1. Reading Program Imperatives Reading TO Children: Daily Reading WITH Children: Daily Reading BY Children: Daily Sharing Reading: Weekly Content Area Reading: Daily Language Arts Integration: Once or Twice Weekly

2. Reading TO Children For Pleasure For Vocabulary Development For Concept and Content Development For Humor Development For Print Structure Development For Reading Development

3. Reading WITH Children Levels of Reading Independent Frustration Instructional

4. Reading BY Children Free Choice Semi – Free Choice

5. Shared Reading Joining the community of readers

6. Content Area Reading Applying reading skills to content area texts Reinforcing reading skills in content area reading

7. Language Arts Integration Integrating the language arts of: Listening Speaking Reading Writing

8. Four Stage Reading Stage 1: Reading “TO” Children – Read to children – Do not discuss – Do not show pictures

9. Four Stage Reading Stage 2: Reading “WITH” – Reread the text – showing illustrations – Start with structural prediction – Discuss thoroughly – Discuss all informational and inferential content – Write all discussed words/concepts on board.

10. Four Stage Reading Stage 3 – Reread to children omitting all major items discussed prior – Have children fill in the slots

11. Four Stage Reading Stage 4 Remind children of concepts on the board Have children write about what they learned