SKH St. Peter’s Primary School AM and PM PARENTS HOME READING WORKSHOP

1. SKH St. Peter’s Primary SchoolAM and PMPARENTS HOME READING WORKSHOP Sat. 22nd May 2010

2. Workshop Contents. • Reading Strategies used at school • Creating a Positive Home Reading Culture. • The Importance of Phonics. • ‘Decoding’ New Words. • Acknowledgements • Conclusion.

3. Teacher Support Storytelling Independent Reading Reading Aloud Reading Workshops Guided Reading Shared Reading Supported Reading Teaching Strategies for Reading

4. Guided Reading Supported / Guided Reading Storytelling Reading Aloud Shared Reading Independent Reading

5. Reading Aloud

6. Shared Reading 集體閱讀

7. Guided Reading

8. Guided Reading

9. Why should parents be involved in the teaching of Reading • Parents can provide a strong foundation for learning • Research shows parental involvement contributes to children’s reading success • Parents can encourage good habits for learning • Parents can support their children to learn skills athome that will assist them for school • 家庭能為兒童提供奠定良好學習基礎的機會 • 研究顯示兒童的學習成功與家長的參與有密切的關係 • 家長能鼓勵兒童養成良好的學習習慣 • 家庭能為兒童提供豐富的學習元素，從而為學習作好準備

10. Reading with parents is a valuable and enjoyable experience for a child Why not start up your own Home Reading Programme?

11. Creating a Positive Home Reading Culture創造正面的家庭閱讀文化

12. Why have a Home Reading Programme?家庭閱讀計劃的目的 because: • Parental support is crucial in establishing and maintaining children’s lifelong reading habits • Parents can provide a positive role model by reading regularly themselves • It strengthens the bond between the parents and the child • 家長的支持是建立及維持兒童閱讀習慣的關鍵因素 • 家長能為兒童樹立學習的模範 • 親子閱讀能增進親子關係 • C:Mother reading to a daughter.MPG

13. A successful Home Reading Programme家庭閱讀計劃的目的(續)is one that: • involves parents in developing their children’s reading skills and strategies • where the family sets up a comfortable home setting(away from the TV) that will encourage students to learn to read in English • encourages the reading of appropriate English texts – the correct ‘reading level’ • 讓家長協助孩子發展其閱讀的技巧和策略 • 提倡及支持家長於家中建立一個鼓勵孩子閱讀英文的環境 • 提倡學生閱讀合適的英文圖書

14. Best ways to help your child to form good reading habits? 怎樣培養孩子在家中閱讀習慣 • It’s important that one member of the family makes time each day(ideally at the same time each day) when that person and the child can sit together and enjoy reading books. • Your child will be encouraged to read if home reading takes place regularly. • Praise his/her achievements, even if sometimes the achievement is a small or simple one. • 每天抽取時間與學生一同享受閱讀的樂趣 • 鼓勵學生閱讀 • 讚賞學生的成就（無論該成就是大或小）

15. The Home Reading Books家庭閱讀拼音圖書(續) How can parents support their children • Read the words together • Look at the pictures and ask the children to tell you what’s happening • Encourage children to tell you what the sound is • 家長如何利用這些拼音圖書支援學生？ • 鼓勵學生說出該字母的音 • 與學生一同閱讀 • 鼓勵學生利用書本的圖畫描述故事demo

16. Look at a page from the book ’The Giant Turnip’ . What comprehension questions can be asked ?

17. Creating a Positive Home Reading Culture創造正面的家庭閱讀文化 (續) • Read interesting stories to your child in both English and Chinese • Take your child to the public library • Encourage your child to notice and read English in the environment • At all time ensure that your child is reading the ‘correct level’ book • 給孩子朗讀有趣的中、英文圖書 • 與孩子一同往公共圖書館借閱圖書 • 鼓勵孩子留意周圍環境，閱讀與英語有關的讀物Chris demo

18. Levelling the Student

19. After the reading, occasionally ask your child questions to consolidate his/her understanding of the book: Creating a Positive Home Reading Culture(cont’d)創造正面的家庭閱讀文化 (續) • Did you like the story? Why? • Will you read it again? Why? • Which character(s) did you like the best/least in the story? • 閱讀後的間中提問建議指引 • 你喜歡這圖書嗎？為什麼？ • 你會再讀這圖書嗎？為什麼？ • 你喜歡故事中哪一位人物/哪一個情節？

20. Creating a Positive Home ReadingCulture(cont’d)創造正面的家庭閱讀文化 (續) After the reading (cont’d) • Did you like the ending of the story? Why? Why not? • Can you think of a different way the story could have ended? • Show me your favourite picture/illustrations. Why was it your favourite? 閱後後的間中建議指引 (續) • 你喜歡故事的結局嗎？為什麼？ • 你會怎樣改寫這故事的結局？ • 請指出圖書中你最喜歡的圖畫。

21. The Importance of Phonics拼音的重要性 Phonics: a method of teaching students to recognise the sounds of the letters • The 26 letters of the English alphabet make 44 sounds • What is the sound of the letter ‘b’

22. Action Alphabet Reading Skill – identifies letter sound relationship

23. ACTION ALPHABET Basic Sounds – Practice Time Action Alphabet Wall Cards

24. Alphabet Chant Ants on the Apple Ants on the apple /ă/ /ă/ /ă/ Ants on the apple /ă/ /ă/ /ă/ Ants on the apple /ă/ /ă/ /ă/ / ă / is the sound of ‘a’. OR We call it the letter ‘a’. Balls are bouncing b b b ... Caterpillars crawling c c c ...

25. Letter sounds Before children can read the words they need to learn the sounds of letters - phonics k p j t at ot it b am om im h ag og ig f af of if g ip op in m s w d

26. Croco-what!? Decoding New Words生字讀音的”解碼”方法 THE HUNGRY CROCODILE When your child comes to an unknown word,ask your child to point to it. Ask,“what is the first letter?”

27. Decoding New Words生字讀音的”解碼 Ask your child “what sound does the first letter make?”Ask them to repeat the sound. The first letter is ‘c’… c-c-c-c! CROCODILE

28. Decoding New Words生字讀音的”解碼”方法Break the word up into syllables (分音節) and have your child attempt to ‘sound out’ and clap each chunk. CRO CO DILE

29. Decoding New Words生字讀音的”解碼”方法 Crocodile! THE HUNGRY CROCODILE Ask them to put the sounds together and say the new word out loud.

30. “The best way for children to learn to read and learn to love reading is to sit close to their parents who love to read to them” ( Fred Rogers) D:\family involvement\5 –

31. Important Last messageIf you make reading a FUN and ENJOYABLE experience, you will lay the foundations on which your child can build and become a life long reader.

32. Acknowledgements • PLP-R Teacher Manual 2006, NET Section, CDI, EMB • PLP-R Parent Workshop Package I, NET Section, CDI, EMB • Tom Grundy NET HK • SKH St Peters Primary school

33. Questions • We are ready for questions?