1. Jeff Davis Primary Reading Night Welcome Parents!

2. Curriculum Common Core Performance Standards

3. Reading/Writing Requirements 50% Fiction 50% Nonfiction Answer questions according to text Show in the text where answer is found Understand the various text features, such as table of contents, glossary, headings, etc. Writing answers/No multiple choice

4. Lexiles A Lexile is a measure of either a student’s reading ability or the difficulty of a text like a book or magazine article. LEXILE Lexile Goals: First Grade – 450 Second Grade - 700

5. Students Learn to Read at Different Times Students entering kindergarten may:  not know any letters and sounds  may know entire alphabet and some sounds  may be reading easy books  may be reading chapter books  Therefore, we have differentiated our curriculum

6. Reading Materials Read Well – Divided by reading levels; not grade levels Open Court – Divided by grade levels; Has a collection of stories at a high Lexile Trade Books – Media Center Reading First DI Kits – Help teach decoding skills

7. Assessments  DIBELS NEXT  Informal Decoding Inventory  Student Learning Objectives Reading Assessment (Pre and Posttest –Given to show student growth)  Classworks – Universal Screener – Computerized

8. How Parents Can Help Read to your child Listen to your child read Have your child complete his homework Discuss meanings of words Ask questions about what is read Ask you child to explain his/her answer

9. Reading Counts

10. » Reading Counts/ Average 70 » 25 points----bronze medal with green ribbon 50 points----silver medal with red ribbon 75 points----gold medal with blue ribbon 100 points----t-shirt » 200 points---diamond medal with orange ribbon 300 points---large bronze medal with green ribbon 400 points---large silver medal with red ribbon 500 points---large gold with blue ribbon 600 points---illuminated medal with red ribbon 700 points----trophy » 800 points----25 dollar Walmart card » Top reader for the entire year will earn a Nook. » The deadline for RC is May 8, 2015. » Movie ----Top 30 students

11. Available Resources Books will be sent home for homework. Our Media Center will be open two afternoons per week, Tuesday and Thursday, beginning the week of September 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm. Resources

12. Thank you for coming tonight. You are about to be dismissed to your child’s classroom. While you are waiting to speak to the teacher, please complete the survey on the back of your handout about tonight’s meeting and leave it with the teacher.