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October 30, 2014

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On the index card. Your name/Su nombre Your childs name/El nombre de su hijo Write 1 or 2 sentences explaining how important reading is in your life. (In English or Spanish) We will hang these up around the room!

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Fluency = pace (speed at which you read) Fluency = phrasing (chunking of words) Fluency = intonation (expression) Fluency = punctuation

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Fluency = decoding (reading the words right) By middle school, students should be able to read 150 words per minute (WPM) of a grade- level text.

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Students should read aloud every night. Idea: Use your cell phone stopwatch to time your child reading the same text a few times. Read aloud for at least 5 minutes a night.

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Idea: Have your child read a picture book to a younger sibling, cousin, family friend. Have them go to the library to pick out books about subjects theyll both enjoy reading. Idea: Turn the close captioning on the TV.

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Comprehension = understanding the meaning of the text

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Comprehension requires students to use these superpowers while reading: Making Inferences Asking Questions Monitor and Clarify Comprehension Summarizing Synthesizing

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Be a family that reads! Idea: Set a good example. Have everyone in the family read at the same time for 15 minutes/night. Idea: Read the same book together. Take turns reading it aloud. Discuss whats happening.

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Be a family that reads! Idea: Ask questions about what your child is reading. Idea: Make trips to the library or bookstore a special time with your child.

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Anything!!! Magazines, websites, comic books, graphic novels. Just Right Books = 5 words or less words that they dont know (cant decode or dont understand)

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Sandi A. Baer Tech Competency 12 10/21/10 This presentation was created for a Family Literacy Workshop I hosted for the parents of my students, all struggling readers. I included art I found on the Internet (title slide image of boy reading), photos of students engaging in our daily fluency work, and a video of students engaging in independent reading to help ensure the presentation was interesting. I used my cell phone to capture the student photos and video, e-mailed them to myself, and then inserted them into the slide show.