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VolunteerEnrichmentSession
PleasejoinusWednesday,February25th!

DixieGardnerpresents...
BehaviorTipsandTricks

EducationalLeadershipCenter,Conf.RoomE
445W.AmeliaSt.,Orlando,FL32801
Complimentarylunchwillbeserved
121p.m.

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PleaseemailElizabethConradorJeanneSmithifyouhaveanyspecial
dietaryneedsorrestrictions.

VolunteerEnrichmentSession
Wed,Feb25,2015,12:00PMto1:00PM

READ2SUCCEEDENRICHMENTSESSION

DixieGardner,ReadingCoachatWinegardElementary,willpresent:Behavior
Tips&Tricksmore

REMINDER:OCPS
CL OSINGDAT ES
AllOrangeCountyPublic
Schoolswillbeclosedonthe
followingdates:

February16th:Presidents'Day
holiday

March20th:Student
holiday/teacherworkday

March23rd27th:SpringBreak

Note:TheFoundationfor
OrangeCountyPublicSchools
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VolunteerSpotlight:KeithJohnson
KeithJohnsonisaformermilitaryofficerandnowaregisteredpharmacy
technicianatArnoldPalmerHospital,whilepursuingabachelor'sdegreein
MarketingattheUniversityofCentralFlorida.Johnsoncurrentlyservesasa
R2SvolunteerwithfirstgradersatWaterbridgeElementary.Weaskedhim
somequestionsabouthisexperiencewithRead2Succeedandhismilitary
career.

Readtheinterviewbelow:

Tellusaboutyourcareerinthemilitary.

KJ:IenlistedintheArmyinDecemberof1988.Originally,Ijoinedthe
ReservesbecauseIwasafulltimestudentattheUniversityofSouth
Carolina.Shortlyaftercompletingmytraining,Iwascalleduptoactivedutyin
supportofOperationDesertStorm.Aftermissingafewsemestersofschool,I
decidedtoenlistfulltimetotakeadvantageofthemanyeducationalprograms
[themilitary]offered.

Alongwiththeeducationalopportunities,I'vebeenabletohelpchildrenin
differentcountriesaroundtheworld.InElSalvador,webuiltschools,clinics,
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"Themorethatyouread,the
moreyouwillknow.Themore
thatyoulearn,themoreplaces
you'llgo."

Dr.Seuss

VOL UNT EEROF T HE

MONT H:KEIT H
JOHNSON

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andwaterwellsforearthquakedamagedareas.InBosnia,wesuppliedwinter
clothingandfoodsupplies,donatedfromschoolfundraisersfordisplacedwar
refugees.

Unfortunately,aftertheeventsofSept.11,Iwasonceagaindeployedin
supportofOperationIraqiFreedomasaBroadcastJournalist/MediaRelations
NonCommissionedOfficer.

HowdidyouhearabouttheRead2Succeedprogram?

KJ:Initially,mywife,Tabitha,heardabouttheprogramandwenttothe
orientation.Whenshecamehomeandtoldmeaboutwhattheprogram
entailed,shethoughtImightbeinterested.IwasintriguedbecauseInever
heardoftheprogrambefore,soshesentmynameinsoIcouldbecontacted.

Whatencouragedyoutobeareading
volunteer?

KJ:Ithinkwhatencouragedmethemost
wasthefactthatIlovetoreadtomy
daughtersatbedtime.Icangetreally
animatedandusedifferentvoicesforeach
ofthecharactersinthestoriessotheystay
interested.Ifindmyselfgettinghoarseat
times.Also,mymotherisaretiredteacher
ofover40yearsintheNewYorkCitypublicschoolsystem.She'salways
stressedtheimportanceofreadingtochildren.Needlesstosay,ourhomeis
filledwithchildren'sbooks.

Whathasbeenafavoriteornoteworthyexperienceyou'vehadwith
Read2Succeedsofar?

KJ:Ithinkthemostrewardingthinghasbeenwatchingthegrowthofeachof
thechildrenIhelp.Inthebeginning,Ididn'tthinkIwasmakingmuchofa
difference.Butslowly,Inoticedimprovedwriting,moreattentivenessand
creativitywiththeirsentencechoices.They'vewarmeduptomeandIfind
thatwedoquiteabitoftalkingbeforereading.

Whatkindofbooksdoyouliketoread?Lastthingyouread?

KJ:Ilovereadinghorrorandautobiographies.Iwouldlovetobeabletowrite
likeStephenKing.Ialsoliketoreadbiographiestoseethetypesofobstacles
othershaveovercomesowhenthingsgetdifficultinmylife,Icanrelatetoor
usetheirexperiencestodrawstrength.

Unfortunately,Ihaven'thadmuchleisurereadingtimebecauseofschool,but
thelastnovelIreadwastheHungerGamestrilogy.Iknow,itsoundsalittle
youngadultish,buttheywereexcellent!Themovies,notsomuch.

WhatdoyouhopetogainfromyourexperienceasaR2Svolunteer?

KJ:Iwanttobeabletoimprovemytechnique.Thisismyfirstyeardoing
this,soI'mlearningaboutdifferentchildrenandstylesofhelping.I'dliketo
comebacknextyearandbemoreconfident.Honestly,Iwasprettynervousin
thebeginning.

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KeithJohnson

JANUARYENRICHMENT
SESSION
PRESENT AT IONS

S.L.A.N.T.ALearningStrategy

PunctuationalFluency

REMINDER:PROGRAM
MAT ERIAL S&ST UDENT
CHANGES
ALLR2SVOLUNTEERS:
PleasenotifyJeanne
Smith,ElizabethConrad,
orShaneeceDixonofany
studentchangesyoumayhave
withyourstudents.

Forvolunteersservingoneor
morefirstgraders,pleasedon't
forgettoemailprogram
staffwhenyoustartPierrethe
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JanuaryEnrichmentSessionRecap:Learning
StrategiesforPunctuationandFluency
Lastmonth'sEnrichmentSessionfeaturedRead2Succeedvolunteer,Kathy
Gill,asourguestspeaker.Shediscussedvariouslearningstrategiestohelp
studentsfocusonthetaskathand,whileimprovingtheirfluencyandreading
comprehension.

Mrs.GillintroducedtheconceptofS.L.A.N.T.,alearning
strategywhichillustrateshowthemindandbodywork
together.The"S"inS.L.A.N.T.standsfor"SitUp."

Itisimportantforstudentstositupinanupright
position.Thisiswhenthemindisinalertmode.It'stelling
thebodytopayattention.

The"L"standsfor"LeanForward."Studentsaremore
likelytofocuswhilereadingthisway,insteadofslouchingintheirseatsor
layingtheirheaddown.Thelatteractionstellthebodytorelaxandcancause
studentstobedistracted.Mrs.Gillsaidmanystudentswhostrugglewith
readingtendtobethemostdistracted,sofollowingthislearningstrategyis
imperativeforthemtoimprove.

The"A"standsfor"ActivateYourThinking."Thisallowsstudentstothink
aboutwhatthey'rebeingtaught.Forexample,youcandiscusswhat's
happeninginthestorywhilereadingabooktoyourfirstgrader.Askyour
secondgradersquestionsrelatedtothepassagethatrequirethemtothink
aboutwhatwassaidinthepassage.

Afterthis,studentswillbeabletodowhattheletter"N"standsfor,whichis
"NameKeyInformation."ThisisespeciallyrelevantfortheR2Sreading
fluencyprogram,whendiscussingthemainideaofapassage.Yourstudent
shouldbeabletoexplainwhattheylearned,answerquestionsaboutthetext
andpossiblyteachthatinformationtosomeoneelse.

The"T"inS.L.A.N.T.standsfor"TracktheTalker."Whetheryouareworking
withafirstorsecondgrader,yourstudentshouldbeabletolistentothe
speakerofthestoryorpassagetheyarereading.

Eveniftherearen'tanypictures,studentsshouldstilllisten.Thisisagreat
pointtodemonstratevariouspunctuationmarksandhowtoreadthem.

Forexample,makeyourvoicegoupalittlewhilereadingasentencewitha
questionmark,orgetloudwhenreadingonewithanexclamationmark.

Keepinmindthatasavolunteer,it'syourresponsibilitytomodelproper
readingtechniquesforyourstudents.Forsecondgraders,practicephrasing
duringtheechoandchoralreading.Phrasingisreferringtoreadingtextina
moreconnected,fluidway.It'sgoodtopointouthowphrasingcanimpactthe
meaninginastory.Thisisgreatpracticeevenforfirstgraders.

FormoretipsonhelpingstudentswithPunctuationandFluency,besureto
lookatourResourcesandTipspagefornewliteracyexercisesand
guidelines.

http://www.foundationforocps.org/newsletter/archiveview/id/356

Penguin.

Additionalprogrammaterialswill
besentviainterofficemailina
big,whiteenvelope,andcan
takeuptooneweektoarriveat
yourschooltoyourteacher's
attention.

REMINDER:F IRST
GRADEVOCABUL ARY
PRE/POST T EST

ForthoseR2Svolunteers
workingwithfirstgrade
students:Beforeyoustartyour
secondsetofbooks,don'tforget
tocompletethevocabularypost
testwithyourstudents.

Clickthescreenshotofthepre
/posttestabove.

Thisisthesamedocumentyou
usedforthepretestandshould
alreadybeincludedinyourkit
materials.

However,youshouldONLY
completetheposttestifyou
keptthesamestudentyou
startedtheprogram.

Feelfreetoreviewthewords
withyourstudentbeforestarting
theposttest.It'sokayif
yourstudentisstillstruggling
withthedefintionsforthewords.

Thisisjustanindicatoroftheir
abilitytolearnnewwords.
Remember,thesearesecond
andthirdgradelevelwords.Our
studentsshouldn'tevenknow
themyet!

Aslongaswecaninspirealove
oflearningandreadingforour
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students,that'satruemeasure
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