1. WELCOME!WELCOME! We are here together because it takes both, parents and teachers, to bring success to your child.

2. We have three programs to support our struggling readers outside of the classroom program. LITERACY SUPPORTLITERACY SUPPORT BRAVO Dysleixa ProgramBRAVO Dysleixa Program SPECIAL EDUCATIONSPECIAL EDUCATION Today we will be talking about how you can support the Literacy Support Program and the BRAVO Dyslexia Program to enhance the success of your child.

3. Your child was chosen to come to BRAVO or Literacy Support because he/she is struggling in reading. The children we serve are usually 1-2 years behind.

4. All parents want what is best for their children. One of the most effective ways you can help your child with his/her reading is to read with your child orally every day.

5. The proficient reader reads approximately 544 times as many words as the less-skilled reader. Better readers get to read a lot more words, and continually build their vocabularies. Consequently, good readers keep getting better at reading and can read increasingly complex materials. They are exposed more often to new vocabulary, literature, concepts and information. Weak readers read little, do not increase their vocabularies and consequently struggle as texts get more complex. Quoted from the Teaching Reading Sourcebook – adapted from “Growth in Reading and how children spend their time outside of school” BETTER READERS READ MORE

6. We have made it easy for you to practice reading with your child daily, through our “reading bag” program.

7. Each day your child will bring a colorful bag home which includes the following: A poemA poem A book and/or reader’s theater scriptA book and/or reader’s theater script Sight wordsSight words A Vowel and Consonant Digraph Book A Vowel and Consonant Digraph Book Parent signing sheetParent signing sheet

8. Commit to 30 minutes a night reading with your child.Commit to 30 minutes a night reading with your child. Listen to your child read his/her poem 3 timesListen to your child read his/her poem 3 times Listen to your child read his/her book, page or reader’s theater script 2 times.Listen to your child read his/her book, page or reader’s theater script 2 times. Have your child read his or her vowel and consonant digraph book.Have your child read his or her vowel and consonant digraph book. Have your child review his or her sight words, say them…write them … make them with letters… write them in a sentence.Have your child review his or her sight words, say them…write them … make them with letters… write them in a sentence. Sign the parent sheet.Sign the parent sheet.

9. Problems You May Encounter: Problem 1: Your child comes to a word he/she doesn’t know. 1. Have your child say “blank” and read to the end of the sentence. 2. Have your child sound out the word using chunks in the word. example- han/dle 3. Have your child re-read the sentence with the word he or she thinks it is, to see if the word makes sense. 4. Remind your child to check the pictures to help.

10. Remind your child that reading always has to make sense!!!! Your child has to learn to think about his/her reading. Your child has to learn to think about his/her reading. Three Questions to ask your child when they miss a word in the sentence are: 1.Does that word sound right? 2.Does that word look right? 3.Does that word make sense?

11. Problem 2: Robot Reading Problem 2: Robot Reading Your child’s reading sounds like a robot! He or she is reading word by word. 1.You model reading the sentence with accurate phrasing and fluency. 2.Have your child read the sentence with you. 3.Have the child re-read the sentence again. 4.If needed, break the sentence down into short phrases and build until he or she can read the whole sentence. 5.Remind the child that the period is like a red light and the comma is like a yellow light. comma is like a yellow light.

12. Problem 3: Your child struggles with understanding what he or she is reading. understanding what he or she is reading. 1.Remind your child to think about what he/she is reading while reading. 2. Have your child stop and ask himself questions about what he or she is reading. 3. Have your child try to connect what he or she is reading with another book, situation at home, or something that has happened around him or her. 4. Ask your child to re-tell you what he or she just read. 5.Remind your child to re-read a sentence or page if he or she doesn’t understand it. or page if he or she doesn’t understand it.

13. Problem 4: You don’t have 30 minutes to read with your child. to read with your child. Talk to myself or Mrs. Griffin to set up aTalk to myself or Mrs. Griffin to set up a time for your child to come before or after school to have us, a teacher or another parent read with your child. Your child must practice to be successful!Your child must practice to be successful!

14. Further Questions or Concerns? Feel free to set up a conference.Feel free to set up a conference. Call Mrs. Ellis at home-Call Mrs. Ellis at home- (817) 485-5821 or Call Mrs. Griffin or Mrs. Ellis after school at ( 817) 547-3069

15. Together We Will make a difference in your child’s READING!