Waverly Park Presents:
A Reading Workshop for Parents
in Grade 1
Our Team Members:
Mrs. McAssey – Principal
Ms. Viviano-Farry – Reading Specialist
Mrs. DiCarlo – Grade 1 Teacher
Ms. Scharoff – Grade 1 Teacher
Ms. Ryf – Grade 1 Assistant
Balanced Approach to Reading
Read Aloud
Mini Lessons – Teaching a new
strategy
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Practice
Reading Buddies
In the Classroom…
Reading Block
Whole Class
Introducing a new strategy or skill in a mini lesson
ELA Modules
Interactive Read Aloud
Comprehension Tool Kit
Text Talk (Vocabulary)
Small group instruction with rotations
Two teacher directed tables providing direct, explicit
instruction on students’ levels and needs.
Independent Stations
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Guided Reading Leveled books
Decodables
Fundations second dose
Writing activities which support comprehension
Multisensory phonics skill reinforcement
Independent Activities
Fundations
Phonological and Phonemic Awarenesstapping to blend and segment sounds
Phonics/Word Study
Vocabulary
Sight Word Instruction- words will be
spelling words
Fluency
Handwriting
Comprehension
Letters will be sent home at the beginning
of each new unit
Reading Support
Reading Specialist
Push In
Supports students who may need additional
support in one or more areas.
Programs – Leveled Literacy Intervention,
Primary Phonics, My Sidewalks on Reading
Street, Fundations, Phonics for Reading,
comprehension strategies with leveled
books
Assessments and Monitoring
FAST- one/one 3x /year
PSF-Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
NWF- Nonsense Word Fluency
ORF – Oral Reading Fluency
aReading and aMath –whole group 2x/year
DRA2 – Developmental Reading
Assessment
-oral reading, retelling, comprehension, interpretation,
reflection
RTI :
Response to Intervention
CCSS:
Common Core
StateStandards
How Can You Help?
Become an active participant in your child’s
learning.
Make reading and writing fun…read a
menu when out to dinner, read the Party
City brochure, etc.
Send your child to extra help consistently
Send your child prepared
Encourage independence
Use the Reading Log as a springboard for
conversation
Vocabulary development