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Session 7. Tools for Working with Parents in the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program. NTI / Pilot Session Objectives.
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Session 7 Tools for Working with Parents in the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program EngageNY.org
NTI / Pilot Session Objectives • Participants will become familiar with the key points that they should discuss with parents at a back-to-school night to support information-sharing and messaging to parents about CKLA. • Participants will gain experience, through role play, in answering common questions that may occur from parents. • Participants will become familiar with the tools within CKLA for home-school connection, including parent letters and take-home materials. EngageNY.org
What is Reading? Decoding Comprehension Reading D xC =R EngageNY.org 4
CKLA = Two Keys to Reading Success EngageNY.org
What Will My Child Learn from the Skills Strand? • Phonics • Grammar • Spelling • Handwriting • Writing Process • Reading EngageNY.org
What Will My Child Learn in the Listening & Learning Strand? • Fiction and nonfiction, informational read-aloud selections • Focus on listening comprehension • Text-based discussions • Vocabulary • Extension activities that incorporate drawing, dictation, and writing EngageNY.org
Systematic Instruction in the Sound Structure of Language The Skills Strand EngageNY.org
What is the Significance of this Number? 270 EngageNY.org 9
Learning to Read is a Complex Endeavor • 26 Letters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T … • 52 Total with Upper- and Lowercase a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x … • 16 Distinctly Different Uppercase A B D E F G H I J K L M N Q R T • 44 Sounds 26 consonant, 18 vowel • 150 Spellings /ie/ =ie| i_e |igh | y | ye|y_e • Directionality EngageNY.org 10
Key Aspects of the Skills Strand Leave Nothing Out So We Leave No One Behind • Focus on sounds, or phonemes • Teaches the most common or least ambiguous spellings first • Reading and writing are taught in tandem • Students read and write only what they have been taught • 100% decodable readers EngageNY.org
Spellings Sounds Spellings Sounds Consonants Vowels EngageNY.org
Basic Code EngageNY.org
CKLA Links Sounds and Spellings Explicitly FIRST GRADE KINDERGARTEN SECOND GRADE EngageNY.org
The Value of Most Frequent, Least Ambiguous Sound EngageNY.org
What Will Students Read? EngageNY.org 16
100% Decodable Readers • Summarizes previously taught spellings used in the Student Reader • Lists new spellings added during unit • Shows previously taught tricky words used in the reader • Shows code load EngageNY.org
Reading at Home EngageNY.org
Also in the Skills Strand Grammar Handwriting EngageNY.org
Various text types are taught across the grades. For any one text type (e.g., fictional narrative), the writing process for that text type occurs over consecutive lessons. Three-Step Writing Process EngageNY.org
Content-Rich Read-Alouds Listening & Learning EngageNY.org
Listening vs. Reading Comprehension T. G. Sticht, 1974, 1984 EngageNY.org EngageNY.org
Coherence within Grades EngageNY.org
Message from Research The power of vocabulary is not in familiarity with the individual word itself, as it is in the web of connections built in relation to that word. EngageNY.org
Listening & Learning Read-Alouds EngageNY.org
Listening & Learning Lessons • The Read-Aloud (35–40 minutes) • Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 min) • Presenting the Read-Aloud (10–15 min) • Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 min) • Comprehension Questions (10 min) • Word Work (5 min) • Extension Activities (15–20 min) EngageNY.org
Prepare for Learning at Home Create a special area that supports learning. Include tools to support learning (paper, pencils, markers, etc.). Consider educational gifts that support learning. EngageNY.org
Extend Your Child’s Learning Follow guidance in take home letters. Have your child read to you. Complete practice activities sent home by teacher. Attend field trips and events centered around the people and places in the stories. Read to your child from the domain trade book list. Read to your child from What Your—Grader Needs to Know. EngageNY.org