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Getting Ready to Read! Lebanon Early Childhood Council February 21, 2013

Getting Ready to Read! Lebanon Early Childhood Council February 21, 2013. Defining the Perspective. Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

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Getting Ready to Read! Lebanon Early Childhood Council February 21, 2013

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  1. Getting Ready to Read!Lebanon Early Childhood CouncilFebruary 21, 2013

  2. Defining the Perspective • Common Core State Standards (CCSS) “…define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education experiences so that they will graduate high school to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs…” • Adopted in CT in July 2010: full implementation mandated for the 2013-2014 school year • 48/50 states and 4/6 U.S. territories in current compliance: others to follow

  3. What about Preschool-Age Children? • Early Childhood Education Cabinet: a Birth-to-Age 5 Initiative for Connecticut • CT Preschool Curriculum Framework (PCF) • Preschool Assessment Frameworks (PAF) • Prekindergarten Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) in English Language Arts and Math: already aligned with Kindergarten CCSS

  4. 8 Reading Readiness Skills in 25 Words or Less… • Conversation/Family Stories • Recognition/naming letters and their sounds incontext • Concepts of print • Rhyming/Repetition • Matching • Comparisons/Contrasts • Text Connections • Various kinds of reading

  5. Parents and other special adults are the first teachers of children.

  6. 1. Conversation and Family Stories About anything and everything Naming Daily activities and chores Special occurrences “What if…? “What do you think?” “I don’t know. Let’s think of how we can find out.” Telling and retelling Experiences beyond the neighborhood Stories about parents, siblings, relatives, and family friends Family traditions, holidays, and celebrations

  7. 2. Recognition and naming of letters and their sounds in context. (Note: Recognizing and naming ALL upper and lower case letters is now a requirement in the Kindergarten CCSS, and was previously a Pre-K grade level expectation.)

  8. 3. Concepts of Print • Hold book right way up. • Read/Explore left to right. • Turn pages in sequence. • “Study” the pictures. • Know that pictures make up a story. • Know that words make up a story. • Recognize familiar letters and words.

  9. 4. Rhyming and Repetition • What rhymes with “cat”? • Nursery Rhymes • Rhyming Songs • “I spy with my little eye…” • Repetitive stories and poems • “Pretending to read”

  10. 5. Matching • Shapes, pictures, letters • Dominoes, game pieces • Lego pieces • Puzzles and games • Sorting: everyday objects and found objects • Vary the attributes

  11. 6. Comparisons/Contrasts How are these alike? How are these different?

  12. 7. Text Connections “Making personal connections to events and characters in literature strongly supports children’s desire to learn to read and read well…” What does this story mean to ME? Or to my FAMILY? Or to my FRIENDS?

  13. 8. Various Types of Reading • Rea

  14. 8 Reading Readiness Skills in 25 Words or Less… • Conversation/Family Stories • Recognition/naming letters and their sounds incontext • Concepts of print • Rhyming/Repetition • Matching • Comparisons/Contrasts • Text Connections • Various kinds of reading

  15. Questions? Thoughts? Comments?

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