Ready, Set, Grow! 2010

1. Ready, Set, Grow! 2010 Ready, Set, GROW! 2010

2. Welcome • Mr. Lamanna- Principal • Mrs. Ross- Social Worker • Mrs. Blanton & Mrs. Marcus- RSG Teachers • Mrs. Smith & Mrs. McFarland- RSG Assistants • Mama Grace- Kindergarten Grandmother • Miss Morgan- BHS Student Volunteer

3. Reading With Your Child • What? • Let child choose • Topics of interest • Picture books • Chapter books • Poetry (Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky), • Nursery rhymes (see the red booklet) • Magazines (Ranger Rick, Highlights, etc.) • Recipes (see handouts)

4. Continued…Reading With Your Child • How? • The importance of the pictures • Vocabulary development • Plot comprehension • Chime Time! • Rhyming words (Hickory Dickory Dock… the mouse ran up the _____!) • Repeated phrases (Run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!) • Ask questions • Why do you think the character did that? • What do you think is going to happen next? • What would you do if you were that character?

5. Continued…Reading With Your Child • When? • Make it part of the daily routine • Have fun! • Have “teachable moments” at home… • see a snake outside… go find a book to learn more about poisonous and harmless snakes… look up info about snakes on the Internet…etc.

6. Writing With Your Child • Model writing • Lists (groceries, to-do, chores, etc.) • Letters, notes, email • Scrapbooking, journaling, blogs, etc. • Story writing

7. Stages • Scribbles • Random letters • Example: WRITES “dlkfjdyfbnfldfyai” but MEANS “I went to the store with Mommy.” • Meaningful letters • Beginning letters, long vowels, ending letters • Example: WRITES “i w t e s w me” but MEANS “I went to the store with Mommy.” • Words • Invented Spelling- “I wint to the stor weth mome.” • Traditional Spelling- “I went to the store with Mommy.”

8. Make It, Take It • Games • Rhyme Bingo • Sentence Board Game • Books • One Sheet Book • The Booklet

9. Please join us in your child’s classroom for student presentations. Thanks!