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Literacy Tutoring. Mrs. Chang Peace Corps Volunteer. Welcome. & Introductions. Training Agenda. What makes a good tutor? What reading skills to children need? What reading activities can I do at home?. A Good Tutor. #1 Goal: Motivate students to want to read. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MRS. CHANGPEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
Literacy Tutoring
&INTRODUCTIONS
Welcome
Training Agenda
What makes a good tutor?
What reading skills to children need?
What reading activities can I do at home?
A Good Tutor
#1 Goal: Motivate students to want to read
Why do students struggle with reading?
1.Learning disability2.Different learning style3.Absence from school4.Little support at home5.Fear or shame
Positive Reinforcement
What positive and encouraging things can you say when the child gets something right?
What positive and encouraging things can you say or do, even when the child gets something wrong?
A Good Tutor
Child-centeredSensitive and respectfulCaringRealisticEnthusiasticEncouragingCommitment and patience
Taking short-cuts
THE BUILDING BLOCKS
Reading
Pre-Reading Skills
What is a sound?What does “same” and “different” mean?Letters vs. Numbers vs. Words
Sorting Counting
Letters represent sounds
Pre-reading Skills
RhymesFirst sound (phoneme)Last soundMiddle soundBlending soundsSyllablesSound manipulation
More Pre-Reading Skills
Alphabet Alphabet song Spelling and writing your name Writing and pointing out letters
Letter sounds/phonemes
Phonemes
One sound B,d,f,j,k,p,t,z
Hard and soft C,g
Two or more sounds S,w,y
Trouble letters H,l,m,n,q,r,x
Short vowels apple/ackee, elephant, iguana/igloo, octopus, umbrella
2 Letters 1 Sound Th, wh, ch, sh, ph
Teaching Phonemes
Introduce with pictures and/or actionsChants and songsFlashcards
Blending phonemes
Blending on your armSay it slowly, say it fastSlide or train image
Reading skills
Sounding out wordsSight wordsFluencyComprehension
Teaching sight words
FlashcardsWord searchSpelling (out loud or in writing)
Copying in writingBingo
Effective Teaching with Flashcards
Word lists (Dolch, vocabulary)3 second rule3 to 5 words at a timeRepetition
Tips for Reading Aloud
Good PaceInvolve the audienceRead Books at an Appropriate LevelDiscuss and predict
What do you think this story will be about? What do you think will happen next? Why do you think
that? What does it mean when it says “___”? What just happened?
Be Expressive
Questions for Stories
Self connections That reminds me of… That made me think of the time that… I can relate…
Other text connections This part is just like… I read another book where…
World connections This is like… I know about this… but I didn’t know that.
Children Reading
WRAP UP AND QUESTIONS