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Reading Development

Watch Me Grow

First you babble and then you talkYou begin to crawl, before you walkAnd once you walk, you start to runAnd soon you'll find, to fly is fun.

 But as you soar, you have to knowThe things you need to help you growAnd since this process can not be rushedYou’ll have to wait – don’t be crushed! Like learning to talk and walk and runReading is supposed to be funSo don’t be worried if I can not readMore time may be what I need to succeed You can not run before you walkYou have to babble before you talkAnd reading is the same indeedTime and patience is all I need.

 One day I will learn how to readAnd I may even take the leadBut for now the process may be slowJust encourage me and watch me grow!  

The goal of Rotary Readers is to increase a student’s reading time

and foster…

Self ConfidenceAppreciation 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 2Confirmation 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 3Reading 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 AwarenessPhonicsFluency

Vocabulary Comprehension

Words Phonics

Sight words

Vocabulary

Backgroundknowledge

Fluency

Comprehension

Comprehension

• Making Connections/Schema• Visualizing• Inferring• Questioning• Determining importance• Synthesizing• Use “fix-up” strategiesInformation 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 GroupSmall GroupBehavior TipsBehavior Tips

Created by Kelly SawyerCreated 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