We want to make two promises to every child:

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We want to make two promises to every child

• We will teach you to read and we will help you to
  be a reader

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Research Richard Allington

• Kids need to read a lot if they are to become
  good readers.The evidence on this point is
  overwhelming .
• They need access to books that entice
  them,attract them to reading.

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Parents - Talk about books with your children

• What do you think will happen next?
• I think the cat will run away when he sees the
  dog because thats what cats do what do you
  think?
• Cinderella is very kind isnt she?

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Readiness to read

• ..has more to do with book,story,and print
  experiences that occur before school entry than
  with drill on any subset of skills or achieving
  at any particular age.

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Prior knowledge Understanding about the things
being read

• The importance of prior knowledge to
  comprehension and communication is included in
  virtually all modern theories of reading.
• ( AndersonAnderson, 1984, Pressley,WoodWoloshyn,
  1992, Spivey,1996)

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Home reading and 85

• 85 of what we read should be easy
• 15 of what we read should be challenging (to be
  encountered at school in instructional teaching)
• 0 of what we read should be too hard

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Summary

• Help your child become a reader by
• Making sure he/she has access to books
• Modelling reading at every opportunity
• Discuss what the text is about
• Talking about the world build concepts
• Allowing him/her to build reading mileage with
  easy/familiar texts