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Parent Empowerment Workshop Stockbridge Middle School Title I program Struggling Readers What percentage of students in the United States are behind in reading Frightening Facts According to the most recent report released in late 2011 33 of all 4 ID: 783057

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Reading and Writing in Middle School Parent Empowerment Workshop

Stockbridge Middle School Title I program

Slide2

Struggling Readers

What percentage of students in the United States are behind in reading?

Frightening Facts…

According to the most recent report released in late 2011, 33% of all 4

th

Grade students read below the basic level, and 24% of all 8

th

grade students read below the basic level.

30 million adults (14%) OVER AGE 16 — are functionally illiterate and another 63 million adults (29%) — don’t read well enough to understand a newspaper story written at an 8

TH

Grade level

.

Slide3

There are fewer, clearer standards, that aim higher:Teachers

focus on five standard areas

to prepare children to meet grade-level expectations. Your child’s teachers will focus on shifts in the following standards:

Common Core Learning Standards for Reading Literature

Common Core Learning Standards for Reading Informational Text

Common Core Learning Standards for Writing

Common Core Learning Standards for Speaking and Listening

Common Core Learning Standards for Language

Slide4

3 important

ways

that the new standards will impact daily classroom instruction of Reading and Writing.

1. There will be instructional shifts.

2. There are fewer, clearer standards, that aim higher.

3. Types of texts

Slide5

Instructional shiftsDesigned to guide critical readers through a range of grade-level, complex texts or reading materials, classroom instruction will be focused on:

SHIFT - Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts

: In additionto stories and literature, your child will read more informational texts and non-fiction that provide

facts and Knowledge in areas such as science and

social studies.

Parents SHOULD

Supply

more

Non-Fiction

text

Read non-fiction texts

Aloud

or

With

your child

Have fun with non-fiction in front of them

Slide6

SHIFT - Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text: Children will read more challenging texts and be asked more questions that will require them to refer back to what they have

read to provide evidence that

supports their answers.

Parents SHOULD

Talk about texts

Demand evidence in everyday discussions, debates and disagreements

Read aloud or read the same book as your child and discuss with evidence

Slide7

Constructed ResponseRACE

Restate

the QuestionAnswer

all parts of the Question

Cite

the Evidence Explain you Evidence

Slide8

SHIFT - Regular practice with complex texts and its vocabulary: Teachers will emphasize building a strong vocabulary so that students can read and

understand challenging

material.

Parents SHOULD

Provide more challenging texts

AND

provide texts they

WANT

to read and can read comfortably

Know what grade level is appropriate

Read challenging text with them

Slide9

3.    Types of texts:

Across the grades, students will read both literature (fiction) and informational texts (non-fiction) and respond using a range of writing types.

Slide10

Parent Support

helps students

succeed

Staying

involved, informed and engaged

, parents can help students be successful Read with your childrenReview and discuss their homework

Communicate with their teachers

Attend public meetings to learn moreLearn about the standards and how they affect your child’s education and school

Look through your child’s backpack each afternoon

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TIPS to help parents support Reading at home:

Connect reading with your child's passion.

*Get a subscription to a magazine on a specific topic of interest

- Soccer

- Basketball

- Music

- Video Games*Suggest books from movies & read them TOGETHER - Hobbit - The Fault in Our Stars - If I Stay

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*Listen to books on tape

In the car on the way to school

On the way to practiceDriving a long distance to visit relatives

Encourage your middle school child to read books to a younger sibling

Reading a story after dinner or before bedtime

Designate an

‘official reading area’ somewhere in your home (All you need is a small quiet space & good lighting)Encourage your child to keep a journal or write creatively.MODEL, MODEL, MODEL!Your adolescent will still follow your reading habits (though they’ll never let you know it!). Let your child see you reading, make comments, and share interesting passages with them.

Slide13

Questions/Comments

Contact Information

teracy

Teacher

Fabbiol.Bowen@Henry.k12.ga.us

Dr. Lateasha White: Title I Parent Involvement Liaison

Lateasha.White@henry.k12.ga.us