1. NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Welcome Jefferson Parents!

2. Activities Using sticky notes answer the following questions and place your sticky note on one of the big charts. 1. How do you currently help your child with reading? 2 How comfortable are you teaching your child to read? 1. Dirt Road 2. Paved Road 3. Highway 4. Yellow Brick Road Keep sticky notes anonymous! 3. What barriers/struggles do you run into at home?

3. YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS QUIZ. Quick Quiz

4. Swiss Cheese Flashcards Create flashcards and put them on a ring. Hole punch the card each time your child gets it correct Pull the card off the ring once it looks like swiss cheese! This can be done with sight words, letters, sounds, numbers, math facts, vocabulary, etc…

5. VAKT Activities Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Tactile

6. Lots of fun and they do not know they are learning! ACTIVITIES HANDOUT www.lexile.com

7. PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategies) Ideas are adapted from the PALS program Let’s change this to PALS (Parent Assisted Learning Strategies) PALS modified for parents at home 4 activities 1. Increasing Fluency Parent reads a paragraph (or page) Child repeats the same paragraph (or page) 2. Retelling Child retells what the paragraph/page was about

8. PALS continued… 3. Paragraph Shrinking Parent reads for a set amount of time (2-3 minutes). Parent tells who or what they read about in ten words or less. Switch roles Student reads for the same amount of time (continued reading, not repeated) (2-3 minutes) Child tells who or what they read about in ten words or less.

9. 4 th PALS activity 4. Prediction Relay Parent reads and makes a prediction while reading (2- 3 minutes) Student reads and makes a prediction while reading (2-3 minutes).

10. Comprehension Fun Beach Ball Balls in the bag 10 words or less You say a word, child says a word… building off of each other

11. FLUENCY FUN Read the passage by stating the color the word is printed in. Pink card activity

12. “Read Naturally" adapted for at home Courtesy of Mr. Ewing Monday - The child does a “cold read” of the given prompt for one minute. He/she should not practice the selection prior to reading it. Mark a slash at the last word completed when the minute is up and put the letter C. Now an adult should model the reading of the prompt. Use inflection and expression while you read the prompt, having the student follow along with the words. Tuesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two times. Wednesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two times. Thursday – Practice reading the prompt one time in its entirety. Then do a “hot read.” This reading is timed for one minute. Mark a slash at the last word read when the time is up and put the letter H. The student should be able to see an improvement in his/her fluency. Friday – Record the “cold read” and “hot read” numbers on the Fluency Builder chart, sign it, and return the folder to school.

13. A tip from Mrs. Rodrigues – grade 5 Be involved in your child's education. Check their agenda Be aware when there are tests Help your child study Read with your child (or at least make sure your child is reading for fun every night) Know what their test grades are

14. A tip from Mrs. Yencho -grade 3 Check for understanding with what they are reading...helping them turn a question around into an answer: T-A-G T - Turn the question around A - Answer the question G - Give proof/examples from the story Example: What colors represent the United States of America? The colors that represent the United States of America are red, white, and blue. I know this because our American flag has those colors.

15. A Tip from (retired)Mrs. Pennebacker- grade 1 Review what sight words are and how important they are----not to be sounded out, but just learned by recognition. Word Bank books go home daily with students that need this practice.

16. A tip from Mrs. Kline---grade 2 Practice the sight words every night because this rolls over into spelling words.

17. A tip from Mrs. Piasecki…grade 2 Keep a small homework basket with supplies, granola bars, and other snacks. A timer in the basket will help kids stay focused when doing homework. Take small breaks in between assignments. Find a quiet spot.

18. A tip from Mrs. Zappile…grade 1 After reading a story together, ask your child questions: Who was the story about? What was the problem? How did the characters solve the problem? What happened in the beginning, middle, end? What does the story make you think of? (Nonfiction) What facts did you learn?

19. Mrs. Hynes Are you familiar with Think Central and all of the resources that are available? www.thinkcentral.com Student2 (grade level) Password: reading

20. Mrs. Tintle…ESL SLEEP…. Is your child getting enough?

21. What good readers do… Read with expression Look at the pictures Predict Self correct Use visual information Know their high frequency words Have background knowledge (give it to them if the topic is unknown) Re-read to make sense

22. What good readers do… Summarize

23. QUESTIONS Questions Concerns Ideas Suggestions