WELCOME PARENTSWELCOME PARENTSباالهالي باالهالي نرحب نرحب

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FIFTH GRADE PARENT MEETING

Mrs. Gartha and Ms. Habhab

THE MORE THAT YOU READ, THE MORE THE MORE THAT YOU READ, THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW. THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW. THE MORE THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES

YOU’LL GO.YOU’LL GO. ---DR. SEUSS ---DR. SEUSS

Why Reading?Why Reading?

AgendaAgenda• CCSS• DRA/MEAP/SRI Results• Your Child’s Level• How Can You Help Your Child?• CAFÉ Strategies• Links To Learning.com• Tumblebooks

READY, SET, READ!READY, SET, READ!• How fast can I read and still understand

what I am reading?• Text should be at your child’s level.• Use the timer on your cell phone!• Read for 1 minute and mark spot where

you stopped after 1 minute.• Re-read it again for 1 minute and see if

you increased the number of words you read.

Today We Will Learn:Today We Will Learn:

CONTENT OBJECTIVES: Students will demonstrate comprehension of some café strategies to help their reading skills by using different graphic organizers.

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES:STUDENTS AND PARENTS WILL DISCUSS AND PRACTICE READING COMPREHENSION STARTEGIES USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS.

CAFÉ MENUCAFÉ MENUTRANSITIONAL READERSTRANSITIONAL READERS

COMPREHENSHIONUse prior knowledge to connect with text Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm Infer and support with evidence Make a picture or mental image Monitor and fix up: check for understanding /back up and reread Ask questions throughout the reading process Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features) Summarize text; include sequence of main events Use main idea and supporting details to determine importance Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text Recognize literacy elements (genre, plot, character, setting, problem/resolution, theme) Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships Compare and contrast within and between text

ACCURACYAbundant easy reading Look carefully at letters and words

Cross checking… do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?

Flip the sound

Use the pictures… do the words and pictures match? Use beginning and ending sounds

Blend sounds; stretch and reread

Chunk letters and sounds together

Skip the word, then come back

Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense Recognize words at sight

FLUENCYVoracious reading

Read appropriate-level texts that are a good fit

Reread text Practice common sight words and high-frequency words Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text

Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc.) Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling

EXPAND VOCABULARY

Voracious reading

Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing

Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning

Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams Use word parts to determine the meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations, etc.) Ask someone to define the word for you Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools

READING UPDATESREADING UPDATESالقراءة برنامج في القراءة مستجدات برنامج في مستجدات

• BOOK BAGS القراءة حقيبة• READING LOGS القراءة جدول• DRA/SRI القراءة امتحان• COMMON CORE STANDARDS-ELA اللغة في الواليات منهاج

والتعبير

Why Are Academic Why Are Academic Standards Important?Standards Important?

• Academic standards are important because they help ensure that all students, no matter where they live, are prepared for success in college and the workforce. Standards provide an important first step- a clear roadmap for learning for teachers, parents, and students. Having clearly defined goals helps families and teachers work together to ensure that students succeed. They also will help your child develop critical thinking skills that will prepare him or her for college and career.

What Your Child Will Be What Your Child Will Be Working on in 5Working on in 5thth Grade Grade

• Summarizing the key details of stories, dramas, poems, and nonfiction materials, including their themes or main ideas.

• Identifying and judging evidence that supports particular ideas in an author’s argument to change a reader’s point of view.

What Your Child Will Be What Your Child Will Be Working on in 5Working on in 5thth Grade Grade

• Integrating information from several print and digital sources to answer questions and solve problems.

• Building knowledge of academic words with an emphasis on those that signal a contrast in ideas or logical relationships, such as on the other hand, similarly, and therefore

What Your Child Will Be What Your Child Will Be Working on in 5Working on in 5thth Grade Grade

• Coming to classroom discussions prepared, then engaging fully with others ( e.g., contributing accurate, relevant information; elaborating on the remarks of others; synthesizing ideas)

• Reporting on a topic or presenting an opinion with his or her own words, logical sequence of ideas, sufficient facts and details, and formal English when appropriate.

Beginning and End of Year Reading Beginning and End of Year Reading BenchmarksBenchmarks

55thth Grade Grade

1st

November

2nd

January3rd

March4th

June

Exceeding (1)

60 64 68 70

Meeting (2)

50 52 56 60

Progressing (3) 44 48 50 50

Concern (4)

40 40 40 40

Current Reading LevelsCurrent Reading Levels

Fall 2013

Exceeding(1)

16

Meeting(2)

14

Progressing(3)

0

Concern(4)

14

MEAP READING RESULTSMEAP READING RESULTSPerformance

Level2

Passing3

Not Proficient4

Not Proficient

23 11 3

MODEL THE STRATEGYMODEL THE STRATEGY• RETELLING A FICTION OR NON-FICTION

STORY ORALLY.االسئلة واستعمال القصة في االحداث سرد اعادة

What is a summary?What is a summary?

•When I summarize, I write in my own words the important things I have read.

•In fiction, include beginning, middle, and end.

•In non-fiction, include the important facts.

Summary Examples:Summary Examples:

MODEL THE STRATEGYMODEL THE STRATEGYاالسلوب االسلوب جسد جسد

• WRITING A SUMMARYالقصة في االحداث تلخيص

MODEL THE STRATEGYMODEL THE STRATEGY

• USING NONFICTION/EXPOSITORY TEXT FEATURESاالستيعاب لتعزيز المعلوماتي النص مكونات استعمال

• HOW DOES THIS STRATEGY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES?

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