Transcript S.T.A.R.S. Strategies to Accelerate Reading Success

S.T.A.R.S.
Strategies to Achieve Reading
Success
November 2014
Sarah Lacourciere, Lisa Martin, Jessica Minnaar, Marianne Monbleau
Goals for the Evening
 Understand early literacy development
 Ways to support your child as he/she becomes a reader
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Reading Aloud
Phonemic Awareness
Fundations
Independent Reading
How to choose a just right book?
Sight Word Books
Raz-Kids
Early Literacy Development
Ways to support your child at
home when he/she is learning to
read.
Why is Interactive Read Aloud
Important?
Reading aloud to young children, particularly in an
engaging manner, promotes emergent literacy and
language development and supports the relationship
between child and parent. (Arnold DS, Whitehurst GJ. Accelerating language
development through picture book reading. A summary of dialogic reading and its effects. In: Dickinson
DK, ed. Bridges to literacy: children, families, and schools. Cambridge, MA: BasilBlackwell, 1994:103–28.)
 Enhances Vocabulary Growth
 Stimulates Oral Language Skills
Before Reading
Literature
Read Title
Informational
Read Title
Picture Walk through first Share what you already
few pages
know about topic
Share Predictions about
characters, problem,
setting
Share what you would
like to know about topic
During Reading
Literature
Share what you learn
about the setting,
characters, problem,
solution
Informational
Notice text features:
bold words, caption,
photograph, labels
Share and discuss new
Share and discuss new words
words
Share new learning
Share text-text, textabout topic
self, connections
After Reading
Literature
Informational
Retell story with
Retelling Hand
Share what you
learned about topic
Rate Book ( 1 – 3)
Share what you still
want to find out
Share opinions
characters
Go back to text to
share favorite part
Go back to text to find
one new fact.
Phonemic Awareness
 Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear,
identify, and manipulate individual soundsphonemes--in spoken words.
 It helps students with reading and spelling
 Activities to Help Develop Phonemic Awareness
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Rhyming games
Identifying beginning sounds
Manipulating beginning sounds
Blending and segmenting
Fundations
 Keyword poster
 Tapping words
 Trick Words / Sight Words
was/in
 Handwriting / Letter Formations
Independent Reading
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Guided Reading Levels
Reading books by themselves
Pointing to words
Running finger under words
Using eyes to guide when reading
Memorized book
Pattern in book, student realizes the pattern broke
Reading and rereading independent text
Choosing a ‘Just Right Book’ (5 Finger Rule)
Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies
Example of Book
When should you tell your child the
word?
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Trick word
Tried all of reading strategies
After 3 to 5 seconds
Frustrated
 After you told them the word, go back and reread the
sentence.
 No need to correct every error of a fluent reader.
Sight Word Books
 Books sent home weekly
 Designate a special place to keep books.
 Repeated readings
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Read to at least 3 people.
Reread often.
Point to words on first few readings.
Provide support as needed.
Work on FLUENCY.
Example of Sight Word Book
Raz-Kids
 Students have access to books at their instructional
reading levels as well as books one level above and
below.
 Students must listen to, read, and take a quiz on each
book at their level before moving on to the next level.
 Students earn points to make a robot.
 Parents can access reports on their students’ reading.
Question?