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Summer Reading Splash Down. Welcome to our 1 st grade…. What is reading?. Reading is more than just reading words. It’s all about making meaning from text. What teachers do to teach reading…. What can parents do to encourage reading?. 1. Read Together.
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Summer Reading Splash Down Welcome to our 1st grade…
What is reading? Reading is more than just reading words. It’s all about making meaning from text.
1. Read Together It’s not about the counting the minutes you’ve read together; it’s about the reading time together that counts!
Reading together can look like this… • Your child reads the whole book to you.
I PICK‘Good Fit’ Books (Just-Right Books) - Why do you want to read this book?
Goldilocks’ Rule Find a book that is not too hard, not too easy, butjust right.
5 Finger Rule Just right! 0 - The book is too easy 1-3 Fingers – JUST RIGHT! 4-5 Fingers - challenging 5+ Fingers - too hard right now!
If your child struggles to read, these are ‘good fit’ books … • Predictable books • Rhyming books • Pattern books • Books with one or two sentences on a page • Picture books
If your child is on grade level, these are ‘good fit’ books for your child… • beginning chapter books like Henry and Mudgeby Cynthia Rylant, Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel, Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff, • beginning non-fiction books, look for words such as “emergent readers” or Level 1 or Level 2.
If your child is above grade level, these are ‘good fit’ books … • Chapter books in a series such as Amelia Bediaby Peggy Parish • Magazines such as Scholastic and National Geographic • Fairy Tales and cultural variations and twists • Biographies • Non-fiction books
3. The best way to build a love of reading is to … READ READ READ READ