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100 book challenge Parent Information Night 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?f eature=player_embedded&v=R gN0W71KHBg 100 BC Parent Information Workshop • Presenter: Cathy Bross • Goals: 1. You will learn about 100 Book Challenge. 2. You will learn how to help your child grow as a reader. We’ll talk about . . . • why students should be reading easy books. • how to help your child become a better reader. • how to make reading at home fun. • how to communicate with your child’s teacher about what you observe at home. Once upon a time . . . Practice is powerful. • • • Every day teachers teach skills that students need in order to become better readers. 100 Book Challenge is the PRACTICE PIECE needed to become a better reader. Students practice reading skills with books that are easy and fun for them to read. They like it because they feel successful! Think of a sport. Why does an athlete practice? How often does he or she need to practice? Is a few minutes a day enough? Reading requires lots of practice! • Research shows that students who read for 60 minutes per day advanced about 2.5 grade levels per year. Patterns of Reading Practice; Terrance Paul;(1996) Differences in Print Exposure Percentile Rank Minutes of Reading per Day Baseline-Words Read Per Year Plus 10 minutes – Words Read Per Year Percent Increase in Word Exposure 98 65 4,358,000 5,028,462 15% 90 21.1 1,823,000 2,686,981 47% 80 14.2 1,146,000 1,953,042 70% 70 9.6 622,000 1,269,917 104% 60 6.5 432,000 1,096,615 154% 50 40 4.6 282,000 Differences in Print 895,043 Exposure 217% 3.2 200,000 825,000 313% 30 1.8 106,000 694,889 556% 20 0.7 21,000 321,000 1429% 10 0.1 8,000 Based on reading level 2 0 0 ~300,000 words Anderson, Wilson & Fielding (1988) News Flash! “Smart” is not something you are, it’s something you become! Learning to reading is like solving a puzzle. If you’re missing a piece, your reading level will be affected. Why pieces may be missing • Absence from school • Switching schools • English Language Learner • Problems with attention • Not ready for the skill when it was first taught • Limited access to books • Not enough practice! Pieces that might be missing • Sight words. I see a word and I recognize it right away. • Decoding skills. I can figure out what a word says. • Everyday vocabulary. I know what this word means because I hear it spoken all the time. • And . . . Pieces that might be missing • Literary vocabulary. I know what a word means because I’ve seen it, read it, or heard it in books. • Comprehension skills. I can remember and understand what I am reading. The Missing Piece • 100 Book Challenge is designed to help teachers and parents identify what piece of the puzzle a student needs in order to become a better reader. • The teacher finds the missing piece during one-on-one conferences with students. Reading = Power • If a person can read something that I can’t read, he is likely to have power over me. • If he can say words that I don’t understand, he is likely to have power over me. • Reading gives people the power to decide what they want to do with their lives. Just Right Books • If the student can read and understand almost all of the WORDS and IDEAS in a book, then it is a JUST RIGHT book. • Teachers will tell the student that book fits them comfortably like their shoes. Just Right Books • Ask your child to CLOSE THE BOOK and tell you what he/she has just read or learned. • You may ask, “What is this book mostly about?” • “What is something you learned in that book?” Color = Reading Level • YY (2-yellow) • Wt (white) • G (green) • Bk (black) • GG (2-green) • B (blue) • BB (2-blue) • R (red) • RR (2-red) • Or (orange) • Pu (purple) • Br (bronze) Students will bring home . . . Here’s where you come in. Much of the difference between high achievers and low achievers in reading is the result of a huge difference in reading experience. Dr. Richard Allington What your child needs now Time -- at least 30 minutes (2 steps) each night Space -- a comfort zone Quiet -- no tv, no phone, no computer Positive support and encouragement Love, sweet love Parents Are Coaches http://100 Book Challenge, At Home, Made Easy Parent Engagement RTM and YY readers are unique . . . Read To Me (RTM) students must be read to every day! 20 books a day will help them to grow quickly. Parents must help! • 2Y readers need a reading Coach. The Coach will need to read the title and first 2 pages to the child while pointing to each word. Then listen while they practice reading the sentence stem and touching each word when they read it. One step = 15 minutes of reading! Log Sheet for K and 1st gr. students Parent signs 2 lines ONLY! Your child may read 5 – 10 books during their 2 steps (30 min.), but you only sign 2 lines. Sign the log sheet AFTER your child reads. Log Sheet for 2nd – 5th Grade •Parent signs 2 lines each day they saw 15 minutes of reading counts as 1 step on when a Reading Log. If your their child read child reads 6 books in 15 minutes, he only writes down ONEfor title 2 steps (30 (favorite). minutes) at home! •Teacher signs 2 lines each day when the student reads at school! One step = 15 minutes of reading 15 minutes of reading counts as 1 step on a Reading Log. If your child reads 6 books in 15 minutes, he only writes down ONE title (favorite). Reading Log • Student enters ONLY ONE TITLE for each 15 minutes of reading. • If a student reads three books in 15 minutes, he or she writes ONLY ONE TITLE. • If student reads for 30 minutes, she fills in two lines = two steps! Students receive recognition. • Gold medal and new folder after every 100 steps of reading! • Goal for the end of the year: 685 = over 171 hours of reading! • Classroom and Building Celebrations! Use the Skills Cards together. Book Level Learning Focus 2Y (yellow) •Follow the sentence •Touch each word when they read it •Say the first sound of new word G and GG (green) Sight Words B and BB (blue) One/two syllable Words R and RR (red) Three + syllable words Wt (white) •Chapter a week All levels have comprehension questions youbook can ask your child •Literary Vocabulary about their books. Bk, Or, Pu, Br Genre Expansion Skills Card If your child’s level is reading in 1 Green, she should already know most of these sight words. Check off words she reads instantly. Circle words she cannot read quickly. Those are now POWER WORDs to learn! Play with sight words! • Sand, shaving cream, chalk on sidewalk • Magnetic letters, cereal letters, Play-Do • Bingo, Go Fish, hopscotch. • Wear them, label the objects in your home. • Play with rhyming words; sing; dance; march. Skills Card Praise your child when he applies one of these strategies. Record the date when you see that your child does one of them. Skills Cards You may want to ask your child one of the comprehension questions that appear on cards at BB and above. Reading = fun Encourage your child to read to . . . Younger children Pets Stuffed animals and dolls The mirror Encourage your child to perform when he reads. Use lots of expression, different voices, sound effects. Your child’s vocabulary • Cut sticky notes into small strips and ask your child to FLAG words she doesn’t know. • After the child reads, help your child to UNDERSTAND THE MEANING of those words. • Try to come up with an easy, fun way to help your child remember the meaning. (draw, act out, etc.) Use your refrigerator as a WORD WALL. Remember to . . . • LISTEN to your child read and tell him what he does well. • Always focus on the POSITIVE. You want your child to enjoy reading. • Let the teacher know what you are seeing you reader do at home. What to do on the weekends • Encourage your child to read for at least a half hour to one hour every weekend. • Take him to the library and let him choose books that are fast, fun, and easy. • Allow your child to take books along where ever you go….especially in the car! Volunteers Needed It takes a village to raise a child….. • If you’re available to volunteer to help with100 book challenge reading, please see Mrs. Nichols. •We could use extra reading coaches in kindergarten and 1st grade! Remember . . . The more they read, the better they get! Let’s get SMART!