K-2 Parent Reading Night

K-2 Parent Reading Night Mount Olive Elementary Schools

Reading Level TargetsKindergarten • First Quarter – Print Concepts or Reading Behaviors • Second Quarter – B • Third Quarter – C • Fourth Quarter – D

Reading Level Targets First Grade • First Quarter – E • Second Quarter – G • Third Quarter – H • Fourth Quarter – J

Reading Level Targets Second Grade • First Quarter – K • Second Quarter – l • Third Quarter – M • Fourth Quarter – M or N

Decoding Strategies

Does it sound right?

Does it look right?

Does it make sense?

Look at the Beginning Sound. dog or puppy Look at the Ending Sound. dog or puppy

Try to read on. Read ________ read The dog _______ at me. (barked)

Try to read it again.

Do you see a familiar chunk in the word? go – ing look – ing

Can the pictures help you?

Take a guess. Were you right?

Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension is asking questions about the text. But it is so much more………… • Comprehension is asking questions about the story. It is knowing the characters, setting, problem, and solution. • Making Predictions - Predicting what I think will happen next. Student says, I think the character will... or Maybe they will... • Questioning to Understand - Asking questions about the book before, during, and after reading the book. (Parents and Students) • Making connections with the book. This reminds me of another book.. or When I.... • Using background knowledge - Using what I already know about things to understand the story. • Determining Important Ideas - Understanding the main idea of the story and what the author is trying to tell you. • Retelling the story - Going back through the book, page by page, and telling the most important details from each page. Using vocabulary and language from the story. (Not rereading the story.) • Summarizing – Main Events in order. Should be brief. • Inferring – Back Ground Knowledge + Clues from the text = Inference • Predicting – What will happen next? • Visualizing – Creating a picture in your mind. • Text Features – Diagrams, Maps, Charts, etc. (Especially important in Non-Fiction) • Questioning – Asking questions as they read. (I wonder….) • Fixing Comprehension – Reread, Decoding Strategies, and understanding • Vocabulary – discussion, create knew knowledge for unknown words

Using Background Knowledge “Hey brain, what do I know about __________?”

Predicting What will happen next? ? ? ? ?

Making Connections That reminds me of…

Determining Important Ideas What matters most? I want to remember…

Summarizing Main ideas and events in order 2 1 3 5 4

Before Reading As You Read After Reading Questioning I wonder…? What if…? Why?

Fixing Comprehension Confused? Use your tools! ALWAYS REREAD! WORD DECODING STRATEGIES COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES

Inferring This could mean… Background Knowledge Clues from the Text + = Inference

Visualizing I’m picturing… “I can imagine…” USE YOUR SENSES

Synthesizing My new thinking is… I used to think ___ but now I think…

Written Comprehension • Beginning at level F students are required to respond to text that they read during benchmark assessments in written form, as well as orally. • Students must read the questions and understand the questions on their own. This can be difficult for students. You can help by …… Using the question stem bookmarks and have your child respond in writing. Asking your child’s teacher for written question stems for their level? Writing about what your child is reading with your child.

Creating a Home Reading Environment • Print Rich Environment – newspapers, magazines, fiction and nonfiction books, catalogs, recipes, songbooks, tablets, songbooks, poetry, how to, informational, comics, internet, etc.. • Comfortable and Relaxed • Interactive • Everybody Reads • Be a Reading Role Model – fluency, reading strategies and understanding. • Read aloud to you child • Visit the local library and school library – Student Library Card – Child Chooses • Value reading in your everyday world

Activities • Word/letter games like Pictionary, Scrabble, BINGO, and Boggle • Play with alphabet letter cookie cutters or stamps • Sight Word Practice • Discuss the daily schedule • Interact with magnetic letters • Label photos of students, teachers, important school staff and class activities • Explore a variety of books, magazines, books on tape, books on computer • Complete daily communication notebooks • Poetry (read, write, draw) • Create a Book Cover • New Reporter • Puppet Show • Cartoon • Poster • Commercial • Model • Mural • Play/skit • Song/Rap • Trading Cards • Map • Mobile • Letter

Homework Frustration • Should be easy to moderately challenging. • No tears • Relaxed • Confidence Building • Conversations - Comprehension will become more natural for your child when you spend time engaging your child in a conversation about the story. If your child is frustrated, the text is too difficult. Partner read with your child, echo read, or choral read with them. Then let the teacher know.

Practice, Practice, Practice • Parent Guide to Student Success – Gives an overview of the Common Core Standards for each grade. You have a copy for your child’s grade. • www.ncpublicschools.org & www.learnnc.org • Book Marks • Websites – Visit Mount Olive’s Homepage for links http://www.mountolive.stokes.k12.nc.us/students.html • Utilize Apps, Virtual Libraries, etc.

Thank you for coming!

K-2 Parent Reading Night