Steps to Raising A Reader

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Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services
Childrens Justice Center presents

• Steps to Raising A Reader
• presented by Patti Powell

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Introduction

• Reading is an activity that embraces all
  communication respecting the total growth,
  personal values, attitudes, feelings, beliefs,
  and desires of each child. Children who learn to
  read easily and successfully come from homes
  where reading is a valued behavior. Parents must
  create environments conducive to learning to
  read. To do this, they must make books jewels of
  the household to cherish and treasure. Books
  that are regularly read aloud, stories that are
  shared, and questions that are answered builds an
  irresistible desire to read. The home that
  facilitates a naturalness for reading begins an
  early commitment to inspiring children to
  read. Susan
  Mandel Glazer
• Doctor of Education

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Steps to Raising A Reader

• STEP 1 - DETERMINE THE PRESENT
  READING ABILITY
• STEP 2 - SELECT THE RIGHT READING
  MATERIAL
• STEP 3 - STRESS COMPREHENSION
• STEP 4 - TEACH VOCABULARY
• STEP 5 - TEACH PHONICS
• STEP 6 - DEVELOP WRITING
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STEP 1 - DETERMINE THE PRESENT READING
ABILITY  

• Give an Oral Reading Test (reading aloud several
  paragraphs) to determine at what level your child
  can successfully read. Do not go by age, size,
  or numbers of years in school. The Oral Reading
  Test determines independent, instructional, and
  frustration levels and speed.

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STEP 2 - SELECT THE RIGHT READING
MATERIAL 

• Matching and selecting the right reading material
  for your childs reading level is most important.
  The material should be of interest to your
  child. Do not use material that is too
  difficult.

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STEP 3 STRESS COMPREHENSION  

• Have your child read the selected material out
  loud (help if necessary). Also, have your child
  practice reading silently (help if necessary).
  Practice should be frequent and short, so the
  child does not become bored and frustrated.
  Written and oral questions should follow silent
  and oral reading to check for comprehension. It
  takes lots of practice to learn to read orally
  and silently with comprehension.

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STEP 4 TEACH VOCABULARY 

• Start off by teaching Instant Words most often
  used words in reading and writing. Also, called
  sight words because they must be recognized
  instantly on sight for reading fluency. Teach
  only a few words at a time to keep the success
  rate high.
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METHODS FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY

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• Pairs Game - create a deck of cards, using two
  cards with the same word, deal 5 cards to each
  person, lay the deck in the center, starting from
  the left the player pulls one card to find a
  match, if a pair is found place it down in front
  of you, if not the next person pulls, after all
  the cards are pulled, the person with the most
  pairs win.
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• Spelling use the instant words (sight words)
  your child has trouble learning to read.
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• Picture Nouns use words that can easily be
  pictured and that are used when writing stories.
  Purchase flash cards with pictures on the back.
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METHODS FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY  

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• Sharing an Experience the parent shares an
  experience or a funny story with the child, the
  child writes it down and reads it to the parent.
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• Reading and Eating - the parent teaches the child
  how to prepare a meal by reading the recipe and
  following the instructions.
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• Concentration Used the deck of cards for
  Pairs and spread all fifty across the table
  face down in mixed up order. Starting from the
  left the player turns over 2 cards, says the
  words out loud, if they match, the player keeps
  the cards. If they dont match turn the cards
  face down in the same spot and move to the next
  player. The player with the most pairs wins.
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METHODS FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY  

•   Easy Reading Practice -reading a grade below
  the child level
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• Flash Cards - write words on index cards with a
  dark marker, use lower case
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• Co-Reading the parent reads to the child and
  the child reads back to the parent
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• Bingo Game - make 5 rows and 5 columns on sheets
  of paper, add an instant word in each box, each
  sheet should have different words, parents should
  cut up all of the words and but them in a box,
  draw the words from the box and call them out
  loud, the child places a bean or bottle top over
  that word. The first student to complete a row,
  column or diagonal line wins.
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STEP 5 - TEACH PHONICS  

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• Phonics is learning the correlation between the
  spoken sound and its spelling or the letter(s)
  that represents the sound. You can teach your
  child to make the speech sounds and hear the
  difference between sounds by developing the skill
  called phoneme awareness. Learning that all
  words are made up of relatively few sounds-
  Consonants, Short Vowels, Long Vowels, and
  Difficult Vowel sounds. The English language uses
  about 44 sounds of phoneme.
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• The good part of phonics is that it helps the
  student to sound out unknown words and make rapid
  progress in reading. You can use Phonic Charts
  and Phonograms.

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STEP 6 - DEVELOP WRITING  

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• Have your child write a short interesting story
  and read it to you. Correct spelling and
  grammar suggest improvements. This helps the
  child see that written language represents spoken
  words. Have your child practice a few letters at
  a time using Manuscript Alphabet. Learning to
  write helps learning to read and learning to read
  helps learning to write.

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Trade Secrets of Teachers 

•   1. Success nothing motivates a child like
  success.
•  First, seek a level where the child can be
  successful. 
• 2.  Love - children that cannot read are rejected
  in many ways everyday in school and in the world.
  They are set aside, made to feel different, and
  considered to be a failure.
• You must show a lot of love, care, and concern
  for your child.
• Use words and deeds to demonstrate your love.
  Show a certain amount of warmth and allowance for
  personality differences.

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Trade Secrets of Teachers 

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• 3. Discipline- the decision to learn must be the
  students and not the parents.
• Structure the Teaching Situation
• Plan a specific time for reading lessons, make
  sure the child is paying attention, and do not
  allow any disruptions.
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Trade Secrets of Teachers  

•  4. Interest boring reading material will cause
  the child to loose their place, daydream, and
  fiddle with objects, etc.
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• Choose reading material that is a natural
  interest of the child.
• Give gold stars or little trinkets for completed
  work and something done well
• Make sure the child has a chance to use their
  new skills in a meaningful way
• Play games that the child can win occasionally

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Trade Secrets of Teachers  

•  5. Fluency - practice makes perfect. Children
  need practice to develop their reading skills.
  Keep practice lessons short so the child does not
  become bored or frustrated.
• Give a lot of practice on an easy level before
  progressing your child to the next level. Make
  sure your child not only master a story (reads it
  without errors and has good comprehension), but
  has additional practice on the story before
  progressing. Progressing too fast causes
  frustration, failure to learn, and quitting.
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• Note Be skillful enough to present reading
  material that is easy enough for your child to
  succeed, but difficult enough to provide
  challenge and growth

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SUMMARY

• Children have different learning styles. It is
  crucial to match the instructional mode to the
  child. The best learning-to-read style will be
  the one that changes with the needs of your
  child, instead of expecting your child to adjust
  to the demands of a particular program. The
  reading material used will vary with the childs
  interests and needs.

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REFERENCES

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• Buffington, S. Wise, J. (2005). The Ordinary
  Parents Guide to Teaching Reading. Charles
  City, VA Peace Hill Press.
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• Fry, E. (Ph.D.) (1992). How to Teach Reading
  For Teachers, Parents, and Tutors. Laguna Beach,
  CA Laguna Beach Educational Books.
• Silberg, J. (2005). Reading Games for Young
  Children. Beltsville, MD Gryphon House