1. Waverly Park Presents: A Reading Workshop for Parents in Grade 1

2. Our Team Members:
Mrs. McAssey – Principal
Ms. Viviano-Farry – Reading Specialist
Mrs. DiCarlo – Grade 1 Teacher
Ms. Scharoff – Grade 1 Teacher
Ms. Ryf – Grade 1 Assistant

3. Balanced Approach to Reading
Read Aloud
Mini Lessons – Teaching a new strategy
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Practice
Reading Buddies

4. In the Classroom… Reading Block Whole Class
Introducing a new strategy or skill in a mini lesson
ELA Modules
Interactive Read Aloud
Comprehension Tool Kit
Text Talk (Vocabulary)
Small group instruction with rotations
Two teacher directed tables providing direct, explicit instruction on students’ levels and needs.
Independent Stations
Guided Reading Leveled books
Decodables
Fundations second dose
Writing activities which support comprehension
Multisensory phonics skill reinforcement
Independent Activities

5. Fundations
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness- tapping to blend and segment sounds
Phonics/Word Study
Vocabulary
Sight Word Instruction- words will be spelling words
Fluency
Handwriting
Comprehension
Letters will be sent home at the beginning of each new unit

6. Reading Support Reading Specialist Push In
Supports students who may need additional support in one or more areas.
Programs – Leveled Literacy Intervention, Primary Phonics, My Sidewalks on Reading Street, Fundations, Phonics for Reading, comprehension strategies with leveled books

7. Assessments and Monitoring
FAST- one/one 3x /year
PSF-Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
NWF- Nonsense Word Fluency
ORF – Oral Reading Fluency
aReading and aMath –whole group 2x/year
DRA2 – Developmental Reading Assessment
-oral reading, retelling, comprehension, interpretation, reflection

8. CCSS: Common Core StateStandards
RTI :
Response to Intervention
CCSS: Common Core StateStandards

9. How Can You Help?
Become an active participant in your child’s learning.
Make reading and writing fun…read a menu when out to dinner, read the Party City brochure, etc.
Send your child to extra help consistently
Send your child prepared
Encourage independence
Use the Reading Log as a springboard for conversation
Vocabulary development