1. The Kineo School parent education January 23, 2017
Welcome!
The Kineo School parent education
January 23, 2017

2. Growing a reader Introduction Seeing your child as a reader
Reading starts with decoding, right?
Reading is thinking
Reading in the Wild
Reading realities
Choosing books
Question and answer
Feedback

3. Introduction
Mini-lessons
Guided practice
Check-in

4. Seeing your child as a reader
Bonnie Campbell-Hill’s reading continuum

5. Reading starts with decoding, right?
Kids most often view themselves as readers when they can “say the words”
Strategies that we have introduced in class
Eagle Eye
Lips the Fish
Chunky Monkey
Stretchy Snake
Skippy the Frog
Flippy the Dolphin

6. Reading is Thinking
Strategies that Work by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller, the literacy work of Regie Routmann
Connections (text to self, text to text, and text to world) and Schema (your background knowledge)
Asking questions
Visualizing and inferring
Determining importance
Summarizing and synthesizing

7. Reading in the Wild
Donalyn Miller, reading teacher and author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild
Most effective way to become a better reader
Staying a reader
Communities of readers
Models of readers
Book choice

8. Choosing books I PICK Purpose – Why am I reading this book?
Interest – Do I want to read this book?
Comprehension – Does it make sense? (How will I enjoy this book?)
Know – Do I know most of the words? (The ABCs and 123s of reading levels)

9. Reading realities Not enough time Hard to find “just right” books
Too many other interests
“I hate this.”
Now what?

10. Q&A What are your questions? Your turn – conversation starters
Do you consider yourself a reader?
What is working for you and your child with reading?
What’s your biggest reading challenge right now?
What are some of your child’s favorite books?
When do you find time to read?

11. Feedback What was helpful? What was not helpful?
What do you still want to know?
or and let us know!
Thanks so much!