Reading is Succeeding!

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• Reading is Succeeding!

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Some statistics

• 82 of parents do not do much to encourage
  reading at home
• It is estimated that 1 in 3 children in the U.S.
  experiences difficulty learning to read

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• The percentage of children who are poor readers
  in first grade and remain poor readers in 4th
  grade can be as high as 88
• The chance of learning a word from a single
  exposure is between 5 and 20
• Children may need to encounter 1 million words
  per year to make 1,000 of them part of their
  active vocabulary

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• On reading tests,
• Students who scored at the 90th percentile read
  20 minutes a day and processed 1.8 million words
  a year
• Students on the 50th percentile read 4.6 minutes
  a day and processed 282,000 words in a year
• Students who scored below the 10th percentile
  read 1 minute a day and processed 8,000 words in
  a year

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• It is estimated that, when reading, the average
  child learns 7 new words a day, which equals
  8,000 words in a year
• The average American child spends more time
  watching television than pursuing any other
  activity. On average, s/he watches 23 hours of
  television per week. By age 70, the average
  American adult will have devoted 7 years or more
  to TV viewing.

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• What some local 9th graders in an intervention
  reading class had to say
• Rarely read for pleasure
• Have no memories of being read to at home
• Were not supported at home
• Do not see family members engage in reading for
  pleasure

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Some terminology

• Phonological awareness understanding of the
  sound system of oral language
• Phonemic awareness the ability to segment,
  delete, and combine speech sounds
• Phonics sound/symbol relationships (decoding)
• Fluency reading aloud with accuracy,
  appropriate speed, and expression

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• Accuracy -- of mistakes. 95 (1 in 20 words).
  98 accuracy for an adult reader would mean s/he
  couldnt pronounce or didnt know 4-6 words on a
  page.
• Rate speed. Generally measured as WPM or
  CWPM.
• Comprehension there are different levels, from
  basic recall to evaluation, reasoning, and
  extension.
• DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early
  Literacy Skills. This test gives us a quick peek
  at a readers skills.
• Decodable text stories with a lot of words
  that are relatively easy to sound out

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• High frequency words sight words. In the
  primary grades, 50 of a text is made up of about
  100 words. 75 is made up of about 1,000 words.
  90 is made up of about 5,000 words.
• AR Accelerated Reader is a program helpful in
  determining a childs reading level and
  monitoring independent reading.

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The Sea of Success

• Recommendations
• Read aloud to your child
• Let your child read for pleasure, and let them
  see you enjoying reading
• Take an interest in materials brought home from
  school
• Engage your child in conversation

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• Plan a quiet time and a good place for your
  child to read everyday with the television off.
• Conceal any anxieties you may have about your
  childs reading problems be encouraging and
  positive.
• Ask questions as you or your child read to
  support and expand comprehension.
• Allow your child to reread stories.
• Support your childs interest or hobby with
  reading materials

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How to choose

• Interest be open!
• Experiment! Cast a wide net
• AR level
• 5 fingerssee handout

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Eek! What if my child comes to a word s/he
doesnt know?

• WAIT!
• Sound it out.
• What do you know?
• Chunk the word.
• Look into the word.
• What other sound can you try?
• What have you read so far?

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• Start here and try again.
• Look at the picture.
• What word might make sense?
• Whats the first sound?
• The word rhymes with
• Skip it -- see what the sentence says without
  that word and then go back.
• If you have given your child a couple prompts
  and they still dont know the word, tell them the
  word. Stay away from frustration!

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The most important component of the reading
process is learning to love and appreciate books!
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Some websites

• familyeducation.com
• scholastic.com
• readingrockets.org
• internet4classrooms.com
• funbrain.com
• starfall.com
• nationalgeographic.com
• pbs.org
• wordworld.com
• freerice.com
• readinga-z.com