Literacy Checklist Flyer Early H.indd - Oakland Schools

Introduction
Suggested Books
Parents are children's first and most important
teachers. Even as children enter school and
learn more about reading, parents with the right
information can continue to help their children
grow and develop. This series of brochures is
designed to help you assist your child as he/she
becomes a reader.
Each brochure contains information about three
ways you can help your child -
• Figure out and read the words in the book
• Understand more about how books work
and the stories they contain
• Practice the phonics and word skills they
need to be a better reader
Simply choose one or two activities from the
brochure to practice with your child, changing
those you choose from day to day.
The information provided in this brochure
has been specifically selected to match your
child's reading level. As he/she becomes a
better reader, your child's teacher will give you
another brochure that will contain suggestions
to assist them at their new level. These activities
cannot replace the need to read to your child
and engage in conversations about what has
been read. Reading to your child should occur
on a daily basis.
We suggest your child read the following
books with your support:
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin
Henkes
• Junie B. Jones by Beverly Park
• Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline
• Duck and Goose by Robert Munsch
• Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
• Arthur Books by Marc Brown
• More Tales of Oliver Pig by Jean Van
Leeuwen
• Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes
• Froggy's Sleepover
by Jonathon London
• Best Friends for
Frances by Russell
Hoban
• Minnie and Moo Go
To Paris by Denys
Cazet
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Connections
Helping parents develop literacy
skills with young children
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Help your child...
• Read smoothly. For example, you say "Your
reading should sound like talking. Listen how
I group these words as I read a sentence."
Search through the text for difficult words and
read them from left to right using three or more
syllables. Example: Miss-is-sipp-i
• Use clues from text to figure out unknown
words to help your child hold onto the meaning
of the word over time.
• Read sentences with a variety of punctuation
smoothly. For example, you say "Listen how I
slow down as I come to a comma." or "Listen
how my voice changes when I read a question
or exclamation point."
Your child and book understanding...
Help your child...
• Remember details of the story over several days.
• Understand bold, italics, or capital letters, etc...
means the word is important.
• Understand that sometimes the story is told from
different perspectives (first person, etc...).
• Understand real world issues that occur in books
and can make connections to their own lives.
Example: poverty, hunger, riots, etc...
Understanding word skills...
Visit the following website and check out the
activities that have been noted below:
www.fcrr.org/curriculum/
studentcenteractivities.htm
• Vowel Sounds
Scroll down to Phonics and click on Part
Three, scroll down to Activity P.019.
• Ending Sounds
Scroll down to Phonics and click on Part
Three, scroll down to P.040.
• Contractions
Scroll down to Phonics and click on Part
Three, scroll down to V.001.
Literacy
Skills
What parents
Need to know!
Check us out online at
www.oakland.k12.mi.us/earlychildhood