1. Welcome to Selinsgrove Elementary’s Kindergarten Literacy Night!
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Welcome to Selinsgrove Elementary’s Kindergarten Literacy Night!

2. Oral Communication Talk! Talk with youngsters – make it interactive!
The more talkative the environment, the more their literacy skills are developed
Distinguish between “business” talk and other talk
Talk!

3. Example #1
Grocery Store
vs.
“Look at these carrots. Do you see what color they are?”
“Stop that, get down, etc.”

4. Example #2 vs. “What did you do in Math today?” “How was your day?”
After School
“What did you do in Math today?”
“How was your day?”
vs.
“What was your favorite part of your day?”
“Did you have a nice day?”

5. Beginning Reading Skills
You Can Practice
With Your Child

6. Phonemic Awareness: Why is it important?
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, distinguish, recognize, and manipulate sounds in words.
Research has shown this to be essential for reading success!

7. Activities to Try with Your Child:
cat/hat
1. Rhyming in the Car
2. Rhyme Out

8. Activities to Try with Your Child:
3. Sound Spy
mat dog mouse
4. Sound Spy 2
mat cat dog

9. Activities to Try with Your Child:
5. Sound Spy 3
6. Say & Clap
kan-
-ga-
-roo

10. Activities to Try with Your Child:
7. Let’s Play With Our Food
8. Let’s Manipulate Sounds p l
ast

11. Activities to Try with Your Child:
9. Guess My Word
/p/
/i/
/g/
10. Count the Sounds
/d/
/o/
/g/ 1 2 3

12. Phonics: Why is it important?
Phonics allows your child to connect the sounds he hears to the written letter or word.

13. Activities to Try with Your Child:
1. The ABC Game
2. I Spy A Letter

14. Activities to Try with Your Child:
3. Order It
4. Letter Detective

15. Activities to Try with Your Child:
5. Play With Your Food
6. Letter Bag

16. Activities to Try with Your Child:
7. Playdoh Letters
8. Play Letter Memory

17. Activities to Try with Your Child:
9. Play First Sound Memory
10. Let’s Write Words t o p

18. Words to Know High Frequency Words
What are they?
High frequency words are the words that appear frequently in printed material (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.). These words might also be called sight words. Often, these words do not follow phonics rules.
Why are they important?
High frequency words make up the majority of the words a child will read. Most of the time high frequency words cannot be sounded out and have to be memorized by sight. If children can recognize these words easily, they will be able to focus less on decoding (sounding out words), have better reading fluency, and better comprehension.

19. What can we do at home? 1. Write and Read 2. Word Spinners 3. Pop!
Provide a little practice as often as you can! We are going to give you some ways besides flashcards to practice high frequency words at home.
1. Write and Read
2. Word Spinners
3. Pop!

20. 4. Concentration/Memory
5. Sight Word Spotlight
6. Roll and Read
7. Game Board

21. 8. Draw A Bug
9. Go Fish
10. Say a Sentence
11. Rhyme the Word

22. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home
Read aloud every day!
Answer your child’s questions, even if they interrupt the story.

23. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home
Talk as you read. Ask questions like:
“What do you think is going to happen next?”
“What would you do?”
“Why did that character do that?”

24. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home
Use books that are interesting to your child.
Let your child pick the book.
Encourage your child! 

25. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home
Have your child retell the story in his or her own words.
After finishing the book, talk with your child about what you read.

26. Guided Reading
Guided reading occurs when a teacher meets with a small, flexible group of students with a common reading goal.
During guided reading, your child has the opportunity to develop reading strategies in order to read increasingly difficult stories independently.

27. ThinkCentral Journeys Reading Series
Students can access their textbook
and other resources from home!

28. Thank You for Attending
Selinsgrove Elementary’s Kindergarten Literacy Night!