1. Head Start Transition
WELCOME!

2. Coming To Kindergarten
Build pre-reading and beginning reading skills
Build a rich vocabulary to help understanding in reading, writing, listening, and speaking
Shapes, colors, measurement, counting (100), arithmetic, categorizing, sorting

3. Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
Tells us and you if your child has all the skills needed to be a good reader
AND if they don’t, it tells us where we need to focus to make him/her successful
Given in October, January, and April
Is followed up with a letter sent home to you about your child’s progress

4. Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
Phonemic Awareness
Hearing and manipulating sounds
Graphophonemic Knowledge
Understanding letter/symbol name and linking the sound to the letter
Listening Comprehension
Understanding a story that is read aloud

5. What can we do at home?

6. Listen to your child practice his/her DECODABLE BOOK
Meant to build phonics skills and fluency

7. Ask Questions What was the most important part of the story to you?
What would you have done if you were that character in the story?
What do you think the author was trying to tell us?
What does this story remind you of?
How would you change the story?

8. Let your child see you as a reader.

9. BE INVOLVED: Benefits of Parental Involvement
The research overwhelmingly demonstrates that parent involvement in children's learning is positively related to achievement. Further, the research shows that the more intensively parents are involved in their children's learning, the more beneficial are the achievement effects. This holds true for all types of parent involvement in children's learning and for all types and ages of students.

10. Ways to be Involved Assist teachers during small group instruction
Go on field trips
Offer help with materials
Work with your child at home
Read to your child every night
Practice letters, sounds, and counting

11. Sound Spelling Cards