Title I Parent Workshop

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Title I Parent Workshop

• Created Presented by
• Mrs. Nicole Nelson
• Title I Reading Specialist

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Introduction

• BA from North Central College
• Seven years at Tate Woods
• Six years at first grade
• One year at second grade (looped)
• MS from Northern Illinois University
• K-12 Reading Specialist Certification
• Member of
• International Reading Association
• Illinois Reading Council
• Prairie Area Reading Council

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Outline of Workshop

• Description of program
• Description of strategies
• Suggestions for parents
• Questions

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Goals of the Title I Program

• Supplement regular reading class
• Target students specific needs
• Assess, diagnose, address deficits
• Flexible (entering exiting criteria)
• Get students back into their regular classrooms
  full time

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Criteria for the Title I Program

• Gates MacGinitie Reading Test
• Teacher Recommendation
• Informal Testing

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Procedures of the Title I Program

• Pull out/small group/30 min./2-4 times per week
• Progress reports 2nd 4th quarter
• Collaboration with classroom teachers once a
  month (constant informal communication)
• Two parent workshops per year
• Gates MacGinitie Reading Test again in Spring

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Reading Skills

• Word Identification
• Comprehension
• Fluency

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Word Identification Strategies

• Picture Clues
• Reread
• Chunk it
• Context clues
• Sound it out
• Skip it and go on

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Comprehension Strategies

• Before Reading
• Activate prior knowledge
• Set purpose
• Before During
• Make predictions
• Look for key words

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Comprehension Strategies

• During Reading
• Restate
• Reread
• Visualize
• Infer
• Skim/scan
• Context clues
• Clarify

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Comprehension Strategies

• During After
• Summarize
• Evaluate
• After
• Draw conclusions
• Before, During After
• Survey
• Think aloud

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Fix-Up Strategies

• Make a connection
• Make a prediction
• Stop think
• Ask a question
• Reflect
• Visualize
• Use print conventions
• Retell what youve read
• Reread
• Notice patterns in text structure
• Adjust your reading rate

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Fluency

• What is fluency?
• Speed
• Reading at an appropriate rate
• Accuracy
• Recognizing most words automatically with little
  effort
• Expression
• Using phrasing, tone, and pitch so that oral
  reading sounds conversational
• Comprehension
• Understanding the text rather than just word
  calling

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Developing Oral Reading Fluency

• Exposure to fluent reading
• Repeated readings
• Poetry
• Tape, check, chart

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Suggestions for Parents

• Be a model for your child
• Let them catch you reading
• For information
• For knowledge
• For pleasure
• Visit the public library
• Use what youve learned here today