PARTNERS IN LITERACY

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PARTNERS IN LITERACY

• Cashman Elementary
• Home/School Connection

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YOU are an extremely important part in helping
your child be a confident reader. Consider these
quotes
Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books -- theyare dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.(1940)  Esther Meynell

Children are made readers on the laps of their
parents.(1994)  Emilie Buchwald
We shouldn't teach great bookswe should teach a
love of reading. B. F. Skinner
Oh please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw
your TV set away,And in its place you can
installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Roald
Dahl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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TITLE ONE

• A federally funded program that allow school
  systems to hire personnel and programs to help
  students boost skills in reading.
• How was my child selected to participate?
• How will my child benefit from this program?

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ASSESSMENTS

• DIBELS - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early
  Literacy Skills
• ISF Initial Sound Fluency (K)
• LNF Letter Naming Fluency (K-1)
• PSF Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (K-1)
• NWF Nonsense Word Fluency (1-2)
• ORF Oral Reading Fluency (2-4)
• ? DRA - Developmental Reading Assessment (1-3)
• ? FP - Fountas and Pinnell (4)
• ? MCAS - MA Comprehensive Assessment System (4)
• ? Reading Street Benchmark Test (3-4)
• ? Teacher Recommendation (K-4)

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READING LEVELS

• Developmental Reading Assessment
• KINDERGARTEN Levels A-2
• GRADE ONE Levels 3-16
• GRADE TWO Levels 18-28
• GRADE THREE Levels 28-38

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Five Critical Components of
Reading
These are the building blocks of reading. They
create the foundation that will allow your child
to access information.
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Phonemic Awareness

• Its all about the sounds!
• What sounds do you hear in the word dog?
• Say race. Now say it without /r/.
• Which two words end the same run, rat, man?
• Listen to the sounds -f r o g. Whats the
  word?

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Phonics

• The system in which sounds are represented by
  symbols.
• Beginning readers need to be able to identify
  words automatically and have an effective
  strategy to decode unknown words using different
  phonetic patterns.
• 
  th
• ar
• m
• oa ee

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Vocabulary

• Research has shown that children acquire most new
  words
• indirectly. You can give your child a strong
  foundation in
• oral language skills by
• Engaging in Conversation
• Providing Experiences (Museums, Parks, Library,
  etc)
• Reading to Them Early and Often (including
  nursery rhymes, fairy tales, poetry, fiction, and
  nonfiction books)
• Limiting TV and Video Games and designating a
  Drop Everything and Read time for all family
  members

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Fluency

• Fluency is the process of reading
  automatically so the brain can attend to the
  meaning of the text. Children must become fluent
  in
• Letter Naming
• Letter Sounds
• Blending Sounds
• High Frequency Words
• Oral Reading

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Comprehension

• Show your child the importance and joy of
  reading. Snuggle up with a good book and have a
  discussion.

Before Reading Discuss the Title Preview the Book Make a Prediction based upon the title and pictures
During Reading Stop every so often and discuss whats happening. Does the prediction need to be revised? Talk about characters, setting, problem, and events.
After Reading Were there any surprises? What did you like best? Did the book remind you of anything?
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Fun Reading Activities
There are so many resources available to help
strengthen your childs reading skills. The
internet sites listed below are only a few
examples where your family can have fun with
online games or provide easy ideas when working
with sounds and words. There are also numerous
books available with ready-made activities. The
greatest gift that you can give is that of
yourself and time. Demonstrate the value of a
good education by connecting your home with
school!
http//www.internet4classooms.com/parents.htm http
//www.starfall.com/ http//www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/
Activ97/begin.html
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Please keep the lines of communication
open. Together, we can make a difference. Make
reading a lifelong passion for your child.
Please contact me at either 388-4009 or
frencha_at_amesburyma.gov if you have any questions.