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Principal's Message - November 2007
Reading is a universal skill that is paramount to building our student
academic foundation. Arlington educators are scaffolding the appropriate
skills at each grade level. As partners in education, parents can assist
their children in developing word knowledge. To read fluently and well,
word knowledge is vital. Although a student can recognize a word does not
indicate the key to meaning is understood. The following tips are
suggestion parents can utilize to help students acquire word knowledge.
- Point out the writing that surrounds us on street
signs, on billboards, in grocery stores.
- Reread favorite books (as your child listens and
follows the words, they build their mental store-house of sight words)
- Talk about how the same word can look different
because of uppercase letters of different print styles for example, bed,
BED)
- Make labels for their environments (for example,
DESK, CHAIR, DOOR, WALL, FLOOR).
- Use prompts like “Have you seen this before?”
Books That Help Develop Word Knowledge
Picture Books
I Love Animals, Flora McDonnell
Whose Mouse Are You? Robert Kraus
Water Dance, Thomas Locker
Across the Stream, Mirra Ginsburg
Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go, John Langstaff
Don’t Forget the Bacon, Pat Hutchins
My Brown Bear Barney, Dorothy Butler
Homeplace, Anne Shelby
When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant
What A Wonderful Day to Be A Cow, Carolyn Lesser
The above information was taken from 7 Keys to Comprehension: How
to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! By Susan Zimmerman and
Chryse Hutchins. Happy Reading!
Sincerely,
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