade level sight words and play games such as Slam and Memory.

High Frequency Word List #1 Theme 1-1, 1-22 nd grade boughtfront kitchen rolluntil reason special brought surprise

Literacy Stations Instructions

First and Second Grade Literacy Stations Writing Students practice writing sentences and word families on their individual whiteboards. Guided Reading Guide reading so that students can share questions about the story and about the elements of the story (characters, setting, sequence).

Literacy Stations Instructions

First and Second Grade Literacy Stations How to pick a book? & Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies 5 Finger Rule: Choosing a “Just Right” book The Goldilocks Rule for picking a book

Literacy Stations Instructions

How to pick a book?

Next Steps for Planning a Family Literacy Night After piloting literacy stations with my class for the past couple of weeks, I would like to move my Literacy program to bringing my students’ parents and families to school to hold a Family Literacy Night. This Family Literacy Night will entail teachers, students and their families participating in literacy stations that they can do at home with their child to support them with learning how to read. My focus group is the families of my English Language learners since these are the students that need the most support since they are learning English as a second language. At each station, there will be a translator that will provide all instructions given by the teacher in Spanish. This will make the literacy material accessible to all families and students who attend. I would love to move this Family Literacy Night where it involves all families from grades Kindergarten through Second grade. Here is my timeline for the next couple of months: December- Continue to pilot and implement Literacy Program in my classroom January- Plan with teachers from K-2 about holding a Family Literacy Night in March February- Meet with teachers from K-2 and plan stations and book bags March- Hold Family Literacy Night at Marsh Elementary

Family Literacy Night Come join me for a great night filled with the JOY OF READING! It will be fun for the whole family! WEDNESDAY, March 20th 5-6pm in the Cafeteria

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