PK Parent Academy

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PK Parent Academy

• Presented by
• Mary Thweatt
• Library Media Specialist
• Patricia Garcia-Smith
• Reading Specialist

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Incentive for Program

• Parent Tots were graduating and didnt want to
  quit coming to a class
• Parents were fearful of helping their child
• Little formal education
• Fear of doing it wrong
• Minimal English language skills

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Goals Of the Program

• Broach language barrier
• Provide encouragement and confidence building for
  parents
• Promote/encourage parent cooperation in student
  learning
• Provide instruction/modeling for parent skill
  support
• Provide materials for parent/student practice at
  home
• Encourage use of public library

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Program Calendar

• September through April (2 classes/month)
• Approx. 16 weeks (maybe 1 week each in December
  and March/April)
• Class 1 Introduction of program 3 ways to read
  (read pictures, read words, retell)
• Classes 2- 15 (12) two to three classes each of
  the remaining target skills
• Class 16 (13) Graduation

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Program Guidelines

• Six Targeted Skills
• 3 Ways to Read a Book (pictures, words, retell)
• Phonics (relationship between letters and the
  sounds they represent)
• Phonological Awareness (sensitivity to, or
  explicit awareness of, the phonological structure
  of words)
• Vocabulary Building (meanings and pronunciation
  of words necessary for communication)
• Comprehension (the ability to understand and get
  meaning from spoken and written language)
• Fluency (the ability to read text quickly,
  accurately, and with proper expression)

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Class Format (30-45 min.)

• Three Ways to Read parent/child practice (5 min.)
• Rational/modeling of target skill (10 min.)
• Parent/student practice of targeted skill
  w/instructor guidance (10 min.)
• Distribution of targeted skill take and make
  materials and little Book (5 min.)
• Book checkout (15 min.)

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Materials Needed

• Books for parent/child reading as class assembles
• Supplies for home use
• Skill practice materials for class
• Supplies for take and make skill practice
• Books for home library

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Sources for Materials

• Grants
• Junior League
• Target
• Barbara Bush
• Donations
• School sponsors
• Community groups

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Workbooks for Lesson Ideas

• Scholastic Publications
• My First Bilingual Little Readers (Levels A, B,
  C)
• Picture Sorting for Phonemic awareness
• Fiesta Publications
• La Comunidad/The Community
• Dinosaurios/Dinosaurs
• La Granja/The Farm

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Books for 3 Ways to Read

• Growing up with Tamales/Los tamales de Ana
• A Walk with Grandpa/Un paseo con abuelo
• Abuelita full of life/Llena de vida
• Im Just Like my Mom (Dad)/Me Pareneo Tanto A Mi
  Mamá/Papá
• Veloces y lentos/Fast and Slow
• Animal Poems of the Iguazú/Animalario del Iguazú

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Program Outcome

• 50 out of 66 eligible families participated
• Mothers, fathers, grandparents
• 400 books checked out by students during class
  library time
• 500 books checked out by parents
• Parents and kids had a great time!!!!
• Everyone learned!!!!

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Questions/Comments