Starting Out RightA Guide to Promoting Children’s

Reading Success

by the National Resource Council

Presented by Stephen Wolfe

Goal: “Share a Wealth of Knowledge based on a summary of extensive research”

By focusing on four areas:

Promoting Children’s Reading Success

Becoming Real Readers Preventing Reading Difficulties

Growing Up To Read

Promoting Children’s Reading Success

Identify Printed Words

Meaning

Fluency

“Children who learn to read well master the three core elements”

Promoting Children’s Reading Success

• Sharing books• Talking with adults about stories or what

happened that day• Seeing reading and writing• “Good” reading instruction once

they begin school

Circumstances That Advance Reading Include:

Growing Up To Read – Birth to Age 4Promoting literacy as part of everyday life

To the Very Young Pre-school Age

Growing Up To Read – Birth to Age 4To The Very Young Literacy Can Be Promoted By:

•Vocabulary and Language Development•Phonological Awareness•Speech Discrimination•Knowledge of Narrative•Book and Print Awareness

Growing Up To Read – Birth to Age 4To The Very Young Literacy Can Be Promoted By:

•Functions of Print•Print Concepts•Letter and Word Recognition•Comprehension•Making It Fun

Growing Up To Read – Birth to Age 4

Phonological Awareness

Dramatic Play Listening

Conversation Shared Reading

Book Exposure

Letter Naming Writing Computer

Activities

For Preschool Age Children Literacy Can Be Promoted By:

Becoming Real Readers“Children who get off to a good start

rarely stumble…”

Kindergarten

3rd Grade

2nd Grade

1st Grade

Becoming Real ReadersLiteracy Goals of Kindergarten

• Structure and Uses of Print• Format of books• Analysis of language: letter, word, sentence• Phonemic Awareness• Write and Recognize letters• Able to learn from print

Kindergarten

Becoming Real ReadersTypes of Literacy Activity for Kindergarten• Books and Print Awareness• Phonological Awareness• Language and Comprehension• Letter Recognition, decoding, and word

recognition• Spelling and Writing

Kindergarten

Becoming Real Readers

• Read on their own• Merge literacy and language skills–Book and print awareness–Phonemic awareness–Letter and word knowledge

• Enjoy reading

1st Grade

Literacy Goals of 1st Grade

Becoming Real Readers

• Continue phonemic, book and print, and letter awareness

• Decoding, word recognition, and oral reading• Language, Comprehension, and Text

Response• Spelling and Writing

1st Grade

Types of Literacy Activities for 1st Grade

Comprehension and Fluency Strategies

Comprehension Techniques Vocabulary

Becoming Real ReadersLiteracy Goals of 2nd and 3rd Grade

2nd Grade 3rd Grade

Becoming Real ReadersWhat Happens for Literacy in 2nd and 3rd Grade

2nd Grade 3rd Grade

Decoding, Word

Recognition, and Oral Reading

Language, Comprehension,

and Text Response

Spelling and Writing

Preventing Reading Difficulties

• Lack of Alphabetic Principle• Lack of Comprehension Skills

and Strategies• Lack of Fluency

Three Stumbling Blocks

Preventing Reading Difficulties

• Those attending low achieving schools

• Those with low English Proficiency

• Those unfamiliar with “Standard English Dialect”

• Those living in poverty

Who Is Having Trouble?

Preventing Reading Difficulties

• Health care professionals• Early Childhood

Professionals• Reading Specialists• The Community• Volunteers

Who Can Help?

My Recommendation• This book is a great resource for parents, teachers,

and community leaders alike.• The defined learning areas give substance to what

can be an otherwise confusing set of “educational jargon” who are not teachers.

• The activity examples and book lists here put tools in the hands of those who will use them to build literacy.

CitationsAll the information presented here is from:

National Research Council, 1999, Starting Out Right: A Guide To Promoting Children’s Reading Success . Washington DC, National Academy Press