Transcript Learning to Read - Florida Reading Assocaiton

Learning to Read
Reading to Learn
Presented by:
Gail Hannas
Parents and Reading
www.flreads.org
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
1. Help your children acquire
a wide-range of knowledge.
 Involving your children in
conversation about anything and
everything daily will give them
background knowledge.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
2. Talk with your children about
their experiences.
 This will help your children learn new
words and understand the process of
putting thoughts together. This will
also allow you to share your past
experiences with your child.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
3. Encourage your children to
think about events.
 Ask them to describe these
events. Share local and national
news, school news, movies, etc.
 Your values and views are
important to your children.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
4. Read aloud to your
children.
 Younger children love to hear
stories. Older children and adults
also value this experience. Share
tidbits that you want them to know
by reading small excerpts to them.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
5. Provide your children with writing
materials.
 Younger children like to write their own
stories. Be sure to have paper, pencils,
markers, crayons, and magnetic letters.
Special themed stationary is great for older
children. Journals can be completed by
families daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Start a
“My Life and Times” diary.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
6. Encourage your children to
watch TV programs that have
educational value.
 Watch shows with your children.
Discuss the shows. Watch movies
-read the books- and share
similarities and differences.
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
7. Monitor how much TV your
children watch.
 Research shows that watching up to 10
hours a week could be positive; however, the
more children watch TV, the less they read =
lower scores in performance on tests:
• 98%tile reading score read 1 hour daily
• 50%tile reading score read 5 mins. daily
• 20%tile reading score read less than 1 min.
daily
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
8. Monitor your children’s
school performance.
 Children tend to be more
successful readers when their
parents have an accurate view of
what their child is doing in school.
 (Checkpoint for progress in Reading and Writing for Families and
Communities - Developed by subgroup of America Reads Challenge:
Read*Write*Now)
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
9. Encourage your children to
read independently.
 One of your top priorities should
be to encourage your children to
spend more time reading - books,
magazines, newspapers
10 Ways to Help Your Children
Become Better Readers
10. Continue your personal
involvement in your child’s
growth as readers.
 Set a good example for your
children by reading. Establish
rules for reading activities.
Kindergarten -2nd Grade
 From Sunshine State Standards:
 Get better at reading and writing by speaking and
getting to know the alphabet, sounds, and words.
 They learn to develop vocabulary by listening to and
discussing stories that are read aloud and can
summarize stories by giving details of events
 Understand and follow simple directions
Kindergarten -2nd Grade
 Understand that print goes from left to right
 Know the letters and sounds of the alphabet
 Know simple words and begins to recognize
high frequency words by sight
 Start to read signs, food packages, everyday
items
 Like being read to and has favorite books of
different types - fiction, non-fiction, poetry
 They can generate ideas for writing
Kindergarten -2nd Graders
How you can help!
Read out loud and talk about stories
every day
Get your child a library card and go to
the library regularly
Read nursery rhymes and sing songs
together
Talk with your child’s teacher often about
your child’s work
Let your child see you reading for fun
Kindergarten -2nd Graders
Take time each day to talk about school
and share your day
Have a writing supply box with crayons
and paper
Watch education TV programs together
that teach letter sounds and words. Limit
other television viewing
Listen to your child
Encourage your child to act out stories
in plays or puppet shows with friends,
brothers/sisters, relatives, etc.
Kindergarten -2nd Graders
Have your child draw a picture.
Together, write a story that goes with
that picture. You may use a family
photograph, a picture from a magazine,
or one drawn by child.
Play games with your child that
require concentration - card games,
memory games, etc.
Play rhyming games, sing songs with
rhymes, and play with the sounds of
words.
Kindergarten -2nd Graders
Make tape recordings of books when
you will not be available to read in
person. The child can still “read with
you” in your absence…great for noncustodial parents who want to read
regularly with their child.
Read a story to the child and have him
retell the story to you later. Ask
questions during reading. . .”What do
you think will happen? Guess the
ending, what would you do?”
Strategies for Learning to
Read
Parent led activities:
 Introduce a new book - look at the cover - think
what the book will be about- do a picture read look at new vocabulary
 Guess the Ending
 Predicting - “ What do you think will happen
next?” “What should he do?”
 Give help when needed Wait time: use cueing strategies
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Does it make sense? What is the beginning sound? Does it
sound right? Skip it and read on to the end. Backtrack and reread.
Use key words and picture clues. Find chunks of words that you know.
Use letter sounds from families - onsets and rimes.
Strategies for Learning to
Read
Choose books with:
Repetition or rhymes
Simple Text
Predictability
Picture clues
Interest to child
Strategies for Learning to
Read
Reread favorite books
Retell the story
Tape a book
Put a story in order
Play word games
3rd - 5th Graders
From Sunshine State Standards:
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(read and write every day. They start to move from
“Learning to Read” to “Reading to Learn.” )
 Read many kinds of children’s books
 Read for fun, information, and understanding
 Use different ways of reading - sounding out
words, getting information from the story, and
personal knowledge - to understand stories and
new words
 Understand main ideas and purpose
3rd - 5th Graders
 They can identify fact, fiction and opinion in
texts
 In writing, they create logical beginning,
middle and ending appropriate to their
writing.
 They can identify an author’s purpose in
writing
 They can read and organize information and
understands how plots are developed.
3rd - 5th Graders
How you can help!
Have a daily family reading time. Take turns
reading out loud
Talk about family and community events
Talk with your child’s teacher and ask how
you can help with learning at home
Ask your child to read wherever you go - in
the car, grocery store or park
3rd - 5th Graders
Watch and talk about TV shows
together
Give books and magazine
subscriptions as gifts
Encourage conversation; share
experiences
Ask questions about what the main
ideas are from fiction and non-fiction
books and articles.
Sixth- Eighth Graders
read many different kinds of writing,
improve their listening and speaking skills,
and write for different reasons and
audiences.
Read and understands fiction and nonfiction
Read from books, magazines, newspapers, and
other sources both inside and outside school
Connect ideas and information in reading with
real-life experiences
Understand the author’s purpose, tone, point of
view, plot, and theme or main idea
Sixth- Eighth Graders
How you can help!
Have family time to talk about books and take
turns reading out loud
Visit the library regularly to borrow books, do
research, and use computer resources
Make sure your child has regular place for
study and time to study
Ask your child daily about schoolwork and
activities
Ask and help your child write notes and letters
Ninth - Twelfth Graders
From Sunshine State Standards:
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Begin to read more complex literature
Use non-fiction information information to
develop deeper understanding of subjects
Use resource materials with ease and
understanding
Make judgments, evaluate, interpret, and analyze
comparisons of what they read
In writing, they understand the importance of
draft and revisions, has clarity in presentation of
ideas and provides for logical progression of
ideas
Ninth - Twelfth Graders
Read and understands challenging material including
fiction and nonfiction books, magazines, and
newspapers
Read to reach academic goals and gain knowledge
Use ways of reading such as thinking ahead and
looking at main ideas to understand context
Can see the author’s purpose and judge its value.
Can assimilate facts from background information to
draw inferences, make decisions, and solve
problems
read widely and in detail on many topics and for
enjoyment.
Grades 9-12
You can:
Become familiar with learning strategies
that follow and help your child learn to use
them independently providing assistance
when needed.
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Grades 6-12
Have a plan for taking notes
Size (or underlining)
Organize facts to show relationship
Date each page and note subject/source in
corner
Write clearly so you can read it later
Don’t try to write down everything
Develop your own shorthand (abbreviate)
Sept.
Sept. 5,
5, 2002
2002
Social
Social Studies
Studies
4 Causes
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Differences
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Don’t
try to write everything down-listen for
key words
Listen for clues such as “the four causes
were” or “to sum up”
If
the class discusses the topic, just
note major conclusions
If the teacher emphasizes a point,
such as by writing it on the board, put it
in your notes.
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Get the BIG picture first Glance through chapter headings and
subtitles
Read summary paragraphs at the end of each
section or chapter to get a general idea
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Read
for Key Points
•Paragraph / chapter / sentence
Reading Speed
•Skim pages if you are looking for the general idea
•Read slowly if you are looking for details
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Use
a tape recorder
Color code materials
Draw pictures
Learn to type or use a computer
Keep a journal
Ask questions
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Make
crossword puzzles
Make a word wall/bank
Make a dictionary
Fill in the letters
Make word search puzzles
Use special dictionaries
•How To Spell It: A Dictionary of Commonly
Misspelled Words by Harriet Wittels and Joan Greisman (New York: Grosset &
Dunlap, 1973.
•The Bad Speller’s Dictionary by J. Krevisky and J. Linfield (New York:
Random House, 1963)
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Use
a ruler or card to keep your place when
reading
Use pictures as clues to help visualize what you
are reading
Make a study guide as you read your
assignments •p. 61 Look at map of explorers
•p. 63 Study reason explorers left homeland
•identify key words Hawaii - last state - volcanoes
Strategies for Reading to Learn
Decide
what the question is asking:
analyze
describe
examine
summarize
compare
evaluate
interpret
explain
contrast
define
list
prove
What Parents Can Do to Help!
Encourage reading on a regular basis.
Allow extra time for reading if at all
possible. Allow a later bedtime or set a
specific time for reading – books,
magazines, hobby information, etc
Encourage this age to read to younger
brothers and sisters.
Play games like Scrabble, Scattergories
and Balderdash together as they are fun
and reinforce reading skills.
What Parents Can Do to Help!
• Limit television viewing and video game playing
• Plan time for homework daily; if no homework,
time should be spent reading.
• Plan time at the library to increase awareness of
materials available.
• Ask your child to review a movie or book for you,
either verbally or in writing.
• Develop a family newsletter or family history.
Have your child interview older family members
to find out how times have changed.
What Parents Can Do to Help!
At a meal, everyone shares something
new they have read that day. You could
also have family members share
something that they are reading as an
update on a book.
Have a library/ education scavenger hunt.
Choose a variety of facts to find, author
information, resources, etc.
What Parents Can Do to Help!
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Read and discuss the same books or
newspaper articles as children.
• Encourage use of the newspaper to find
different types of information.
• Keep a sharing board for the family to stay in
touch with activities, items of interest,
schedules, etc.
• Learn a word for the day, or a list of five
words for the week. You may also have each
family member introduce a personal new word
each day. Encourage vocabulary building by
using information from SAT study guides.
Important for FCAT and college placement!
What Parents Can Do to Help!
 Communicate with your child about
homework, projects, tests, etc.
 Talk about current events, books, articles
and television shows during meal times, in
the car, etc.
 Ask your child what they think about
different current events – political races,
television prime time shows, world
cultures/ religious concerns, etc. This
develops higher level thinking skills and
speaking fluency.
Time for Study
168
hours / week
56 hours/ sleep
10 hours/eat
5 hours / dressing, showering, etc.
35 hours / school
10 hours / before/after school
52 hours free
What Parents Can Do to Help!
• Spend time talking to your children every
day.
• Talk about everything • Your values
• education, society, life.
• This will make a difference!
•**GO MAD**
• Go Out - Make A Difference