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First Nations Parents Club Conference ts'i'ts'uwatul’ “To Help One Another” 2015 Maddie Price FNESC/FNSA

How To Get Them All There Parents Club 2015

FNSA Goal AGE 8 GRADE 3 READING Graduation

Ratio of Evergreens to Dogwoods in Public Schools Non-aboriginal Aboriginal Status On-reserve 1:56 1:10 1:5

Today’s Learning Intentions ¨ To learn the 5 Big Ideas of Reading ¨ To be able to use games and activities to help your children learn to be good readers, speakers and writers. ¨ To understand the difference between “ adaptations” and “modifications” ¨ To ask the important questions at school

The 5 Big Ideas of Literacy 1. Phonological Awareness – listening to and manipulating sounds in words 2. Phonics - knowing sounds and vowel combinations- h-a-t=hat or ea meat.. igh= high 3. Fluency- reading smoothly, and with expression 4. Comprehension- Understanding, making sense, and connecting to the text 5. Vocabulary- teaching students what words mean so they have better comprehension.

Phonological Awareness Reading To Your Child

Hearing Rhyming Sounds/Word ono Phonological Awareness Find the Rhyming Words Baby Beluga in the deep blue sea, Swim so wild and you swim so free. Heaven above, and the sea below, And a little white whale on the go. go. http://nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/ Page_957.html

Hearing Rhyming Sounds/Words Phonological Awareness Do the Words Rhyme Or Not Rhyme? old--------gold hate------mate sweet------ greet hair-----fair chair------couch meet------house hot------cold rug------mug

Hearing Rhyming Sounds/Words Phonological Awareness Make Up Your Own Rhymes J With a Starter Word bug----- match---- hat----- floor------ log------ make-----

Hearing and Clapping the Sounds Phonological Awareness Let’s Clap Our Names Maddie Oliver Holly Karen Bob Darryl

Phonological Awareness – listening to and manipulating sounds in words Phonological Awareness Hearing First Sound

Hearing First Sound Phonological Awareness

Hearing All The Sounds Phonological Awareness

Phonics Reading and Writing all the sounds and the names of the letters in the alphabet

Phonics a is the first sound in apple d is the first sound in dog

Phonics Mastering the sounds of letters is essential to learning how to read J J Read and spell the word c-a-t c a t Read and spell the word l-o-g l o g

Phonics Mastering the sounds of letters is essential to learning how to read J J m ee t Pet e p ea k

Phonics Mastering the sounds of letters is essential to learning how to read J J How can parents help their children with Phonics?

How can parents help their children with Phonics ? The right practice is critical! Practice what has been taught in the classroom.

Fluency Big Idea Fluency is not speed! It is reading smoothly with ease, and expression.

How Can Parents Help Their Children Practice Phonics? What does phonics practice look like? Adult reads the sounds or words or sentences 1. Adult and child choral read the sounds or words or sentences 2. Child reads on their own 3. The right practice is critical! Practice what has been taught in the classroom.

Comprehension & Vocabulary

How Many Words Do Children Need to Know? Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4+ 800+ 800+ 2,000/ 2,000/ per year per year 3,000 3,000 per year per year 2 2 6–8 6–8 new words new words new words new words per day per day per day per day … and this is based on 365 days of the year! Double these rates if your students are learning vocabulary only when in school. 2015-01-27 24

The Matthew Effect (Stanovich, 2000) Exposed to 1,800,000 words per year Exposed to 282,000 words per year Exposed to 8,000 words Time spent reading each day per year < 1 minute 4.6 minutes 20 minutes . * p. 11 2015-01-27 25

Vocabulary Is Important Children who enter school with limited vocabulary knowledge grow more discrepant over time from their peers who have rich vocabulary knowledge. (Baker, Simmons, & Kame ’ enui, 1997) Gap in word knowledge persists though the elementary years. (White, Graves, & Slater, 1990) The vocabulary gap between struggling readers and proficient readers grows each year. (Stanovich, 1986)

How Parents can Help their Children Learn New Words Reading to your child every day and picking out a new word to learn- Listen to this expert teacher read a book out loud to her grade 2 class and how she teaches new words. http://www.ldoceonline.come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdIsPJpvfNU

How Parents can Help their Children Learn New Words

Two Assumptions Necessary In Successful School Cultures All Children Can Learn 1. All Children Will Learn Because of What We Do 2. Anthony Muhammad

Adaptations and Modifications Understand the Difference Be cautious not to modify before Grade 10 unless…… Ministry of Education- A Guide to Adaptations and Modifcations August 2009 http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdf 2015-01-27

Questions Parents Can Ask It is important to ask the right questions to get the right information you need to know how your children are doing at school.

For More Information Madeline Price-SEP Manager madelinep@fnesc.ca 604-290-1282- cell 1-877-422-3672 (office)

We BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF YOU AND I…… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS8M7dpvYjk WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN SUPPORT HIGH LEVELS OF J LEARNING FOR ALL J