Transcript Parents_Literacy_Training - UPark

Parent Literacy Training
First Grade
2010/2011
Parent Literacy Training Goals
• Give parents an understating of their importance
and need in the classroom and what that might
look like.
• Help reduce classroom size with additional
adults with overall classroom management.
• Parents gain a general understanding of 1st
grade literacy skills.
• The goal of the volunteers is to show students
that adults care enough to make students feel
special, with individualized time and attention.
Many volunteers worry they are
saying the wrong thing..
“Parent Volunteers are NOT the students main literacy
instruction, with a general understanding a few tools &
strategies on literacy instruction - volunteers can make a
great impact on overall classroom literacy success.”
- Leah Daniels, M.Ed.
Volunteers in the classroom
• Each teacher has a unique need, style and
classroom management.
• Individual teachers and parents volunteer
times and days will determine volunteers
roles.
• Goal is not to create more work for the
teacher.
• Parent Volunteer Log’s
Kindergarten through 3rd grade
Learning to Read
3rd grade and up
Reading to Learn
1st Grade
End of the year Accuracy Goal
DRA- Level 16
5 Essential Components
of Reading (in a nutshell)
• Phonemic Awareness- The knowledge and
manipulation of sounds in spoken words. Cat=/c//a//t/
• Phonics – The relationship between written & spoken
letters and sounds. “The Rules”
• Fluency – The ability to read with accuracy, and with
appropriate rate, expression and phrasing.
• Vocabulary – The knowledge of words, their
definitions and context.
• Comprehension –The level of understanding of
written word.
Correlation of
Instructional
Reading Levels
Use attached handout
Examples of Level 3 - 4
Examples of Level 14-16
1st grade - Transitional year
Depending upon students reading progression
1st grade is often a huge transition. Going from
decoding words (using their phonemic
awareness and phonics skills) to a higher level
of comprehension skills.
Good readers…….
(not all 1st graders will at this point)
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Preview Text, Make Predictions
Make Connections
Read like you are talking (not choppy)
Visualize what they are reading
Ask questions, re-read if necessary, monitor
reading
• Summarize (Retell) Determine Authors Purpose
• Read many types of materials
Helping Good Readers when they
get stuck on a word.
• Teacher made strategy reminders
– Point and look
– Mouth ready. Now Slide.
– Sound right?
– Make chunks
– Skip and go back
Additional strategies on
how to help
Consider a reader stuck after 5 seconds
• Go on
• Did that make sense?
• Did that sound right?
• Try that again
• What could you try?
• Could it be _________ (Say the right word)
Reading Comprehension Goals
• Includes all events from the story with important
events from the story with important details.
• Refers to all characters by name
• Students use own words but also includes
important vocabulary from the text and
demonstrated they have a good understanding
of these key words and concepts.
• Retells with no questions or prompts.
Reading Comprehension Goals
• Identifies favorite part of a story and gives a
reason for liking that part of reflects higher level
thinking and connects back to story.
• Makes a thoughtful connection that reflects a
deeper understanding of the story. Articulates
how the connections relates to events in the
story.
• Quickly locates and uses information from a
chart to answer questions.
How to help
Good things to say to extend comprehension
• Can you tell me that character's names?
• Do you have any questions about what you read?
• Do you have any questions for the character or
author?
• Are there parts you liked or disliked? Why?
• What have you been thinking or wondering about
as you read this story? What happened in the
story that made you think of that?
No Excuse Words/Snap Words
• Goal is for students to know these words
in a snap!
• Make a majority of 1st grade
Written text.
• Majority of these words can not
be phonetically sound out.
Next Steps
• Determine volunteers availability – who is
helping out with Literacy.
• What that looks like with your particular
teacher (small groups, working one-onone with a student, snap words, etc.)
• Volunteers begin in the classroom ASAP
• Continue to read with your child at home.