Reading Development Watch Me Grow First you babble

Reading Development

Watch Me Grow First you babble and then you talk You begin to crawl, before you walk And once you walk, you start to run And soon you'll find, to fly is fun. But as you soar, you have to know The things you need to help you grow And since this process can not be rushed You’ll have to wait – don’t be crushed! Like learning to talk and walk and run Reading is supposed to be fun So don’t be worried if I can not read More time may be what I need to succeed You can not run before you walk You have to babble before you talk And reading is the same indeed Time and patience is all I need. One day I will learn how to read And I may even take the lead But for now the process may be slow Just encourage me and watch me grow!

The goal of Rotary Readers is to increase a student’s reading time and foster… Self Confidence Appreciation for reading Positive Relationships

Your task…. Is NOT to: • Teach a student to read • Be an inquisitor, taskmaster, tester or critic

Your task…. Is to: • Establish a positive relationship with the students your working with. • Encourage a LOVE of reading. • Be an adult friend who converses about text

Variation in amount of independent reading Anderson R. , Wilson P. , and Fielding I. , Reading research quarterly, Vol. 3, 1988. ”Growth in reading and how children spend their time outside of school. ” % Rank Min. /Day Words/Yr 98 67. 3 4, 733, 000 90 33. 4 2, 357, 000 70 16. 9 1, 168, 000 50 9. 2 601, 000 30 4. 3 251, 000 10 1. 0 51, 000 2 0. 0 ---

Reading Stages Stage 0: Reading Readiness/Pre Reading (Birth. Age 6) This stage is characterized by learning to recognize the alphabet, imitation reading, experimentation with letters, and learning the sounds associated with the letters.

Stage 1: Initial Reading or Decoding (Age 6 -7, Grades 1 -2) Children in this stage are beginning to utilize their knowledge of consonants and vowels to blend together simple words such as c-a-t, b-a-t, etc. . . This ability is an integral part of beginning reading. Some children may need to go through this stage of sounding out longer than others. Over time and with guidance, they will eventually move to reading whole words. Patience is extremely important while child are moving from stage 1 to stage 2.

Stage 2 Confirmation and Fluency (Ages 7 - 8, Grades 2 -3) • Children in this stage read stories with increasing fluency. Are learning to consolidate decoding, sight vocabulary, & meaning context to read stories and selections.

Stage 3 Reading to Learn (Age 9 -13, Grades 3 -8) Readers at this stage have mastered the code and find it easy to sound out unfamiliar words and read with fluency. They are now ready to begin the study of subject matter and the use of informational text.

Five Components of Reading Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension

Words Phonics Sight words Fluency Vocabulary Background knowledge Comprehension

Comprehension • • Making Connections/Schema Visualizing Inferring Questioning Determining importance Synthesizing Use “fix-up” strategies Information compiled from Strategies that Work by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis and 7 Keys to Comprehension How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! By Susan Zimmerman ad Chryse Hutchins

Small Group Behavior Tips Created by Kelly Sawyer

Get to Know You • Share some things about yourself (pets, siblings, what you like to read) Ask about them • Establish common interests • Explain why you are coming, what you plan on doing together • Building a relationship helps everyone feel connected as a small group.

Getting to know each other as Readers • • Do you like to read? Why? What do you like to read? What books are you reading right now? What is your favorite book?

Encouragement • • • Be a good example “You try it. ” “You can do this. ” “You are a good reader. ” “That was a smart thing to do when you came to that word. ” • “You are really thinking like a reader!”

Confidentiality • Please remember not to discuss the students and honor their privacy

THANK YOU! YOU can make an impact! Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~William James