Family Reading

To the degree parents take and active part in their child's education to that degree that child will succeed in achieving.

Home Reading Strategies for Selecting the Right Book Good Reading Strategy

“ Reading helps create scenes in the child's mind that he/she could

never see without vivid words.”

Reading Is a Family Affair

Read at least 20 min. each nights

" "The single most important activity for building the

knowledge required for eventual success in reading

is reading aloud to children. "Commission on Reading in a Nation of Readers

“You do not have to read every night - just on the nights you eat.”

Dr.Carmelita Williams former president of the NRA

“ Reading empowers the child with a desire and confidence to become an

independent reader.”

“Reading helps share values of honesty, loyalty, and courage.”

“Parents model the rhythm, fluency of the language, expression, and strategies for acquiring meaning.”

“Reading expands children’s vocabulary.”.”

Help Children Find the Right Book

Selecting the Right Book: 5 Finger Test

Reading Selection Rules

There are some simple ways to help your child select a

book that is “just right” for him /her to read.

Goldilocks Method

“Too Easy” Books

1. The book is short.

2. The print is big.

3. You have read the book before.

4. You know all the words in the books.

5. The book has lots of pictures.

“Too Hard” Books

1. The book is long.

2. The print is small.

3. There aren’t many pictures in the book.

4. There are a lot of words that you can’t figure out.

5. There’s no one to help you if you get stuck.

6. You don’t know much about this subject.

“Just Right” Books

1. The book looks interesting.

2. You can figure out most of the words in the book.

3. Someone has read this book aloud to you.

4. You have read other books by this author.

5. There is someone to give you help if you need it.

6. You know something about this subject.

The Goldilocks Test

Too Easy

1. Have you read it lots of times before?

2. Do you understand the story really well?

3. Do you know almost every word?

4. Can you read it smoothly?

Just Right

1. Is this book new to you?

2. Do you understand a lot of the book?

3. Are there just a few words on a page that you don’t know?

4. When you read, are some places smooth and some choppy?

Too Hard

1. Are there more than 5 words on a page that you don’t know?

2. Are you confused about what is happening in most of this book?

3. When you read, does it sound pretty choppy?

4. Is everyone else busy and unable to help you?

If there are 5 or more unknown words on the page, the book is too

hard for him/her and your child needs to read the book with someone

From Mrs. Dennis’ first Grade Site

"Open a Book"

Open a book

And you will find

People and places of every kind;

Open a book

And you can be

Anything that you want to be;

Open a book

And you can share

Wondrous worlds you find in there;

Open a book

And I will too,

You read to me

And I'll read to you.

ByJane Baskwill "Pass the Poems, PLEASE"

By reading to children, parents hand down a special kind of magic that will enrich their child as nothing else can do, states Bernice Cullinan

Reading develops an understanding of others

"We can walk in another's shoes and feel

what it is like to live inside another's skin when we read something from their point of view,"

says Bernice E. Cullinan.

In analyzing and comparing the techniques of masters, readers/listeners become better writers.

“Stirs the imagination and builds a sense of wonder”

Reading is learning about life. Each story adds to the mosaic of our journey through it.

Reference: Bernice E Cullinan, Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read.

Adapted by Mrs. DeFalco

Only Direct quotes are Ms. Cullinan’s.

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Gwyneth, 12 months, listens to her mother read while she turns the pages.

Parent Support by M. DeFalco
1. Parents need to read daily to their children and children need to read to their parents/caregiver. Children also need to read by themselves.
2. Independently, children should read a level or two below their instructional level to ensure enjoyment and to reinforce skills.
3. Good picture books appeal to all ages because of their layers of meaning. The only good art some children are exposed to is the art in the picture books of great literature.
4. Reread books the children like, many times 5. Like exercise, we need to do it regularly. Mandate 30 min. recreational reading period each day.
6. A reluctant reader can read but chooses not to.
7. At risk children are those whose instructional reading is two or more years below grade level. At Risk K, first and second graders are at risk of failing in the future.