Waverly Park Presents: A Reading Workshop for Parents in Grade 1

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Waverly Park PresentsA Reading Workshop for
Parents in Grade 1
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Our Team Members
Mrs. McAssey Principal Ms. Viviano-Farry
Reading Specialist Mrs. DiCarlo Grade 1
Teacher Ms. Scharoff Grade 1 Teacher Ms. Ryf
Grade 1 Assistant
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Balanced Approach to Reading

• Read Aloud
• Mini Lessons Teaching a new strategy
• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading
• Independent Practice
• Reading Buddies

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In the Classroom

• Reading Block
• Whole Class
• Introducing a new strategy or skill in a mini
  lesson
• ELA Modules
• Interactive Read Aloud
• Comprehension Tool Kit
• Text Talk (Vocabulary)
• Small group instruction with rotations
• Two teacher directed tables providing direct,
  explicit instruction on students levels and
  needs.
• Independent Stations
• Guided Reading Leveled books
• Decodables

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Fundations

• Phonological and Phonemic Awareness- tapping to
  blend and segment sounds
• Phonics/Word Study
• Vocabulary
• Sight Word Instruction- words will be spelling
  words
• Fluency
• Handwriting
• Comprehension
• Letters will be sent home at the beginning of
  each new unit

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Reading Support

• Reading Specialist
• Push In
• Supports students who may need additional support
  in one or more areas.
• Programs Leveled Literacy Intervention, Primary
  Phonics, My Sidewalks on Reading Street,
  Fundations, Phonics for Reading, comprehension
  strategies with leveled books

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Assessments and Monitoring

• FAST- one/one 3x /year
• PSF-Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
• NWF- Nonsense Word Fluency
• ORF Oral Reading Fluency
• aReading and aMath whole group 2x/year
• DRA2 Developmental Reading Assessment
• -oral reading, retelling, comprehension,
  interpretation, reflection

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CCSSCommon Core StateStandards
RTI Response to Intervention
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How Can You Help?

• Become an active participant in your childs
  learning.
• Make reading and writing funread a menu when out
  to dinner, read the Party City brochure, etc.
• Send your child to extra help consistently
• Send your child prepared
• Encourage independence
• Use the Reading Log as a springboard for
  conversation
• Vocabulary development