Promoting Literacy Skills at Home: Family Literacy Night

Agenda  Why Families Matter  Emergent Literacy  What, Why and How  Activity and Rotation Overview 6 stations, 15 minutes per station

Why Families Matter! As your child’s primary caregiver you…  Know your child better than anyone  Are an expert on your child  Have a great opportunity to demonstrate multiple purposes for literacy

INGHAM ISD Goal Goal: 80% of students will reach the K readiness expectation for phonological awareness as measured by TSGold objective 15 COR item N Today’s Goal: Identify 1-3 phonemic awareness activities from Creative Curriculum you are going to implement in your classroom.

Key Components of Emergent Literacy ComponentDescription Phonological AwarenessBabies, toddlers and preschoolers can learn to have fun with sounds! Figuring out words that rhyme, coming up with words that share a beginning sound, and saying silly words all help build a child’s phonological awareness; that is, the ability to notice, think about, and play with sounds in words. These skills will be used every time your child reads and writes! Can be done in the dark Alphabetic PrincipalOne strong predictor of success in reading is a child’s familiarity with the letters of the alphabet. This includes knowing a letter’s name, shape and sound. Most good alphabet activities help kids get practice in each area. Awareness/Concepts of PrintPrint awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way — for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between words. Print awareness is a child's earliest introduction to literacy. Reading Rockets

Key Components of Emergent Literacy ComponentDescription Early Writing DevelopmentChildren, even our youngest learners, enjoy putting crayon to paper. What often starts as scribbling ends up being important clues to a child’s understanding that print carries meaning. Four-year olds often enjoy “writing” their name and other special words like Mom, Dad, love, and you. Helping your child develop writing readiness skills includes making the most out of everyday writing and providing lots of opportunity to practice! Reading Rockets Oral Language Skills Vocabulary & Comprehension Kids who hear more words spoken at home learn more words and enter school with better vocabularies. This larger vocabulary pays off exponentially as a child progresses through school. It’s never too soon to talk to your baby, and make it interesting! Reading Rockets

Practice Stations Tech Center (Technology) I Hear You ( Phonological Awareness) What’s the Word ( Alphabetic Principle - Phonics) Talk to Me ( Vocabulary) I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print) Let’s Write (Emergent Writing)

Tech Center  Family Learning Connection – Scavenger Hunt  APPS

I Hear You (Phonological Awareness)  Listen Up! Listen Up!  First Sound Last Sound First Sound Last Sound  Picture Cards Picture Cards  partsnoword.htm partsnoword.htm

Phonemic Awareness-What Phonemic AwarenessPhonics Focuses on phonemes (sounds) Focuses on phoneme(sound) / grapheme (letter or letters) associations Deals with spoken language Deals with written language AuditoryVisual and Auditory Students work with manipulating sounds and sounds in words Students work with reading and spelling words using phoneme/grapheme associations Hear the languageSee text representing the language 10 What’s the difference?

What’s the word?! (Phonics) Super Hero Letter Match Candyland Name Game 15 Ways to use Magnetic Letters Alphabet Poster Activities Letter Card Activities Letter Hunt

Vocabulary  All About Me!  I Spy  Twenty Questions  Categories  Tell Me About It! Variations Use pictures from your cell phone and follow the same process Place objects in a clear bag or jar

I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print)  Five Finger Retell  Story/Finger Puppet Activity  Comprehension Sticks  Environmental Print Matching Game

Let’s Write (Emergent Writing)  Create a placemat for each person in family  Make cards for different special events  Everywhere a sign (post signs for students at home and students can copy and/or make own sign)  Mixed Media  Finger painting  Cans of water and different thicknesses of paintbrushes.  Sponges, cotton swabs, toothpicks, toothbrushes and potato carvings are other tools for mixed media writing activities. (Nina Makofsky)

Resources Word Play Fun Busy Buzzing Bumblebees & Other Tongue Twisters Gooney Bird Greene Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives My Very First Mother Goose On Beyond Zebra Scranimals Reading Rockets

Resources Alphabet Books are useful to read because they: Support oral language development Help children learn letter sequence Help children associate a sound with a letter Can help children build vocabulary Reading Rockets

Resources Family Resources  The Home Literacy Behavior Checklist  Finding Great Books When You Don’t Have a Great Budget Instructional Resources  Readingrockets.org  Florida Center for Reading Research  Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to 5,Scholastic,  MDE PreK, Literacy & Math At Home Activities