The Reading Railroad 027

The Reading Railroad 027 The Reading Railroad 027 Issue For Parents, Caregiver's and Teachers Fun Reading Ideas & Activities for Preshool and Primary Grade Children ~ By Madeline Binder, MSEd, MS Human Services/Counseling~
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Create-A-Book Click here! for Hooked on Phonics Learning to Read Get 30 free downloadable books from Reading A-Z Learn to Ride a Bike How to teach your child to ride a bike in less then two hours without getting hurt!	Hi {!firstname_fix}! Congratulations! You are in the 1% of parents who are serious about helping their child be prepared for reading. I applaud you!!! In this issue: I. What Your Child Needs to Already Know in the Primary Grades II. Book of the Month for Kids II. What’s YOUR Story? – Tell us about it! IV. Past issues of the Reading Railroad -live on the Internet V.Discounts, Coupons. There are tons of coupons and discounts train table plans web site for the whole family. I. How to Get Your Kids to want to Read What Your Child Needs to Already Know in the Primary Grades Children's learning is centered on language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Teachers understand that by the time they start school, virtually all children have learned to speak and listen (which are enormously complex skills. These skills are a strong base. Yet some children have had more experience with language than others. To ensure that rewarding language experiences are shared by everyone, teachers fill these early years with language, paying attention to the children's individual differences. What can you do? Expose your child to as many experiences as possible. Museums, kids activity centers, nature hikes, ride a buy, go to the zoo, ride a train, be friends who are from other cultures, have interesting books around the house on the planets, animals, robots, plants, set aside time for reading and conversation. What they'll learn about reading In the area of reading, the teacher's goals are that the children know that: print is talk written down and that it can be read know that writers of print are authors become increasingly fond of books and literature (including stories, plays, song lyrics, poems, rhymes, and news stories) and of going to the library learn to "read" pictures and signs learn to read the names of colors and common objects in print recognize the letters of the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase learn to differentiate between various sounds or letters enlarge their vocabularies by hearing new words and engaging in new experiences begin reading the stories they have dictated begin reading stories with which they are familiar and begin building an awareness of how language works participate in Sustained Silent Reading. What can you do? Visit the libary and take out books on a regular basis. Read to your child every night before bedtime. Ask the teacher to send home a list of what your child learned in school and reinforce what s/he learned during reading time. (Make it fun or a game-leave the serious teaching to the teacher) What they'll learn about writing Writing is an extension of reading. At the K-1 level the teacher's goals are that the children put marks on paper (scribbles at first) "write" through pictures, another early stage of story writing become aware that everyone has ideas that can be turned into stories in print, perhaps by dictation to a teacher, older sibling, or parent; learn to form letters and numerals begin to write words, using invented or transitional spelling; try to express ideas through print (it is important that parents and teachers applaud the inventiveness and creativity of beginning writers) learn that stories can be changed, expanded, reorganized, and even discarded if they do not work participate in the writer's workshops use writing at school and at home, in messages, invitations, lists, letters to friends, and thank-you letters. What they'll learn about listening Children have been listeners for a long time before they start kindergarten, but in school listening becomes a more conscious activity. The teacher's goals are that children take turns and let other speakers finish before they speak interact with a speaker by responding to what they hear; listen purposefully to stories, records, tapes, sounds, and rhymes; practice conversation; listen to directions, report them, and follow them listen to information and pass it along to others. What they'll learn about speaking As with listening, children have been speaking for some time before they start kindergarten. Because it is closely tied to all the other communication forms, speaking is a matter for study in kindergarten. The teacher's goals for children are that they take part in class discussions participate in speaking activities such as show-and-tell, chants, songs, and plays learn numerous nursery rhymes and poems through repetition use the telephone as a means of learning to speak clearly visit with friends at school and at home; interact with adults in school and at home. II. Site of the Month The Wild World of Wonka! Fun Games and upbeat music! III. Book of the Month for Kids Emily's First 100 Days of School Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways. On the first day of school, Emily's teacher, Miss Cribbage, tells the class that they will make a new number friend every day for the first 100 days of school. Everyone will have a number book in which to write numerical discoveries. Eager Emily dives right into the project. On the second day of school, Miss Cribbage teaches a song called From day one to day 100, Emily and her classmates expand their creative and mathematical skills as they immerse themselves in the exciting early days of school. IV. What’s YOUR Story? – Tell us! How have the ideas in the Reading Railroad has been helpful? We would love to hear your success story and put it in the newsletter so others can benefit from your experience! V. 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