1 st Grade At. Home Reading Strategies Please check out the materials on the white table!
What is your greatest area of growth? I/we get frustrated easily when working at home. I don’t know what to do OR don’t think I’m doing
What is your greatest area of growth? Frustration ● Choice ● Smaller chunks ● Variety (activities & genres) ● Empathy & modeling
What should I be doing at home? ● At least 15 minutes per day ● Build a routine ● Vary the types of reading: ○ Listen to Reading (interest) ○ Read to Someone (instruction) ○ Read to Self (independent) ○ Word Work (phonics)
Listen to Reading Parent reads to child ● Good practice for: comprehension ● Aim to: engage and discuss ● Try out: asking Level 1, 2, and 3 questions during/afterward
Listen to Reading
Read to Someone Parent reads with child ● Good practice for: building fluency ● Aim to: stretch to the next level ● Try out: ○ unknown words vs. sight words
Read to Someone
Read to Self Child reads to parent and/or alone ● Good practice for: independent reading strategies and stamina ● Aim to: support and encourage ● Try out: the funnel of guided reading prompts
Read to Self
Read to Self
Reading Levels
Word Work Orton-Gillingham Phonics ○ Red means stop, Green means go ○ Sentences graded with COPS who cupcake Capitalization Organization Punctuation Spelling
Questions? Alison Travis atravis@prospectridgeacademy. org Tamra Zieschang tzieschang@prospectridgeacademy. or g Kayla Wobschall (presenter) -