Reading Rescue 1-2-3 Raise Your Child's Reading Level 2 Grades with This Easy 3-Step Program

by WILBER, PEGGY M.

• ISBN13: 9780761529637
• ISBN10: 0761529632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-28
• Publisher: Harmony

Summary

Turn Your Child into a Great Reader! Are you concerned about your child's reading ability? Does your child hate to read? If so, you are not alone. In fact, 38 percent of American fourth graders are unable to read at a basic level. But now you can turn your nonreader child into a reading starin just a few short weeks. Based on research done at Yale, this simple yet revolutionary guide merges the three essential elements of reading instruction: auditory training, phonics, and whole language. Inside, teachers and parents will find easy-to-read cartoons, games, and fun phonic sheets that will help almost any child read at or above grade level. Reading expertPeggy Wilberwill show you how to help your child develop better fluency, language skills, and comprehension. You'll learn how to: Determine your child's specific reading needs Help your child develop comprehension strategies Enhance your child's phonic skills Choose great reading selections at the right level for your child And much more! "This is an effective, user-friendly program for parents who want to get involved in their child's literacy education."Doug Wittenberg, executive director, Whiz Kids Tutoring Inc. "An invaluable tool in helping teachers and parents partner in a most daunting task . . . teaching our children to read with comprehension."John T. Jenkins, former state senator, Maine "An invaluable tool for parents and teachers alikea very comprehensive book!"Dr. Barbara Swaby, director of the Graduate Reading Program, School of Education, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Author Biography

<b>Peggy Wilber's</b> life mission is to help children succeed to read. She has a bachelor's degree from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine and a master's degree in education from Boston University. Ms. Wilber is certified in Early Childhood Reading Instruction from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, where she lives with her husband and two children. <br>Ms. Wilber has taught and tutored children since the mid-1980s. Motivated by an increasing number of children who needed tutoring in reading, she co-founded the Pikes Peak One+One Program in 1995. This church-based tutoring program provides reading assistance to students from local elementary schools. As Instructional Coordinator, Ms. Wilber trains volunteers, diagnoses students' literacy needs, and creates individualized instructional packets for weekly tutor

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
PART I Rescuing Your Child: What Every Parent Needs to Know	1	(50)
Portrait of a Rescuing Parent	3	(1)
Steps into Reading: The Definition of Reading	4	(5)
Five Components	4	(4)
Learning to Read and Reading to Learn	8	(1)
High Hurdles: Children Who Aren't Reading	9	(9)
It's All in Their Heads	9	(1)
Hearing, Speech Impediments	10	(1)
Vision Deficiencies	11	(1)
More Than One Learning Style	11	(1)
Inability to Self-Prime	12	(3)
Reading Avoidance	15	(1)
Looking at Labels	16	(1)
Activities That Compete with Reading	17	(1)
Ready to Read: The Game Plan	18	(8)
Having a Game Plan	19	(1)
Create Feelings of Success	20	(1)
Create a Good Environment for Practice Reading Time	21	(1)
Establish a Routine	22	(2)
Materials Needed for Practice Reading Time	24	(2)
Reading Selections: To, With, and By	26	(9)
The Right Selection for Your Child	26	(1)
Choosing Reading Selections	27	(3)
Fluency	30	(1)
To, With, and By: A Method to Improve Fluency	31	(2)
Alternating Reading	33	(2)
Let's Fix It! Dealing with Reading Mistakes	35	(6)
Good and Bad Reading Mistakes	36	(1)
Fixing Reading Mistakes	37	(4)
What Level? Testing Your Child	41	(10)
Directions for Test	42	(1)
Answer Sheet	43	(3)
Student Test Sheet	46	(1)
Determine Your Child's Rescue Reading Level	47	(4)
PART II Rescuing a Level 1 Reader	51	(52)
Portrait of a Level 1 Reader	53	(1)
Half Hour to Hop on Pop: Daily Schedule for Beginners	54	(6)
Daily Schedule for Working on Reading Skills	54	(4)
Today's Worksheet: Level 1 Reader	58	(2)
Apples to Zebras: Teach the Alphabet	60	(12)
Teach Her Name and Create Your Own Alphabet Book	61	(4)
Sing the Alphabet Song	65	(1)
Look at Alphabet Books	66	(1)
Trace Alphabet Letters	66	(1)
Teach Specific Letters Using the Alphabet Chart	67	(2)
Alphabet Games to Play	69	(1)
Apply Letter Sounds to Connected Print	70	(2)
Rhyme Time: Helping Ears to Hear and the Brain to Remember	72	(11)
Rhyme Connections	73	(2)
Rhyme with Me	75	(2)
Rhyming Practice	77	(2)
Improve Auditory Memory by Playing Memory Games	79	(4)
Better Letters: Beginning Reading	83	(9)
Put Letters Together to Make Simple Words	83	(1)
How to Make Simple Words	84	(5)
Make the Word Game	89	(1)
Attach Tails to Heads Game	90	(2)
It's Easy! Reading Homemade and Predictable Books	92	(11)
Create Your Own Pulitzer Winners	92	(3)
It's a Real Cut-Up!	95	(1)
Read Predictable Books	96	(7)
PART III Rescuing a Level 2 Reader	103	(44)
Portrait of a Level 2 Reader	105	(1)
Half Hour to Power: Daily Reading Schedule	106	(6)
Today's Worksheet: Level 2 Reader	110	(2)
In One Ear and in the Other: Connecting Ears to the Brain	112	(10)
Same or Different Game	113	(2)
Take the Word Apart Game	115	(2)
Put the Word Together Game	117	(2)
Make New Words Game	119	(2)
Getting Back into Connected Print	121	(1)
Reading Better: Using Phonic Skills	122	(9)
Teach Blends	124	(5)
Phonic Skill Sheets	129	(2)
Writing Right: Stories in a Notebook	131	(6)
Writing Suggestions	135	(2)
Oh, See Can You Say? Teach Sight Words	137	(10)
Choosing Sight Words	138	(1)
How to Teach Sight Words	139	(1)
Put Sight Words into Connected Print	140	(1)
The One Hundred Most Frequent Words List	141	(2)
Teaching Sight Words as Needed	143	(1)
Miscalled Words	144	(3)
PART IV Rescuing a Level 3 Reader	147	(39)
Portrait of a Level 3 Reader	149	(1)
Reading Well: The Final Frontier	150	(5)
Today's Worksheet: Level 3 Reader	153	(2)
Use the Clues: Teach Three Phonic Clues	155	(8)
Finger Blocking---Leaving the First Two Letters Exposed	156	(1)
Short Vowel-Long Vowel Sound	157	(1)
Look for a Smaller Word Inside	158	(1)
Applying the Three Phonic Clues	159	(1)
Scaffolding	160	(3)
Sounding Smooth: Fluency Strategies	163	(7)
To, With, and By Fluency Technique	164	(1)
Have a ``Fluency Talk''	165	(1)
Tape Record Your Child's Reading	166	(1)
Time the Readings	166	(1)
Record Favorite Books	167	(1)
Keep Your Place Marker	167	(3)
Think About It: Comprehension Strategies	170	(9)
Increasing Vocabulary and Concepts	171	(1)
Introduce the Reading Selection	171	(1)
Preteach a Sight Word and Concept	172	(1)
Fixing a Reading Mistake	173	(1)
``Did That Make Sense?''	174	(1)
Create Pictures in Her Head	174	(1)
Summarize the Story	175	(1)
Ask Questions	176	(1)
Read a Story, Read a Recipe	177	(2)
Successful Strategies for School: To Make Everyone Happy	179	(7)
Do You Hear What I Hear? Following Auditory Directions in the Classroom	179	(1)
Find the Sound Game	180	(1)
Master That Spelling List	181	(1)
I Spy the Right Word Game	182	(1)
To Read or Not to Read---Silently	183	(1)
Don't Take the Summer Off	184	(2)
Appendix A Connecting Sounds to Letters--Phonic Sheets and Cartoon Stories	186	(51)
Appendix B Reading Rescue Book List	237	(7)
Endnotes	244	(4)
Bibliography	248	(4)
Index	252