1. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Licensing You are free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the following manner:  This work is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. With the understanding that: For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 1

2. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Session 5 Tools for Working with Parents in the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program EngageNY.org

3. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ NTI / Pilot Session Objectives Participants will become familiar with the key points that they should discuss with parents at a back-to- school night to support information-sharing and messaging to parents about CKLA. Participants will gain experience, through role play, in answering common questions that may occur from parents. Participants will become familiar with the tools within CKLA for home-school connection, including parent letters and take-home materials. 3

4. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What is Reading? 4 D x C = R 4 D ecoding C omprehension R eading

5. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ CKLA = Two Keys to Reading Success 5

6. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What Will My Child Learn from the Skills Strand? Phonics Grammar Spelling Handwriting Writing Process Reading 6

7. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What Will My Child Learn in the Listening & Learning Strand? Fiction and nonfiction, informational read-aloud selections Focus on listening comprehension Text-based discussions Vocabulary Extension activities that incorporate drawing, dictation, and writing 7

8. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ The Skills Strand Systematic Instruction in the Sound Structure of Language

9. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What is the Significance of this Number? 270 9

10. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Learning to Read is a Complex Endeavor 26 Letters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T … 52 Total with Upper- and Lowercase a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x … 16 Distinctly Different Uppercase A B D E F G H I J K L M N Q R T 44 Sounds 26 consonant, 18 vowel 150 Spellings /ie/ = ie | i_e | igh | y | ye | y_e Directionality   10

11. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Key Aspects of the Skills Strand Focus on sounds, or phonemes Teaches the most common or least ambiguous spellings first Reading and writing are taught in tandem Students read and write only what they have been taught 100% decodable readers 11 Leave Nothing Out So We Leave No One Behind

12. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Consonants SpellingsSounds Spellings Sounds Vowels EngageNY.org12

13. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Basic Code 13

14. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ CKLA Links Sounds and Spellings Explicitly 14 KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE

15. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ The Value of Most Frequent, Least Ambiguous Sound 15

16. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What Will Students Read? 16

17. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 100% Decodable Readers Summarizes previously taught spellings used in the Student Reader Lists new spellings added during the unit Shows previously taught tricky words used in the reader Shows code load 17

18. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Reading at Home 18

19. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Also in the Skills Strand 19 Grammar Handwriting

20. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Three-Step Writing Process 20 Various text types are taught across the grades. For any one text type (e.g., fictional narrative), the writing process for that text type occurs over consecutive lessons.

21. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Listening & Learning Content-Rich Read-Alouds EngageNY.org

22. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Listening vs. Reading Comprehension 22 T. G. Sticht, 1974, 1984

23. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ PreKKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2 All About Me Nursery Rhymes and Fables Fables and StoriesFairy Tales and Tall Tales FamiliesThe Five SensesThe Human BodyEarly Asian Civilizations AnimalsStories Different Lands, Similar Stories The Ancient Greek Civilization Plants Early World CivilizationsGreek Myths HabitatsFarms Early American Civilizations The War of 1812 Dispersed throughout the year: Native AmericansAstronomyCycles in Nature Classic TalesKings and QueensThe History of the EarthWestward Expansion Important People in American History Seasons and WeatherAnimals and HabitatsInsects Columbus and the Pilgrims Fairy TalesThe U.S. Civil War Colonial Towns and Townspeople A New Nation Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition Taking Care of the EarthFrontier Explorers Immigration Presidents and American Symbols Fighting for a Cause EngageNY.org 23

24. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Coherence within Grades 24

25. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Message from Research The power of vocabulary is not in familiarity with the individual word itself, as it is in the web of connections built in relation to that word. 25

26. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Listening & Learning Read-Alouds 26

27. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Listening & Learning Lessons The Read-Aloud (35–40 minutes)  Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 min)  Presenting the Read-Aloud (10–15 min)  Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 min) Comprehension Questions (10 min) Word Work (5 min) Extension Activities (15–20 min) 27

28. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Prepare for Learning at Home Create a special area that supports learning. Include tools to support learning (paper, pencils, markers, etc.). Consider educational gifts that support learning. 28

29. © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Extend Your Child’s Learning Follow guidance in take home letters. Have your child read to you. Complete practice activities sent home by teacher. Attend field trips and events centered around the people and places in the stories. Read to your child from the domain trade book list. Read to your child from What Your—Grader Needs to Know. 29