The Common Core and YOU! Supporting Reading Instruction at Home

Vocabulary In 2000, The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development completed a research study proving a DIRECT relationship between early vocabulary development and academic achievement in ALL areas

Increasing Vocabulary Development at Home Have discussions with your children and build on what they say. Encourage your children to ask questions if they do not understand. Try to find and use new, interesting words. Read to your children as often as possible. Choose books that are more challenging than what they are able to read independently. Play word games with your child.

Reading at Home Every day, the average child in the United States spends:  4 hours 29 minutes watching television  2 hours 31 minutes listening to music  1 hour 13 minutes playing video/computer games Every day, the average child in the United States spends:  25 minutes reading (mostly fiction)

Reading at Home Matters! Statistics on the Benefits of Reading:  20 minutes/day = 1.8 million words/year = 90 th percentile on reading tests  4.6 minutes/day = 282,000 words/year = 50 th percentile on reading tests  1 minute/day = 8,000 words/year = 10 th percentile on reading tests Vocabulary develops at a much greater rate when students read!

Nonfiction Common Core Standards ask students to spend 50% of their time reading nonfiction texts. Nonfiction builds background knowledge, which accounts for nearly 33% of the difference in student achievement.

What Can YOU Do At Home? Read Like a Scientist  ask questions  collect information  discuss observations Read Like a Detective  read closely  gather clues  make predictions Read Like a Diver  encourage deep thinking about the text  make connections between what is new and what is known