2.  Statistics  Story Time / Read Aloud  Alphabet Knowledge  Text Examples › How do I get my child to a level 18? › How do I move my child beyond a level 18?  Math Concepts  At Home Ideas

3.  Multiple scientific studies show that children who get a slow start in learning to read are not simply experiencing a developmental lag, but are unlikely to catch up. (Hall 2006)  If a child is struggling to read on level in first grade, there is an 88% chance that child will struggle in fourth grade. (Juel 1988)  74% of struggling fourth grade readers will continue to struggle in ninth grade. (Francis 1996)

4.  Reading aloud to your child is one of the single most important factors for building critical concepts about reading. › Reading aloud bridges the gap between how we write and how we speak. › Reading aloud introduces your child to new ideas and vocabulary. › Reading aloud builds a lifetime love of reading.

5.  Letter knowledge is the foundation for reading and writing.  ABC Chart Chant

6. a a_e ai ay e e_e ee ea _y ie i i_e ie igh _y o o_e oa ow oe u u_e ue ew eruriraror auawowoyoi ouoo

7.  A level 18 has › Fewer pictures › Large amount of dialogue › Introduction of 2 nd grade sight words › Focus is on comprehension and fluency › Amount of information needed when retelling increases  Skills for a level 18 › Apply skills to decode larger words and various vowel patterns › Base words and endings › Words with multiple syllables › Recognize a large amount of sight words

8.  Sight words  Word work › ea.flp ea.flp

9.  Sight words  Word work  Reading strategies

11.  Sight words  Work work  Reading strategies  Comprehension

12. Retelling Hand

13.  Sight words  Work work  Reading strategies  Comprehension › What are the important events and why? › Lesson of the story › Personal connections

14.  Second grade sight words  Word work › aw,ow,ew.flp aw,ow,ew.flp

15.  Second grade sight words  Word work  Reading strategies

16.  Second grade sight words  Word work  Reading strategies  Comprehension

17.  A level 28 requires › Applying phonics to decode words with multiple parts. › Large core of high- frequency and content- area words.  Text Features › Sentence structure is more sophisticated › Story comprehension requires higher-level thinking.

18.  Quick recall of addition and subtraction up to 20  Read, write, and compare numbers to1000  Two-digit whole number addition or subtraction with explanation on how they solve (with and without renaming)  Estimate sums and differences of whole numbers  Describe how 2- and 3-dimenstional shapes are the same and different  Measure to the nearest inch, centimeter, yard, foot, and meter – pound, ounce, kilogram, & gram  Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes  Make change from a dollar, add & subtract money  Sort and classify items based on characteristics to create bar and picture graphs  Multiplication and division – solve problems using manipulatives, pictures, and/or repeated addition and subtraction. Solve word problems using multiplication and division within 100

19.  Making words › Mix and make sight words and spelling words › Make and write sight words and spelling words › Shaving cream or pudding › Salt, kool-aid, or sand › Sidewalk chalk

20.  Writing › Journals › Grocery lists › Story writing  Sight words › 1 minute drills › Flash cards  Math › Identify coins › Count change › Sort and order coins › Add or subtract objects around the house › Tell time at home › Sidewalk chalk

21.  Websites › Apples for the Teacher Apples for the Teacher › Game Goo Game Goo › Soft Schools Soft Schools › Starfall Starfall › Gamequarium Gamequarium › Spelling City Spelling City