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The Familys Role in Implementing Independent Reading, Book Selection, and Reciprocal Writing at Home

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Outcomes By the end of this session, families will be able to: Summarize the research on the impact of independent reading on student achievement, and Identify key steps in establishing and monitoring an effective independent reading component. Discover ways to use reciprocal writing in the home

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Activator

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If youre trying to catch young readers, you have to fish with the right bait? Katherine Paterson, National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature

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Impact of Number of Books in the Home Children who have 500 or more books in the home get on average 3.2 years more schooling than children in bookless homes. Even just 20 books makes a difference. The availability of reading material has a strong impact on a childs education Scholarly Culture and Educational success in 27 Nations

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Definition of Independent Reading Independent reading: provides opportunities for students to initiate their own reading, the material should allow students to pursue their individual interests, provides opportunities to practice newly acquired skills, and to read more about topics and themes currently being studied in the classroom. A Book is a Present, Mooney, page 74

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What does it look like if you value it? Whats the benefit?

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Wheres the research?

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WHY? to accelerate the literacy development of lower-achieving children especially-must start by considering the issue of volume of reading. Allington silent reading volume is the most obvious strategy for improving reading achievement. Leinhardt/Allington

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Research 10 to 15 minutes of daily reading shows a 20 percentile point increase on standardized tests Dick Anderson But what does 45 minutes get you?

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Research 90th percentile child reads 5 times as much as the 50th percentile child (90 th percentile child reads approximately 45 minutes/day) 50th percentile child reads 9 times as much as the 10th percentile child Dick Anderson

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Variation in Amount of Independent Reading Minutes/Day Reading Exposed to # Words/Year Percentile Rank 67.34,733,00098th 33.42,357,00090 th 16.91,168,00070 th 9.2601,00050 th 4.3251,00030 th 1.051,10010th Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 3, 1988, Growth in reading and how children spend their time out of school.

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Importance of Modeling

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Children who read the most, read the best. NAEP

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Levels of Text Difficulty Independent: Relatively easy text for the reader, with no more than 1 in 20 words difficult (95% success) Instructional: Challenging, but manageable text for the reader, with no more than 1 in 10 words difficult for the reader (90% success) Frustration: Difficult text for the reader, with more than 1 in 10 words difficult for the reader (