The Common Core and YOU!

1. The Common Core and YOU! Supporting Reading Instruction at Home

2. Vocabulary • In 2000, The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development completed a research study proving a DIRECT relationship between early vocabulary development and academic achievement in ALL areas

3. Increasing Vocabulary Development at Home • Have discussions with your children and build on what they say. Encourage your children to ask questions if they do not understand. • Try to find and use new, interesting words. • Read to your children as often as possible. Choose books that are more challenging than what they are able to read independently. • Play word games with your child.

4. Reading at Home • Every day, the average child in the United States spends: • 4 hours 29 minutes watching television • 2 hours 31 minutes listening to music • 1 hour 13 minutes playing video/computer games • Every day, the average child in the United States spends: • 25 minutes reading (mostly fiction)

5. Reading at Home Matters! • Statistics on the Benefits of Reading: • 20 minutes/day = 1.8 million words/year = 90th percentile on reading tests • 4.6 minutes/day = 282,000 words/year = 50th percentile on reading tests • 1 minute/day = 8,000 words/year = 10th percentile on reading tests • Vocabulary develops at a much greater rate when students read!

6. Nonfiction • Common Core Standards ask students to spend 50% of their time reading nonfiction texts. • Nonfiction builds background knowledge, which accounts for nearly 33% of the difference in student achievement.

7. What Can YOU Do At Home? • Read Like a Scientist • ask questions • collect information • discuss observations • Read Like a Detective • read closely • gather clues • make predictions • Read Like a Diver • encourage deep thinking about the text • make connections between what is new and what is known