Otsego Newsletter Oct

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Some of our teachers take a moment for a picture before sharing a bedtime story during our PARP Pajama Party!

Weeks of October 17th and 24th

A Message from the Principal Stacey Bernstein Our 2011 Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) program, Oh, The Places You’ll Go With Reading” is in full swing. Through our PARP program, parents can share their love for reading and books with their children. It provides a wonderful opportunity for

families to laugh, learn, and discover new things together.

I encourage you to participate in the many events that will be taking place throughout the month.

Please consult your PARP calendar regularly!

I hope that your family enjoys this

Agenda Monday, 10-17

special time where you  BOE Meeting @ can travel together to HSW 8:00 pm the many magical places books can take Saturday, 10-22  Fall Festival you.

Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Yaris, Mrs Castiglia, and our wonderful PTA for making the PARP Program possible!

Future Otsego Happenings

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District-wide Food Drive- 11/1-11/16

2011

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Morning at the Movies-

11/19

Reading Activities

PTA News A big thank you to…..

Read and write with your child to build literacy.

By Zoë Kashner

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Anita Campbell for organizing and running a spectacular blood drive.

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Andrea Feledy, Edit Deljanin and numerous parent volunteers for creating a terrific book fair.

Taking Turns Let your child pick a book she would love to read, and take turns reading paragraphs or pages to each other.

Shopping Adventure Shopping with kids can feel like a chore. But if your child feels like he is contributing to a team effort, you may be surprised by his change in attitude. Ask your child to help you create a shopping list. Then, at the store, ask him to cross off each item as it is put in the cart.

Book Review Make reading rewarding by asking for your child’s ideas and opinions about his books. You can even help your child create a video “book talk” about a favorite book. Just turn on the camera, and ask him to say the title and author and to describe the story.

Then, ask him to explain what he did and didn’t like about the book. When he doesn’t know what to say, ask him a question like, “What was your favorite part?” or “What could the characters do if the story kept going?” Grandparents, aunts, and uncles will treasure this video keepsake.

Reading To Your Child Please click the link below to access the complete article from Scholastic.

Reading To Your Child

Parent Talk Reading to Your Child Learn to earn your child’s hard-won attention while reading.

Try these two tactics to capture your child’s attention: 

Thinking out loud. One of the simplest but most critical techniques you can use is to "think aloud" in a conversational way. By this I mean that you can express the things you are noticing or wondering about as you get deeper and deeper into the story. For example, in a story where a caterpillar eats different foods every day for a week, you might pause partway through the story and comment on what he has eaten so far. You could then wonder aloud what he might eat next, inviting your child to turn the page to find out. This fosters critical thinking (prediction skills) and keeps your child involved in the flow of the story.

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Read it again! Another point to keep in mind is that children benefit enormously by hearing stories read aloud more than once. The first time you read should be simply for enjoyment.

It is not critical that your child processes every page in detail. On subsequent readings, you can take the time to explore parts of the book more deeply — examining the illustrations in terms of the words on the pages or inviting your child to chime in and "read" parts of the story that he remembers.