This is a book presentation. All of the information for this presentation has been based upon and taken from Starting Out Right: A Guide To Promoting Children’s Reading Success by the National Research Council

1. Starting Out Right A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success by the National Resource Council Presented by Stephen Wolfe

2. Goal: “Share a Wealth of Knowledge based on a summary of extensive research” By focusing on four areas: Promoting Children’s Reading Success Growing Up To Read Becoming Real Readers Preventing Reading Difficulties

3. Promoting Children’s Reading Success “Children who learn to read well master the three core elements”

4. Promoting Children’s Reading Success Circumstances That Advance Reading Include: Sharing books Talking with adults about stories or what happened that day Seeing reading and writing “Good” reading instruction once they begin school

5. Growing Up To Read – Birth to Age 4 Promoting literacy as part of everyday life To the Very Young Pre-school Age

7. Phonological Awareness

8. Speech Discrimination

9. Knowledge of Narrative

11. Print Concepts

12. Letter and Word Recognition

13. Comprehension

15. Becoming Real Readers “Children who get off to a good start rarely stumble…” Kindergarten 3rd Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade

16. Becoming Real Readers Literacy Goals of Kindergarten Structure and Uses of Print Format of books Analysis of language: letter, word, sentence Phonemic Awareness Write and Recognize letters Able to learn from print Kindergarten

17. Becoming Real Readers Types of Literacy Activity for Kindergarten Books and Print Awareness Phonological Awareness Language and Comprehension Letter Recognition, decoding, and word recognition Spelling and Writing Kindergarten

18. Becoming Real Readers Literacy Goals of 1st Grade Read on their own Merge literacy and language skills Book and print awareness Phonemic awareness Letter and word knowledge Enjoy reading 1st Grade

19. Becoming Real Readers Types of Literacy Activities for 1st Grade Continue phonemic, book and print, and letter awareness Decoding, word recognition, and oral reading Language, Comprehension, and Text Response Spelling and Writing 1st Grade

20. Becoming Real Readers Literacy Goals of 2nd and 3rd Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade

21. Becoming Real Readers What Happens for Literacy in 2nd and 3rd Grade Decoding, Word Recognition, and Oral Reading Language, Comprehension, and Text Response Spelling and Writing 2nd Grade 3rd Grade

22. Preventing Reading Difficulties Three Stumbling Blocks Lack of Alphabetic Principle Lack of Comprehension Skills and Strategies Lack of Fluency

23. Preventing Reading Difficulties Who Is Having Trouble? Those attending low achieving schools Those with low English Proficiency Those unfamiliar with “Standard English Dialect” Those living in poverty

24. Preventing Reading Difficulties Who Can Help? Health care professionals Early Childhood Professionals Reading Specialists The Community Volunteers

25. My Recommendation This book is a great resource for parents, teachers, and community leaders alike. The defined learning areas give substance to what can be an otherwise confusing set of “educational jargon” who are not teachers. The activity examples and book lists here put tools in the hands of those who will use them to build literacy.

26. Citations All the information presented here is from: National Research Council, 1999, Starting Out Right: A Guide To Promoting Children’s Reading Success. Washington DC, National Academy Press