Welcome, Kindergarten Parents!Parent Literacy Orientation

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Classroom Teachers:Jacky CowledKrista Plank

Zehra HafeezLaura HowardJoanne Chang

ESL Support: Ms. Anissa EglingtonCMC: Ms. Pat Hallinan

Today’s Itinerary:

• 8:30-8:40 Welcome and introductions• 8:40- 8:55 First rotation• 8:55-9:10 Second rotation• 9:10-9:25 Third rotation• 9:25-9:30 Concluding words

“We absolutely must not attempt to teach our children formally before they start school. For parents to teach their own preschool children is the last straw. Teaching is the flip

side of what works. Teaching before school kills the fun. Preschool children like their parents to be parents, not

teachers. The roles are quite different, and it’s precisely the laid-back, hang-loose let’s-have-fun, relaxed-and-

comfortable role of a parent that is so powerful in helping children first to love reading and then be able to read

themselves.”

Mem Fox, Reading Magic

Core Literacy Components in the Classroom:

• Read Aloud• Shared Reading• Shared Writing• Guided Reading• Phonics/Word Study/Sight Words• Independent Reading• Independent Writing• Handwriting

Literacy Rotations (15 minutes each):

Literacy Through Play Supporting Literacy at Home

Reading LogsEnglish as a Second

LanguageCMC

Ms. Krista and Ms. Zehra Ms. Joanne and Ms. Howard

Ms. Jacky, Ms. Anissa, and Ms. Pat

Conference Room Lounge Area Guidance Area

1 2 3

When you hear the triangle, please proceed to the next rotation area:

Conference Room Lounge Area Guidance Area Conference Room

Parent Literacy Orientation:How to Support Your Child’s Literacy at Home

Presented by Joanne Chang and Laura HowardOctober 3, 2012

Read Aloud to Your Child

• Make physical closeness a part of the experience • Reading aloud should be fun and enjoyable!• Choose topics that you think will interest your child and that

your child will be able to understand• You can begin reading aloud starting at birth…or even

before!

Teach strategies to figure out words..• Read title and first page for child.• Encourage child to use the pictures for help.• Use finger to point across each word.• Is this word the same as the word on the other page?• You’re right! That is a carpet. That makes sense, but uh-oh, I see an “r” at the beginning of this word. What

word means the same as carpet but starts with “r”?• Emphasize that reading should make sense.

Set the StageCreate a “Reading Fort”

Allow your child to read in bed

Get your child a book light or flashlight to read under the covers

Have books all around the house!

Have a Family Book Party!

The whole family gathers together with drinks, favorite snacks, and favorite books, and just reads their own books together in the same room.

Be a good role model!!

Read the World!

• Make reading an integral part of day to day life!

Create a “writing center”

Stock it with:

• A variety of paper• A variety of writing tools (pencils, pens, markers, crayons,

chalk)• Tape, glue, stapler

Make books together

• Have your child illustrate and dictate the story, or have your child use developmental spelling to write the story. Treasure these books and read them again and again!

Baking the Alphabet…

Fun With Playdough

Memory

Phonics Fun

BINGO

- Mem Fox, Reading Magic

“It’s crucial for us to continue to keep in mind…that we’re not teaching when we’re enriching a read aloud experience. We’re playing and having a good time. Pressure on the child is absolutely forbidden. We won’t be allowing phrases such as, ‘No, no! That’s wrong! Don’t be so silly!’ to slip from our careless lips. Tension or anxiety should never interfere with the reading-learning equation. Losing the joy means losing the usefulness…All gains are lost when tension curdles the relationship.”