The Family Reading Experience, Powered by Kindle

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A presentation for the 2014 New York State PTA Convention. Participants will learn how easy it is to host a Family Reading Experience and how to download the free materials from www.pta.org. The Family Reading Experience will become an important part of the New York State PTA Parents as Reading Partners program (PARP).

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The Family Reading Experience, Powered by Kindle

Sherri Wilson, Senior Manager Family & Community EngagementTamalin Martin, New York State PTA

You’d Be Surprised to Know..

I’m half hippy, half clown

You’d Be Surprised to Know..

Smuggled literature behind the Iron Curtain!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y31dqdYWmk

National PTA® and Kindle are working together to help families get more involved in their children’s reading and enhance their emerging interest in books.

The Experience has 6 stations:

Phonemic Awareness Comprehension

Fluency Vocabulary

Phonics Technology

There are two different kits:

Grades K-2

Grades 3-5

The kits come in four different

themes:

On Safari

Under the Sea

Out of this World

Around the World

Let’s play some games!

Questions?

Sherri WilsonSenior Manager, Family & Community Engagement703-518-1244

swilson@pta.org@PTAswilson