Welcome Jefferson Parents!
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Activities
 Using sticky notes answer the
following questions and place
your sticky note on one of the
big charts.
 1. How do you currently help
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your child with reading?
2 How comfortable are you
teaching your child to read?
1. Dirt Road 2. Paved Road
3. Highway 4. Yellow Brick
Road
Keep sticky notes anonymous!
 3. What barriers/struggles
do you run into at home?
Quick Quiz
YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS
QUIZ.
Swiss Cheese Flashcards
 Create flashcards and put them on a ring.
 Hole punch the card each time your child gets it
correct
 Pull the card off the ring once it looks like swiss
cheese!
 This can be done with sight
words, letters, sounds, numbers,
math facts, vocabulary, etc…
VAKT Activities
 Visual
 Auditory
 Kinesthetic
 Tactile
Lots of fun and they do not know they are learning!
 ACTIVITIES HANDOUT
 www.lexile.com
PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategies)
Ideas are adapted from the PALS program
 Let’s change this to PALS (Parent Assisted Learning
Strategies) PALS modified for parents at home 
4 activities
1. Increasing Fluency
 Parent reads a paragraph (or page)
 Child repeats the same paragraph (or page)
2. Retelling
 Child retells what the paragraph/page was about
PALS continued…
3. Paragraph Shrinking
 Parent reads for a set amount of time (2-3 minutes).
Parent tells who or what they read about in ten
words or less.
Switch roles
 Student reads for the same amount of time
(continued reading, not repeated) (2-3 minutes)
Child tells who or what they read about in ten words
or less.
4th PALS activity
4. Prediction Relay
Parent reads and makes a prediction while reading (23 minutes)
Student reads and makes a prediction while reading
(2-3 minutes).
Comprehension Fun
 Beach Ball
 Balls in the bag
 10 words or less
 You say a word, child says a word… building off of
each other
FLUENCY FUN
 Read the passage by stating the color the
word is printed in.
 Pink card activity
“Read Naturally" adapted for at home
Courtesy of Mr. Ewing
 Monday - The child does a “cold read” of the given prompt for one minute. He/she
should not practice the selection prior to reading it. Mark a slash at the last word
completed when the minute is up and put the letter C. Now an adult should model
the reading of the prompt. Use inflection and expression while you read the prompt,
having the student follow along with the words.
 Tuesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two times.
 Wednesday – The student should practice reading the entire prompt aloud two
times.
 Thursday – Practice reading the prompt one time in its entirety. Then do a “hot
read.” This reading is timed for one minute. Mark a slash at the last word read when
the time is up and put the letter H. The student should be able to see an
improvement in his/her fluency.
 Friday – Record the “cold read” and “hot read” numbers on the Fluency Builder
chart, sign it, and return the folder to school.
A tip from Mrs. Rodrigues – grade 5
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Be involved in your child's education.
Check their agenda
Be aware when there are tests
Help your child study
Read with your child (or at least make sure your
child is reading for fun every night)
Know what their test grades are
A tip from Mrs. Yencho -grade 3
Check for understanding with what they are reading...helping them turn a
question around into an answer:
T-A-G
T - Turn the question around
A - Answer the question
G - Give proof/examples from the story
Example:
What colors represent the United States of America?
The colors that represent the United States of America are red, white, and
blue. I know this because our American flag has those colors.
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A Tip from (retired)Mrs. Pennebacker- grade 1
 Review what sight words are and how important they
are----not to be sounded out, but just learned by
recognition.
 Word Bank books go home daily with students that
need this practice.
A tip from Mrs. Kline---grade 2
Practice the sight words every
night because this rolls over
into spelling words.
A tip from Mrs. Piasecki…grade 2
 Keep a small homework basket with supplies,
granola bars, and other snacks.
 A timer in the basket will help kids stay focused
when doing homework.
 Take small breaks in between assignments.
 Find a quiet spot.
A tip from Mrs. Zappile…grade 1
 After reading a story together, ask your child
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questions:
Who was the story about?
What was the problem?
How did the characters solve the problem?
What happened in the beginning, middle, end?
What does the story make you think of?
(Nonfiction) What facts did you learn?
Mrs. Hynes
 Are you familiar with Think Central and all of the
resources that are available?
 www.thinkcentral.com
 Student2 (grade level)
 Password: reading
Mrs. Tintle…ESL
 SLEEP….
 Is your child getting enough?
What good readers do…
 Read with expression
 Look at the pictures
 Predict
 Self correct
 Use visual information
 Know their high frequency words
 Have background knowledge (give it to them if the
topic is unknown)
 Re-read to make sense
What good readers do…
 Summarize
QUESTIONS
 Questions
 Concerns
 Ideas
 Suggestions