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Kindergarten ELLA Program
Early Literacy Learning Activities
The Idaho State Department of EducationPartners with Districts to Provide an
At-Home Reading Intervention Program
The Focus: Parent Literacy Training
The night kicks off with a presentation to share important information regarding the Reading Process and the Big 5 of Reading . . .
After the presentation, the students join their parents and teachers for
hands-on literacy activities.
Teachers and assistants provide support to parents as they work with their
children on the ten activities created for this event.
Instruction is provided in Spanish. All materials and directions are translated and offered in a
Spanish/English version.
Other languages are in the process of being translated.
The event can be organized to meet the needs of a school’s population.
Having access to instruction in their first language creates a positive connection between
parents and their child’s school.
Families Learn Together!
Parents receive training and see teachers model how to work on critical literacy
skills at home with their child.
Kids find the activities fun, and parents find them simple to teach at home.
Having the ELLA baghelps families keep all materials together and easily accessible!
Children can
hang it on their
bedroom door
or closet door!
Word lists are provided to make activities simple for the parent. Schools can add supplemental lists that fit with their own
classroom Reading curriculum.
Bags and materials can be ordered from the IRI page on the Idaho State Department of Education’s website and sent to your school district
A CD can be ordered on the IRI webpage, which will contain materials to be copied by your district
Volunteers will be needed to pack the materials into the bags
Districts with VISTA members could be supported by having them plan and organize the volunteers to pack the bags and help prepare the open house kickoff event
Ways to Implement the ELLA Program
Materials included:
ELLA cloth bag with logo
Sight word flashcards
Alphabet sheets (upper and lower case letters)
Plastic ABC’s in bag
Alphabet Rainbow (two-sided)
ELLA Booklet
(Schools can select to make a “Big 5 Book Mark”)
Material Preparation (Local Decision):
Sight word flashcards rubber banded together or placed in a baggie
Baggie stapled to upper and lower case alphabet sheet
Packing the ELLA Bags
Tips to Preparing a Successful Open House
Send invitations home as paper copies, emails, and phone calls Create and display posters around the school and neighborhood to
advertise the event Find community support or sponsorship for healthy refreshments or a meal Find volunteers to prepare simple materials for literacy activities (gather
pennies, animal pictures, picture books, and make copies of activity sheets) Create spread sheets for volunteers to document which children attended,
so other families can be trained at a Parent-Teacher Conference, or other literacy event
Organize volunteers to provide literacy activities to siblings, so families can come together without childcare worries
Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Comprehension Fluency
This is an important representation that all skills must tie together to create a strong reader!
The Big “5” of Literacy Color Codes: Students collect a bead as they complete each of the “Big 5” and volunteers could help with this
The 5 colored beads are added to the “Big 5” bookmark
Volunteers or the PTA Secure Book Donations to Congratulate the Students’
Completion of the ELLA Booklet
Volunteers could
be organized to
help students
choose books! Students have the chance to see other studentsthat worked on ELLA!
Students Love to Choose a New Book to Keep!
Getting families
involved is the key!
Organizing volunteerswill support the school staff’s efforts!
Districts and Schools can have a direct impact on making this program successful for their students!
How exciting for parents to be involved in the success of their
child. Who could be more proud!
Thank You!
Early Literacy Learning Activities
Presented by the Idaho State Department of Education
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