2. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading is one of the most important things you will ever do!

3. Sendera Ranch Elementary If you can read this, thank a teacher!

4. Sendera Ranch Elementary Preschoolers need to BUILD VOCABULARY to be successful readers in kindergarten and 1st grade

5. Sendera Ranch Elementary Rereading books that children like not only reinforces vocabulary but builds a love for books.

6. Sendera Ranch Elementary Becoming a skilled reader is a journey!

7. Sendera Ranch Elementary Encourage and challenge children to read. The simplest of all solutions for reading:

8. Sendera Ranch Elementary For the majority of poor readers, reading from books occupied 1% or less of their free time.

9. Sendera Ranch Elementary In contrast, poor readers averaged 130 minutes per day watching TV.

10. Sendera Ranch Elementary READING IS A BASIC LIFE SKILL.

11. Sendera Ranch Elementary are probably the most important elements necessary for learning to read. Thinking and confidence

12. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading + Reading = SUCCESS 2 + 2 = 40 + 0 = 0 No reading + No reading = FAILURE

13. Sendera Ranch Elementary Children from every age and ability ought to be doing more extended silent reading.

14. Sendera Ranch Elementary MOTIVATION IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO LEARNING TO READ.

15. Sendera Ranch Elementary It is not so much ability that determines the future attainment of a young child, but their reading ability.

16. Sendera Ranch Elementary The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for success in reading is reading aloud to children.

17. Sendera Ranch Elementary Sight words are important for beginning readers for 2 reasons… the but of is it in and or

18. Sendera Ranch Elementary #1 Knowing the most common words by sight helps a reader become more fluent which makes it easier to use thinking skills to figure out context. The red dog is big.

19. Sendera Ranch Elementary #2. Our language is not completely phonetic. Some words can’t be “sounded out” easily. caution though

20. Sendera Ranch Elementary Knowing basic letter sounds is helpful to a beginning reader.

21. Sendera Ranch Elementary Rereading books gives beginners practice and confidence.

22. Sendera Ranch Elementary Rereading also helps reinforce vocabulary and builds memory.

23. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading, like playing a musical instrument, is not something that is mastered once and for all at a certain age.

24. Sendera Ranch Elementary When I see books that I have read on the library shelves, it is like running into an old friend on the street.

25. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading is a skill that continues to improve through practice.

26. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading begins in the home.

27. Sendera Ranch Elementary When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.

28. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading and writing are inseparable processes.

29. Sendera Ranch Elementary Playing with language makes reading and writing fun.

30. Sendera Ranch Elementary More than 40% of adults at the lowest level of literacy live in poverty, compared to fewer than 5% of those at the highest literacy rates.

31. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

32. Sendera Ranch Elementary If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again

33. Sendera Ranch Elementary and again….

34. Sendera Ranch Elementary and again.

35. Sendera Ranch Elementary Brainwork - reading, writing, and thinking - can help you grow.

36. Sendera Ranch Elementary The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

37. Sendera Ranch Elementary Reading 20 minutes a night is one of the best ways you can spend time with your child and improves their reading ability.