Common Core Reading Strategies Night Deep Run Elementary

Common Core Reading Strategies Night Deep Run Elementary School JANUARY 23, 2104

SHADES OF MEANING ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS: Arrange the words on your table in order from slowest to fastest. Write the words on your paint color sample. Be ready to share your work!

OUR PURPOSE TONIGHT: Parents/guardians will become more familiar with the reading standards by completing a vocabulary activity and by participating in a strategy called close reading.

WHY THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS? The standards are the result of a national movement to provide an equitable, coherent, focused, and rigorous curriculum. The standards will enable our students to be college and career ready in order to compete globally.

COMMON CORE VIDEO

Key Shifts for English Language Arts The Common Core State Standards for Language Arts require an increased focus on • complex text • writing from sources • close, analytic reading • academic vocabulary • text-dependent questions • speaking & listening • text-based evidence • short, focused research • balance of text types • integration of standards Align e How’ d or not a li s a te acher gned? ? ? to kn ow? 6

SHIFT: BALANCE OF TEXT TYPES Percent of Text Structure Type by Grade Level Grade % Literary Text %Informational/ Expository Text 4 50 50 8 45 55 12 30 70

WHY ARE SHADES OF MEANING IMPORTANT? Shades of meaning is a phrase used to describe the small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases. Expand vocabulary by teaching synonyms Teach connotation: the emotion attached to specific words Reveal the hidden meaning behind words Clarify the perspective and intention of characters or the author

READ THE TWO SENTENCES AND DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM Ben walked quietly down the hallway. Ben walked softly down the hallway. Even though both sentences tell you that Ben isn’t making much noise as he walks down the hallway, there is a difference. The first one suggests that he is walking without talking and the second suggests he is walking carefully placing each foot in front of the other not trying to make noise.

CLOSE READING Close reading stresses engaging with a text of sufficient complexity directly and examining its meaning thoroughly and methodically, encouraging students to read and reread deliberately.

Use a short passage “Read with a pencil” Note what’s confusing Pay attention to patterns Give your students the chance to struggle a Close Reading in Action! Adapted from Fisher and Frey, IRA 2012

PRACTICE CLOSE READING A Home in the Sky The Wise Woman in the Sky

RESOURCE TO HELP YOU AT HOME

7 KEYS TO COMPREHENSION This book includes the following information: Chapters on each of the 7 keys to comprehension Descriptions of each key Examples of how to use each key and why each is important Tips for parents Focus on what keys your child needs

READING IS LIKE MAKING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES You don’t need just flour and eggs for cookies. You need all of the ingredients, combined. The flour, eggs, and butter are the surface structure or visible ingredients. The vanilla and chocolate chips are the deep structure or invisible ingredients.

READING INGREDIENTS Visible Letter sound knowledge Word knowledge Structure of language Invisible Word meanings/associations Background knowledge Knowledge of purpose

NEW ELA PARENT WEBSITE http: //elaparentsupport. weebly. com/

RESOURCES ON ELA PARENT PAGE

OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES http: //www. corestandards. org/ http: //www. mdk 12. org/parents/index. html http: //www. pta. org/4446. htm http: //www. readwritethink. org/parent-afterschoolresources/

RECIPE FOR READING SUCCESS AT HOME • • 2 cups Fieldtrips 1 cup Drench your child in language 1 Tablespoon Time each day 2 teaspoons Honor questions ½ cup Feed your child’s curiosity 2/3 cup Balance the books 1 1/3 cup Encourage active reading 2 Good rectangles – – (Dinner table, books vs. TV set and computer screen)