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Reading Rockets. (n.d.). Development of phonological skills. Retrieved from https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/developmental-milestones/articles/development-phonological-skills

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Fluency helps all of society.

International Literacy Association. (n.d.). ILA: Reading fluently does not mean reading fast [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/ila-reading-fluently-does-not-mean-reading-fast.pdf

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Phonics is the understanding of the phonemes (sounds) that make up our language and how they can be represented by written text.

Reading by Phonics. (n.d.). Phonics sound [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://www.readingbyphonics.com/letter-sounds/phonics-sound-infographic.html#.VS-gzfl4qtg

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Fluency is important to every student because when reading is difficult, then comprehension becomes more difficult, if not impossible. If each individual word is struggled over, the meaning will get lost.

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Beginning Letter Sound Bingo

Print out enough bingo cards for each child.

Give each child a means to mark their card.

Have each child trace the letter at the top left with their marker or finger while saying aloud the sound the letter makes.

Say out loud some words represented by the cards at Random.

The first student to hear and mark their card with 4 in a row shouts out BINGO!

{This bingo card template was taken from Teachers pay Teachers member Blending With Miss B}

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Around the World

Gather the students in a circle and explain the game: two people will compete against one another to see who can read the flashcard first. The person who wins goes around the world to the next challenger.

If desired, the winner can earn a sticker, additional time, or some other treat that fits with the classroom culture and philosophy.

This is a quick game with high engagement so it can be sprinkled into nearly any lesson with the right preparation!

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Playing "See it, say it, sign it" during brain breaks or transitions regularly may offer a multiple-modality approach to teaching. When children get their bodies up and moving, engagement tends to increase.

To build onto this video, you may assign students different letters and ask them to work in a group to find things around the classroom that have the same sound as the letter their group was assigned. Encourage talking amongst one another, because though the letters appeared in text on the video, they are going to be using their oral language to try to hear whether their objects fit the pattern.

This activity is informal and collaborative, so check-in as students work to help scaffold learners at different stages of development. Helping guide conversation and offering reminders.

GoReact. (2016, July 6). Phonological and phonemic awareness | GoReact. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP1blVh1ZQM

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See It, Say It, Sign It | Letter Sounds | ASL Alphabet | Jack Hartmann

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Get a few bins, baskets, or buckets and label them with a few different letter sounds that you have been working on.

Then, Easter egg style, allow your child to put things in the baskets that have that sound. (For example, a toy ant should be sorted into the bucket that has the A on it.)

Write the names of the items collected on small slips of paper and help your child match the words to the item collected.

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Review Vowel sounds and help your child fill out this worksheet by writing the correct vowel by sound in the blank.

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Leave notes or secret clues in places where your child will find them. They can be as simple or as complex as your child can decipher.

For example: "Look In the sink" and leave a sticker in the sink for them to find.

Leaving notes is a perfect illustration as to why fluency is important: many communication methods rely on text.

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Oh, The Wonderful things Reading Can Do!

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Oh, The Wonderful things Reading Can Do!

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Read Along!

Read along with your young learner and make connections between the sounds that Mr. Brown can do. Encourage your child to make the fun noises at every "Can you?" in the story. Sit close, laugh together, and emphasize all the shapes your mouth can make to produce sound.

(If you don't have this book, there is a read along video offered here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nRu9epBh2g)

Do any of Mr.Brown's sounds sound the same? Which ones? Do you think you could tell the difference between an owl and a rooster?!

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can you : dr. seuss's book of wonderful noises (bright and early board books)

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children's / teenage fiction & true stories

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juvenile fiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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early reader books; classic children's books; baby books; board books; books for babies; baby board books; board books for babies; board books for toddlers; board books for 1 year old; board books for 2 year old; toddler books; toddler books ages 1-3; toddler books ages 2-4; books for 1 year old; books for 2 year olds; books for 3 year olds; childrens books by age 1-3; childrens books ages 1-3; kids books ages 2-4; infant books; books for toddlers; baby; books for 4 year olds; childrens books by age 3-5

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Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You : Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises (Bright and Early Board Books)

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Kids will love this noise-filled Bright and Early Book classic from the one and only Dr. Seuss! Mr. Brown is a sound-making wonder! He can hoo hoo like an owl and buzz buzz like a bee. It is so much fun to make noises that you hear every day, like moo and tick-tock.

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Phonological Awareness is the inherent set of skills that humans utilize to hear, understand, and reproduce oral language. These skills are being built from birth, without a clear understanding of why- as teachers it is our job to take the language that children use daily and help them make sense of it. Each section of the umbrella represents a different skill that our language can be broken into in order to help students understand and manipulate it.

National Center on Improving Literacy. (n.d.). Phonological awareness [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://improvingliteracy.org/files/briefs/phonological-awareness-infographic.png

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Print or write out a simple recipe and promise your child that you have to do whatever they say.

Make them read the recipe and give you instructions.

Decide based off the meal how well the reading and communication went.

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Invite your child to play a game with you.

Tell them "Your bedroom is the store, and I have to go shopping! The problem is that my Shopping list got all mixed up! I only have nonsense words on this list! Can you help me?!"

I need an item that sounds like "Fred... I think that's where I sleep?"

They will say NO! That's a BED!!!

What about this word.. it says "pear" but I don't think there's food in here! What about BEAR!

Continue this as long as everyone is having fun. Tell them they are the best shop keeper in the land! And Thank them for their help.

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PBS Kids specializes in making learning fun for children! In Super Why Saves the Day, students will have to use their vocabulary and letter identification to "change the story to save the day!" This resource illustrates the power of one word to change an entire story!

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SUPER WHY, the animated television series and interactive website, helps children ages 3-6 learn key reading skills, including alphabet, rhyming, spelling and reading comprehension, through interactive storybook adventures.

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Vocabulary is a building block of communication and reading comprehension.

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Reading Comprehension boosts problem solving ability and gives solid foundations for communication.

Dougherty, M. (2016, April 15). Balanced literacy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxIZmgrK-

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A humorous illustration of comprehension

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Think about How you Think

(Photo From)

Reading comprehension. Reading Comprehension | Student Engagement Project | Nebraska. (n.d.). https://k12engagement.unl.edu/reading-comprehension

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Story Maps allow students to think through what happened in the story and focus on the most important details. This will help the teacher assess which parts of the story were a challenge for the student to understand and why.

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Understanding a Story Narrative- Classroom activity

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Understanding a Story Narrative- Classroom activity

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A slightly more complex visual for story comprehension.

Read aloud a short story to the class.

With students, go over the sections in the story arc.

Have them match a detail in the book to each section on the story arc map.

Converse with students about why each part of the story does or does not fit the story section.

For young readers this could be stretched over multiple days, each day reviewing the previous days work while re-reading the story.

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Reach out and read is a nonprofit organization that works with a network of pediatricians to provide books and reading assistance to families during well-child visits. The nonprofit has a goal to serve and support families with limited resources and diverse cultural backgrounds.

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Moments that Matter
Integrating reading aloud into pediatric care.

New, Peer-Reviewed Study Shows Transformative Impact of Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read Podcast has been named a Silver Award winner in the health category in the second annual Anthem Awards.
The podcast focuses on the belief that reading aloud with children helps with brain development, builds strong family bonds and creates happy and healthy children and a healthier society. The podcast is an extension of the organization's work nationwide.

Building on our strong foundation of more than three decades, Reach Out and Read is focusing on equitably strengthening and deepening our impact on the children, families, and communities we serve. As we recover from COVID-19, there is an even greater sense of urgency to scale and expand our impact to support that recovery for the children and families most impacted.

In support of the global campaign for racial justice and social equity, it is incumbent upon us to work toward meaningful change in all that we are and all that we do. To read about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

All children need strong, positive, and nurturing relationships to grow and develop. These parent/caregiver-child relationships often begin at birth and are essential for healthy physical, cognitive, and emotional development. We remain committed to supporting families with young children and our resource library can help you learn more about the benefits of reading aloud together and creating those "moments that matter."

It's vital that children benefit from reading and other language-rich experiences starting at birth. Reading together furthers language acquisition, promotes brain development, and provides an opportunity for families to build powerful, lasting bonds.

At Reach Out and Read, we know that reading aloud together, telling stories, and sharing books help forge a meaningful connection between caregiver and child-they create moments that matter. This is the underpinning of what's known as Early Relational Health. These positive, language-rich interactions are the foundation for a young child's healthy development and long-term well-being. By making Reach Out and Read a part of their practice, pediatric healthcare providers have a built-in strategy for working with families to strengthen that essential relationship. As part of our Next Chapter, Reach Out and Read is committed to expanding and strengthening our network and bringing moments that matter to every young child, every family, and every community.

We are the only national pediatric literacy model endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Reach Out and Read has a national presence-and we're still growing.

National Center
Reach Out and Read
89 South St., Suite 201
Boston, MA 02111

info@reachoutandread.org
Phone: 617.455.0600

National Center
Reach Out and Read
89 South St., Suite 201
Boston, MA 02111

info@reachoutandread.org
Phone: 617.455.0600

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Reach Out and Read is a national children's literacy charity that serves more than 4.2 million children a year across the U.S.

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Preparation:

Create a set of cards with words that are the current vocabulary focus.

Create a card set of synonyms and antonyms for those words.

Playing the Game:

Players take turns flipping over two cards at a time trying to find a synonym or antonym for the Main word. Sort the words in either the synonym or antonym column.

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There are word of the day Calendars available for purchase, or you could make your own!

A daily calendar is a great way to spark conversation, learning, and connection-building even in a busy home. Read the word together in the morning and challenge each family member to look out for that word throughout their day. When you come home, recap over dinner. Who was able to find the word or sneak it in during conversation?

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Books: For Adults: "Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read" by Diane W. Frankenstein

For kids: How to Read a Story by Kate Messner

How to Teach Your Slug to Read by Susan Pearson

ELL Resources: www.colorincolorado.org

Podcasts: The Read-Aloud Revival (practical advice on how to make read-aloud sessions engaging and effective)

-Science of Reading by Amplify

-Stories for Kids by Lingokids

Videos: Improve comprehension & Reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pro0TJL2TM8

-Reading Comprehension in 6 parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmduvnCN6M

-Reading comprehension Practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVSIQfn9KsY

Integrating vocabulary into Art and STEAM Practices: https://artsintegration.com/vocabulary-strategies/

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A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners

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All learners require scaffolding, but ELL, congnitive delay, or gifted learners will all benefit from individualized learning. The scaffolding for the ELL students may require instruction in their native language paired with the English vocabulary.

All learners should be supported with physical representations, pictures, or acting out the meaning of vocabulary words.

Word walls or charts connecting related words can be great visuals and if students help create them, can also be great hands-on learning opportunities as well.

Reading Rockets. (n.d.). Vocabulary development for English language learners. Reading Rockets. Retrieved from https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/english-language-learners/articles/vocabulary-development-ells

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