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Unit Author First and Last Jill Giesler Name School District Bonduel School District School Name Bonduel Elementary School School City, State Bonduel, WI 54107 Unit Overview Unit Title Bonduel Parent Reading University Unit Summary The parents of kindergarten thru second grade students will be invited to a reading university where they will be learning about how their child learns to read. The workshop will be broken down into 5 different sessions; phonics/phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary and summer reading. The parents will become aware of different reading strategies and skills that could help their son or daughter become more successful as a reader. They will be given the opportunity to ask questions, practice strategies, and connect with other resources to help in the reading journey. At the end of every session they will leave with a variety of activities to work on with their child at home. Subject Area Reading Grade Level Kindergarten thru 2nd grade parents Approximate Time Needed Five 60 minute sessions throughout the school year Unit Foundation Habits of Learning Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding, Applying, Analyzing Marzano’s: Positive Attitudes and Perceptions About Learning, Acquisition and Integration of Knowledge 16 Habits of Mind (Costa & Kallick): Thinking About Thinking, Questioning and Posing Problems, Applying

Past Knowledge to New Situations, Responding with Wonderment and Awe, Learning Continuously Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks Reading A.4.1.1 Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-sound relationships, and analyzing word structures A.4.1.3 Demonstrate phonemic awareness by using letter/sound relationships as aids to pronouncing and understanding unfamiliar words and text A.4.1.4 Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-correcting and self- monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty A.4.1.5 Read aloud with age-appropriate fluency, accuracy, and expression A.4.1.8 Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature A.4.2.1 Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning A.4.2.3 Summarize ideas drawn from stories, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, interpreting events and ideas, and connecting different works to each other and to real-life experiences A.4.2.4 Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience A.4.3.2 Identify and summarize main ideas and key points from literature, informational texts, and other print and nonprint sources

Technology E.4.1.5 Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages

Research and Inquiry F.4.1.3 Recognize, record, organize, and acknowledge information pertinent to a project, accurately blending discoveries into answers

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes Parents will use the Visual Ranking Tool to discuss and organize reading activities from most important to least important with helping students become more successful readers.

Parents will discover different reading skills and strategies to help their child at home.

Parents will discuss struggles with reading that their child is going through.

Parents will gain resources to help instill good reading habits at home.

Curriculum-Framing Questions Essential How can I help my child become a more successful Question reader?

Unit What impact does reading at home have on a child? Question What is a reading rich environment? s What are the five areas of reading? What are some reading strategies to implement at home? What can I do during summer to keep the reading going? What can I do to help with fluency? Content How do I get me child to read at night? Question s What are some computer activities to help strengthen reading strategies?

Assessment Plan Assessment Timeline

Before project work begins Students work on After project work is projects and complete tasks

 Parents will  Parents  Parents  Parents fill out a reading will keep a will implement fill out a inventory. journal to the strategies at Reading  Discussion of reflect on home and post University parent’s feelings their child’s questions, evaluation and experiences reading comments, and form. as readers. (Based behavior, feedback on the  Reflection on the reading attitude sessions on the discussion inventory) towards reading wiki reading, and page.  Visual skill Ranking Tool development.

Assessment Summary Reading Inventory: Parents will fill out a reading inventory about how they feel about reading now and experiences they had with reading in school. Observation: We will share feelings and experiences about how our children are coping with their reading struggles and how we can help them become more successful readers. The teacher will observe the parents role playing using the strategies and activities taught. Observation Journal: The parents will reflect on reading observations they see throughout the school year with their child and reading progress. Wiki Page: The parents will communicate questions, share concerns, reflect on observations, discuss how strategies are working, create feedback on how the session is helping their child’s needs, and get support with other resources. Reading Success Sort: Using the visual ranking tool, parents will rank various reading activities from most successful to least successful. Parent Reading University Evaluation: Parents will participate in an evaluation on how they felt about the five parent reading sessions.

Reflection Discussion: Parents will participate in an end of the year discussion on the reading university and if the strategies have helped their child with reading. Visual Ranking Elements (Complete this section if this tool will be used in the unit) Visual Ranking Project Name (For the Visual Ranking workspace) Reading Activity Sort Project Description (For the Visual Ranking workspace) Using the Visual Ranking Tool, the parents will organize the listed reading activities from most successful to least successful. Prompt (For the Visual Ranking workspace) What reading activity will help my child become a more successful reader? Sorting List (For the Visual Ranking workspace) Reading every night Practice sight words Books on tape or MP3 Reading store signs Talking about favorite books Retelling stories they read Reading chapter books Mom or Dad reading to them Visualizing a story in their head while reading Reading a book over and over Reading many books Practice Ranking (For your future quick reference) Teacher ID: giesljil Password: Practice Team ID 1: parent01 Password: parent01 Practice Team ID 2: parent02 Password: parent02

Seeing Reason Elements (Complete this section if this tool will be used in the unit) Seeing Reason Project Name (For the Seeing Reason workspace)

Project Description (For the Seeing Reason workspace)

Research Question (For the Seeing Reason workspace)

Practice Map (For your future quick reference) Practice Team ID: Password:

Showing Evidence Elements (Complete this section if this tool will be used in the unit) Showing Evidence Project Name (For the Showing Evidence workspace)

Project Description (For the Showing Evidence workspace)

Prompt (For the Showing Evidence workspace)

Practice Case (For your future quick reference) Practice Team ID: Password: Reviewing Team ID: Password: Claims

Evidence

Unit Details Prerequisite Skills No prerequisite skills needed. Instructional Procedures Session 1 Session 2

Phonics/phonemic Awareness Reading Comprehension

Activities Welcome – Introductions of myself and parents attending Welcome -Introductions Overview – Explanation of the Reading University and the five areas of reading. -Review of past session -Reflections of past quarter Description – Phonics and phonemic awareness Overview – Explanation of reading Jolly Phonics PowerPoint and discussion (see binder for comprehension alphabet motions)

Tips and Tools for Parents to implement at home (see binder) Powerpoint What do readers do while they read? Explain activities for strengthening Phonics development and phonemic awareness (see binder) - Alphabet Tree Comprehension Activities - Picture Dominos binder) - Bag Full of Vowel Sounds -Think-Alouds -Questioning techniques Model and Practice Strategies -Visualizing -Role playing -Retelling Good Computer Site Activities: -Rereads -Clifford Concentration -Starfall Model and Practice Strategies -Reading Rockets -Reading Wiki Page -Role playing -PBS: Between the Lions Good computer Site Activities: Discussion and explore time on websites -Into the Book Wrap Up – Hand out Reflection Journals and explain -Book Adventure Questions and concerns Discussion and explore time on websites

Wrap Up – Questions and Concerns

Material Binder- Including sheets on phonics and phonemic awareness, Binder – Including sheets on reading activity sheets, lists of websites comprehension, activity sheets, lists of Needed Computer lab websites Computer lab Websites Clifford Concentration Game: Reading Comprehension Powerpoint: http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/concentration/index.htm http://buildingblocksofed.com/ppt.html Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/ Into the book: http://reading.ecb.org/ Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/ Think-Alouds: Between the Lions: http://pbskids.org/lions/ http://www.readingrockets.org/article/10 2

Book Adventure: http://bookadventure.org/ Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction Resour Design a binder containing all of the worksheets needed ce (strategies, skill strengtheners, resources, etc.) Studen t

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Materials and Resources Required For Unit Binder containing informational sheets on the five Printed reading areas, reading strategies, and resources. Materials Books from various lexiles. Supplies Games to play at home.

Technology Computers, smartboard, projector -Hardware

Technology Wiki, visual ranking tool, -Software

Intel: http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm Reading A to Z: http://www.readinga-z.com Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/ Internet Resources Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/ Jolly Phonics Powerpoint: Unit_Plan_Parent Reading University.doc

Other Possibly students to show how to work on the Resources strategies and skills.

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