K-2 Parent Reading Night
Mount Olive Elementary Schools
Reading Level Targets
Kindergarten
 First Quarter – Print Concepts or
Reading Behaviors
 Second Quarter – B
 Third Quarter – C
 Fourth Quarter – D
Reading Level Targets
First Grade
 First Quarter – E
 Second Quarter – G
 Third Quarter – H
 Fourth Quarter – J
Reading Level Targets
Second Grade
 First Quarter – K
 Second Quarter – l
 Third Quarter – M
 Fourth Quarter – M or N
Decoding Strategies
dog or puppy
dog or puppy
Read ________ read
The dog _______ at me.
(barked)
go – ing
look – ing
Comprehension
Strategies
Comprehension is asking questions
about the text. But it is so much
more…………
 Comprehension is asking questions about the story. It is knowing
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the characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Making Predictions - Predicting what I think will happen next.
Student says, I think the character will... or Maybe they will...
Questioning to Understand - Asking questions about the book
before, during, and after reading the book. (Parents and
Students)
Making connections with the book. This reminds me of another
book.. or When I....
Using background knowledge - Using what I already know about
things to understand the story.
Determining Important Ideas - Understanding the main idea of
the story and what the author is trying to tell you.
Retelling the story - Going back through the book, page by page,
and telling the most important details from each page. Using
vocabulary and language from the story. (Not rereading the
story.)
Summarizing – Main Events in order. Should be brief.
Inferring – Back Ground Knowledge + Clues from the text =
Inference
Predicting – What will happen next?
Visualizing – Creating a picture in your mind.
Text Features – Diagrams, Maps, Charts, etc. (Especially
important in Non-Fiction)
Questioning – Asking questions as they read. (I wonder….)
Fixing Comprehension – Reread, Decoding Strategies, and
understanding
Vocabulary – discussion, create knew knowledge for unknown
words
“Hey brain, what do
I know about
__________?”
What will happen
next?
? ?
??
That reminds
me of…
What matters
most?
I want to
remember…
Main ideas and
events in order
1
2
3
4
5
Before Reading
As You Read
After Reading
Confused? Use your
tools!
WORD DECODING
STRATEGIES
This could
mean…
Backgrou
Clues
+
nd
from the
Knowled
Text
ge
=Inference
I’m picturing…
“I can
imagine…”
USE YOUR
SENSES
My new thinking
is…
I used to think
___ but now I
think…
Written Comprehension
 Beginning at level F students are required to
respond to text that they read during
benchmark assessments in written form, as
well as orally.
 Students must read the questions and
understand the questions on their own.
This can be difficult for students.You can help
by ……
Using the question stem bookmarks and have
your child respond in writing.
Asking your child’s teacher for written
question stems for their level?
Writing about what your child is reading with
your child.
Creating a Home Reading
Environment
 Print Rich Environment – newspapers,
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magazines, fiction and nonfiction books,
catalogs, recipes, songbooks, tablets,
songbooks, poetry, how to, informational,
comics, internet, etc..
Comfortable and Relaxed
Interactive
Everybody Reads
Be a Reading Role Model – fluency, reading
strategies and understanding.
Read aloud to you child
Visit the local library and school library –
Student Library Card – Child Chooses
Value reading in your everyday world
Activities
 Word/letter games like Pictionary, Scrabble, BINGO, and
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Boggle
Play with alphabet letter cookie cutters or stamps
Sight Word Practice
Discuss the daily schedule
Interact with magnetic letters
Label photos of students, teachers, important school staff
and class activities
Explore a variety of books, magazines, books on tape,
books on computer
Complete daily communication notebooks
Poetry (read, write, draw)
Create a Book Cover
New Reporter
Puppet Show
Cartoon
Poster
Commercial
Model
Mural
Play/skit
Song/Rap
Trading Cards
Map
Mobile
Letter
Homework Frustration
 Should be easy to moderately challenging.
 No tears
 Relaxed
 Confidence Building
 Conversations - Comprehension will become
more natural for your child when you spend
time engaging your child in a conversation
about the story.
If your child is frustrated, the text is too
difficult. Partner read with your child, echo
read, or choral read with them. Then let the
teacher know.
Practice, Practice, Practice
 Parent Guide to Student Success – Gives an
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overview of the Common Core Standards for
each grade. You have a copy for your child’s
grade.
www.ncpublicschools.org & www.learnnc.org
Book Marks
Websites –Visit Mount Olive’s Homepage for
links
http://www.mountolive.stokes.k12.nc.us/stu
dents.html
Utilize Apps, Virtual Libraries, etc.
Thank you for
coming!