we want to make two promises to every child: we will teach you to read and we will help you to be a...
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We want to make two promises to every child:
We will teach you to read and we will help you to be a reader
Research –Richard Allington
• ‘’Kids need to read a lot if they are to become good readers.The evidence on this point is overwhelming .’’ • ‘’They need access to books that
entice them,attract them to reading.’’
Parents - Talk about books with your children
• What do you think will happen next?• I think the cat will run away when he sees the
dog because that’s what cats do – what do you think?
• Cinderella is very kind isn’t she?
Readiness to read
• ..has more to do with book,story,and print experiences that occur before school entry than with drill on any subset of skills or achieving at any particular age.
Prior knowledge – Understanding about the things being read
• The importance of prior knowledge to comprehension and communication is included in virtually all modern theories of reading.• ( Anderson&Anderson, 1984, Pressley,Wood&Woloshyn, 1992, Spivey,1996)
Home reading and 85%
•85% of what we read should be easy
• 15% of what we read should be challenging (to be encountered at school in instructional teaching)
• 0% of what we read should be too hard
Summary
Help your child become a reader by• Making sure he/she has access to books• Modelling reading at every opportunity• Discuss what the text is about• Talking about the world– build concepts• Allowing him/her to build reading mileage
with easy/familiar texts