Transcript End of School/4th 9 Weeks Parent Meeting

Word Workshop
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
6pm
First… Thank you
Thank you for your commitment.
Thank you for your involvement.
Thank you for your encouragement.
Thank you for your support.
Title 1 – Agenda
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Upcoming Events
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SWP/Parent Meeting 11/30 - noon
Math Curriculum Showcase 12/06 – 10am
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Strategy Stations
Guidelines
The Value of Reading
Word Workshop
Opportunities for Parental Involvement
• SWP/Parent Meeting on Wednesday,
November 30 at 12pm (noon)
– Topics:
• Review of year thus far
• Activities for remaining 1% of Title Funds for
parental engagement
• Math Curriculum Showcase/Title1-PTO Meeting on
Friday, December 16 at 10am
– Agenda:
• Title1 Meeting
• Hands on Experience Math Stations with your child
The Value of Reading
• Psychologists at the New School for Social
Research have found that reading novels makes
us nicer and more empathetic people.
• The study author, said that fiction “forces you as
a reader to contribute your own interpretations,
to reconstruct the mind of the character.”
• Canadian researchers have also found that reading
fiction increases our ability to be empathetic to
others.
• A 2010 York University study of 4- to 6year-old children found that greater
exposure to children’s literature, but not
children’s television programs, correlated
with children having a greater sense of
empathy.
• The study authors concluded that
“engagement with fictional narratives
provides one with information about the
social world,” exposing children to worlds
outside their own.
So, how can we help our
children become
good readers and
caring citizens?
• Tonight our Word Workshop
will give you strategies you
can use at home to improve
your child’s vocabulary,
which in turn makes them
better readers.
• Tonight your child will be
given the opportunity to use
a variety of strategies to
increase their vocabulary.
Research Based
• Beck, McKeown, & Kucan’s research
study shows that vocabulary words
should be those that the learner will
find useful in many contexts.
• Instruction of high-frequency words
known and used by mature language
users (Fry words) can add productively
to an individual’s language ability
Janet Caruthers, Ed. S. (an Educational
Specialist in reading and author) emphasizes
the use of Four Broad Researched-based
Practices For Building Vocabulary
1. Encourage Wide Reading – This can be
independent reading, teacher/parent readalouds, buddy reading, reading environmental
print (signs, menus, recipes, food boxes,
etc). The more they read, the better.
Four Broad Researched-based Practices
For Building Vocabulary
2. Encourage Word Play and Exploration –Show interest
in words and encourage children to play with words and find
new words on their own. Children love to make and add to
lists. Why not display their created lists of:
– homophones, synonyms, or antonyms,
– interesting words,
– categories of words
• Be sure these lists are prominently displayed (on your
refrigerator, a chosen wall, etc.) so that your child can
use them in writing and confirm meaning when
reading. Remember, the lists must be child
centered. They make the lists.
Four Broad Researched-based Practices For Building Vocabulary
3. Build Strategies for Independent Learning –
• word analysis - If someone knows the common prefixes,
suffixes, and roots, they increase their vocabulary by
thousands of words.
• using context clues – This must be reinforced so children
are aware of their ability to do it.... like magic.
• using resources - like the dictionary, thesaurus, and other
resources.
Four Broad Researched-based Practices For Building Vocabulary
4. Explicit teaching - use the S.T.A.R. sequence
• Select – Choose some Tier 1 Words (basic words that are
commonly used in spoken language and appear in books and
assessments at the elementary level – words we will have at
our stations tonight)
• Teach – Show the new word in pictures or give “kid
friendly” definitions.
• Activate – They must see, hear, and use the word. Drawing
is great for this.
• Revisit – New information needs to be manipulated in many
different ways. Children must be exposed to the new
words multiple times. One way to do this is for children to
build their own vocabulary book throughout the year –(The
Student Book of Knowledge), and review/practice the words
over time to help retain those words.
Word Workshop
Directions:
1. Pick up a “Student Book of Knowledge (SBK)”
2. choose a word to practice that you’re having
trouble with (lists are leveled sight words
that should be mastered before the end of
each grade)
3. write the word in your “SBK”
4. practice it at a station (or two) – next slide
5. say it in a sentence to your parent.
6. repeat as time allows
Word Practice Stations
1) Tactile Writing
*Sand, shaving cream, playdough
2) Body “Writing”
3) Pictorial Words
(markers, crayons)
*Rainbow words, Christmas tree
4) Sort and Select
*wooden letters, magnetic letters
5) Keyboarding
(add another layer to the writing activities and
teach/practice cursive!)
Now, make some new friends
as you and your child choose a
strategy at a table and
practice mastering vocabulary
to become a better reader!
Word Workshop
Review of Directions:
1. Pick up a “Student Book of Knowledge (SBK)”
2. choose a word to practice that you’re having
trouble with (lists are leveled sight words
that should be mastered before the end of
each grade)
3. write the word in your “SBK”
4. practice it at a station (or two)
5. say it in a sentence to your parent.
6. repeat as time allows