1. Parent Literacy Session February 5, 2009 Presenters: Ms. Rosetta Treece Mr. Matthew La Grou

2. Purpose of Session Emphasize the importance of literacy in your child’s education. Provide you with easy-to-use strategies for helping your children improve their time management, reading comprehension, and study skills.

3. Inside Your Folder: Pamphlet on encouraging teen readers (yellow copy). Various tools and strategies for organization, reading comprehension, writing, and study skills. SQ3R strategy and sample paragraph for today’s session.

4. The Impact of Literacy

5. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review

6. Survey Read the title: help your mind prepare to receive the subject at hand. Notice boldface headings & subheadings: organize your mind before you begin to read Notice any graphics: charts, maps, diagrams, etc. are there to make a point - don't miss them. Notice reading aids: italics, bold face print, chapter objective

7. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review

8. Question Turn the boldface headings into as many questions as you think will be answered in that section. The better the questions, the better your comprehension is likely to be. When your mind is actively searching for answers to questions, it becomes engaged in learning.

9. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review

10. Read Read each section (one at a time) with your questions in mind. Look for the answers, and notice if you need to make up some new questions.

11. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review

12. Recite After each section – stop, recall your questions, and see if you can answer them from memory. If not, look back again (as often as necessary) but don't go on to the next section until you can recite.

13. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review

14. Once you've finished the entire chapter using the preceding steps: Go back over all the questions from all the headings. See if you can still answer them. If not, look back and refresh your memory, then continue.

15. Important Takeaways Improving our children’s literacy is crucial to their success in the present and the future Home/School Connection We must work interdependently for your children!

16. Contact: If you have any questions about these strategies, feel free to contact me: Matthew La Grou – mlagrou3@nburlington.com mlagrou3@nburlington.com

17. A Love For Reading