Welcome LCSC Parent Night Reading Session

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WelcomeLCSC Parent NightReading Session
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Topics of Discussion

• Reading Levels
• Guided Reading
• Summer Reading
• Web Sites for Reading

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Reading Levels for Students
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LCSC Reading Assessments

• K-2 Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
• 3-12 Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)

Why assess each student individually? What do
these assessments tell us? How do teachers use
the results?
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Leveling System Comparison
Leveling System Comparison
Leveling System Comparison
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Leveling System Comparison Cont.
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Literacy LibrariesBook Levels

• Kindergarten level is A B
• 1st Grade level is C-I
• 2nd Grade level is J-M
• 3rd Grade level is N-P
• 4th Grade level is Q-S
• 5th Grade level is T-V
• 6th Grade level W-Y
• 7th-12th Grade level X-Z

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Balanced Reading

• Read Aloud
• Teacher reads aloud to model good reading
  strategies
• (i.e. fluency or voice changes)
• Shared Reading
• Teacher and students read and discuss books based
  on different skills
• (i.e. phonics or vocabulary)
• Guided Reading (See next slide)
• Teacher supports each individuals reading
  development
• Independent Reading
• Students read on their own or with partners to
  practice skills they learn during read aloud,
  shared reading, and guided reading

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Elementary (K-5)

• Guided Reading - The teacher supports each
  readers development using
• Small groups
• Similar reading processes (ie-beginning sounds or
  comprehension)
• Increasingly more difficult material (Literacy
  Libraries)

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Managed Independent Learning Centers

• Having fun and learning, too!

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Readers Workshop

• Mini-lessons over comprehension or other skills
• Independent reading with
• Chapter Notes
• Notebook Letters

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Reading Ideas - Elementary

• Students may be attacking unknown words using
  three different techniques
• Meaning (Pictures, what they know about the story
  already, or their prior knowledge.)
• Structure (Does it sound right using standard
  English?)
• Visual (Phonics - Letters or letter patterns)
• Comprehension Reading is thinking. Students
  must internalize what is being read.
• Have them retell the story or make predictions.

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Middle and High School

• Comprehension
• Teachers Reading Toolbox
• Go to the Logansport School website
• www.lcsc.k12.in.us
• Click on Logansport High School
• Click on Teachers Reading Toolbox

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Before Reading

• Background
• Vocabulary
• Organizational patterns
• Purpose for reading

Click on topic for more information.
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Summer ReadingLogansport Public Library

• Summer Reading Kick Off is June 1, 2009
  200-400
• Theme this year is Be Creative _at_ Your Library
• Events
• On Wednesdays starting June 3rd Spark Your
  Creativity (3rd-6th gr.)
• On Fridays starting June 5thth Story Hour
• On Thursdays starting June 11th Places
  Everyone with plays
• June 12th Yurt Family folk music
• June 17th Spark Your Creativity Miming with
  Kate Shannon
• June 24th Spark Your Creativity Cookie
  Decorating with the Dessert House
• On Tuesdays starting July 7th Story Telling
  Workshop
• July 10th Dance Program with Amy McCord Places
  Everyone Play
• July 17th Chalk Artist Matt Lewis
• July 23rd Juggling with Doug
• July 31st End of Summer Reading Party
• Read 20 minutes everyday with your children!

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Websites

• Elementary
• Language and Reading1. http//www.pbs.org/paren
  ts/readinglanguage/ (Information and game for
  baby - Third Grade)
• 2. http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/t
  guidesitemap.htm (Language Arts stories and
  games for K-5)
• 3. http//pbskids.org/lions/games/ (Read
  Between the Lions)
• 4. http//webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/language/lesso
  ns/compoundsentences.html (Simple and Compound
  Sentence Lesson)
• 5. http//www.wordcentral.com/ (Dictionary,
  thesaurus, and word games)
• 6. http//www.rif.org/readingplanet/ (Reading
  games, activities, and more)
• 7. http//www.starfall.com/ (Starfall)
• Middle/High School
• Have children search for informational text that
  they enjoy reading about. (ie - cars, actors,
  sports teams, etc.)