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Welcome to Parent University High Point School October 21 st, 2008 6:3 0 – 8:00 p.m.
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Transcript of Welcome to Parent University High Point School October 21 st, 2008 6:3 0 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome to Welcome to Parent Parent
UniversityUniversityHigh Point SchoolOctober 21st, 20086:3 0 – 8:00 p.m.
Decoding• Decoding is the ability to recognize
words quickly and be able to figure out new words.
• http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/ Website gives students the opportunity to
decode new words.
Decoding Words• Multi-sensory Strategies
Making WordsTapping Words
• Look for the largest chunk- word within a word
• Context Clues
Decoding Words
• Word Families/ Rhyming Words– Good readers recognize patterns
within words rather than sounding out each letter
– If you know Jack, you should know the words snack or tack
– Help your student find these word families within words
What is fluency?• Fluency is the ability to read text
accurately and quickly.• Reading words accurately and
quickly helps students comprehend text
• A fluent reader adjusts reading rate for periods or commas.
• Expression is another component of fluency
Why is fluency important?
• Less fluent readers spend more time decoding words = less time understanding what the text means.
• Fluent readers will spend less time decoding words = more time focusing on what the text means
How to improve fluency
• Practice decoding words; help your child see word patterns within words
• Allow time for your child to re-read sentences, pages, or stories.
• Timed Readings• Flashcards• Listen to books on tape
How to improve fluency
• Model Reading• Choral Reading- read a page
together, try to stay at the same pace
• Echo Reading- read a sentence, partner reads it after you at the same pace and in the same expression ( use poetry! )
5 Reciprocal Teaching Strategies
1. Predicting
2. Questioning
3. Clarifying
4. Summarizing
5. Visualizing
Comprehension - Questioning
Questioning allows students to –
- identify important information
- monitor understanding
- apply higher level thinking skills
Comprehension - Questioning
What can you do –- Model how to make up a question and
answer based on what you read. Create questions using who, what, when, where, why, how, what if.
- Create a question for one page, have your child create a question for the next page.
- Ask different level questions.
Comprehension- Predicting
Occurs when students guess what the author will talk about next.
Students must use background knowledge to help create predictions.
Sets a purpose for reading.
Comprehension- Predicting
What can you do?
• Show how to look at the cover and make predictions based on visual clues. "I predict… because…"
•While reading, stop and show how to use clues from the words and pictures to make new predictions.
•Draw or write predictions
•Discuss your predictions. Was your prediction correct? Do you want to change your prediction?
Book Selection
5 Finger Rule
0 or 1 finger: too easy2, 3, or 4 fingers: just right
5 fingers: too hard
Being able to read the words, does not mean you understand what you read:
The dodlings were tiljing ruft. When the ruft was polting, the dodlings grented hust
then yotted pudge. The preeden dodlins only tiljed muft so that the ruft was
krettile. At the end of cupa the dodlings nuted sos then ported crist. This was
done to hopple set. The preeden dodlings were always hirty and lopy
unlike the dodlings who were foly and jist
Find accelerated reader books on www.arbookfind.com
- can search be lexile score and subject area
- Keep in mind, High Point does not have all AR tests
www.lexilebooks.com- search for books by lexile score
Accelerated Reader
Monarch Award
The Monarch Award is a children's choice award giving annually to a
K-3 book.
Read all 20 books to earn a certificate!
Unity by Cleo V. Swarat I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there,The clay they used was a young child’s mind
And they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher: the tools she used were books
and music and art;One was a parent
With a guiding hand and gentle loving heart.And when at last their work was done,
They were proud of what they had wrought.For the things they had worked into the child
Could never be sold or bought!And each agreed she would have failed if she had
worked alone.For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher stood the home!
Questions and Evaluations
Our next Parent University session will be in January.
See you then!