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UniversityUniversityHigh Point SchoolOctober 21st, 20086:3 0 – 8:00 p.m.

Decoding• Decoding is the ability to recognize

words quickly and be able to figure out new words.

• http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/ Website gives students the opportunity to

decode new words.

Decoding Words• Multi-sensory Strategies

Making WordsTapping Words

• Look for the largest chunk- word within a word

• Context Clues

Decoding Words

• Word Families/ Rhyming Words– Good readers recognize patterns

within words rather than sounding out each letter

– If you know Jack, you should know the words snack or tack

– Help your student find these word families within words

What is fluency?• Fluency is the ability to read text

accurately and quickly.• Reading words accurately and

quickly helps students comprehend text

• A fluent reader adjusts reading rate for periods or commas.

• Expression is another component of fluency

Why is fluency important?

• Less fluent readers spend more time decoding words = less time understanding what the text means.

• Fluent readers will spend less time decoding words = more time focusing on what the text means

How to improve fluency

• Practice decoding words; help your child see word patterns within words

• Allow time for your child to re-read sentences, pages, or stories.

• Timed Readings• Flashcards• Listen to books on tape

How to improve fluency

• Model Reading• Choral Reading- read a page

together, try to stay at the same pace

• Echo Reading- read a sentence, partner reads it after you at the same pace and in the same expression ( use poetry! )

5 Reciprocal Teaching Strategies

1. Predicting

2. Questioning

3. Clarifying

4. Summarizing

5. Visualizing

Comprehension - Questioning

Questioning allows students to –

- identify important information

- monitor understanding

- apply higher level thinking skills

Comprehension - Questioning

What can you do –- Model how to make up a question and

answer based on what you read. Create questions using who, what, when, where, why, how, what if.

- Create a question for one page, have your child create a question for the next page.

- Ask different level questions.

Comprehension- Predicting

Occurs when students guess what the author will talk about next.

Students must use background knowledge to help create predictions.

Sets a purpose for reading.

Comprehension- Predicting

What can you do?

• Show how to look at the cover and make predictions based on visual clues. "I predict… because…"

•While reading, stop and show how to use clues from the words and pictures to make new predictions.

•Draw or write predictions

•Discuss your predictions. Was your prediction correct? Do you want to change your prediction?

Book Selection

5 Finger Rule

0 or 1 finger: too easy2, 3, or 4 fingers: just right

5 fingers: too hard

Being able to read the words, does not mean you understand what you read:

The dodlings were tiljing ruft. When the ruft was polting, the dodlings grented hust

then yotted pudge. The preeden dodlins only tiljed muft so that the ruft was

krettile. At the end of cupa the dodlings nuted sos then ported crist. This was

done to hopple set. The preeden dodlings were always hirty and lopy

unlike the dodlings who were foly and jist

Find accelerated reader books on www.arbookfind.com

- can search be lexile score and subject area

- Keep in mind, High Point does not have all AR tests

www.lexilebooks.com- search for books by lexile score

Accelerated Reader

Monarch Award

The Monarch Award is a children's choice award giving annually to a

K-3 book.

Read all 20 books to earn a certificate!

Unity by Cleo V. Swarat I dreamed I stood in a studio

And watched two sculptors there,The clay they used was a young child’s mind

And they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher: the tools she used were books

and music and art;One was a parent

With a guiding hand and gentle loving heart.And when at last their work was done,

They were proud of what they had wrought.For the things they had worked into the child

Could never be sold or bought!And each agreed she would have failed if she had

worked alone.For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher stood the home!

Questions and Evaluations

Our next Parent University session will be in January.

See you then!