Parent Adapted Reading Intervention

Freddy is an awesome kid to work with. He is enthusiastic, hard-working, and persistent.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with him.

Freddy’s greatest strengths are:

1. Making connections between subject areas.

2. Empathizing with the characters’ feelings.

3. Using his prior knowledge to support his understanding.

Freddy’s areas for growth are:

1. Stopping to think about what he is reading as he reads (asking himself who, what,

where, why, when, and how questions).

2. Reading the words exactly as the author wrote them.

3. Using punctuation as clues for how his voice should sound.

Each of the following lessons focus on one of these areas for improvement. The lessons

are made specifically for Freddy’s areas of reading growth. Additionally, they incorporate things

I noticed that he likes when I worked with him in school. There are sports topics, competitive

games, silly games, and music. I only chose one article for all of the lessons so that he doesn’t

have to worry about fully understanding the words and he can just focus on the strategies we

want to help him with. He will hear or read the article at least once in each lesson and by the

end he should have full comprehension.

1. Materials:

a. Poster paper

b. Laptop or iPad

c. One copy of the article from NewsELA: Looking for a new sport in the new year?

Try pickleball, by Fred Bowen https://newsela.com/read/rise-of-

pickleball/id/2001004281/?search_id=8ab4850d-76fe-4b5c-a5e2-0d14f514f034

d. 6 tongue depressors or printed pictures of tongue depressors.

e. Markers

2. Goal of the Day: Say the following sentence to Freddy and have him say it back aloud.

“I can answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show I understand.”

3. Activities:

a. On poster paper, write “Good readers….”

The list will start with the things that Freddy does well. Explicitly tell him that

these are the things that make him a great reader.

Good readers.... make connections, empathize with characters, and use the

information they already know.

Tell Freddy that all readers (even adults) have to work on different things to

always be getting better. Tell him today will be focused on “Good readers stop

and think.” Write Stop and Think on the list.

what it is. Watch the following video for about 3 minutes of gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhkjNsEA9_w

Following the video, ask Freddy for any comments on what he noticed.

c. The following article is a nonfictional text at Freddy’s reading level. You will read

it aloud to him which will make comprehension easier for Freddy. Before

reading, tell Freddy to listen closely to find out: “What is pickleball?” As you

read, stop at various places and explicitly model the Stop and Think strategy.

Stop anywhere that you could answer a who, what, where, why, when, or how

question. For example: Who is this about? What is happening? Where is this?

When did this happen? Why is this important? How does this work?
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search_id=8ab4850d-76fe-4b5c-a5e2-0d14f514f034

After reading, ask Freddy, “What is pickleball?” Prompt Freddy to remember

everything he can from the article.

d. Ask Freddy if he noticed how you stopped to think while reading. Help Freddy

put these questions onto the wooden tongue depressors. Freddy should write

them himself to take ownership.

Who is this about? What is happening? Where is this? When did this happen?

Why is this important? How does this work?

e. Instruct Freddy to spread the sticks out on the paper to remind himself to ask

the questions. (pictured below)

4. Freddy will read the article aloud to you, pausing to ask and answer the questions.

Encourage him to go back and reread to find the answer if he needs to. That is a great

reading skill and this is only his first time using the Stop and Think strategy.
Lesson 2: Reading Accurately (30 minutes)

1. Materials:

a. “Good Readers…” Poster

b. Mad Libs page (attached below)

c. 2 copies of the article from NewsELA: Looking for a new sport in the new year?

Try pickleball, by Fred Bowen https://newsela.com/read/rise-of-

pickleball/id/2001004281/?search_id=8ab4850d-76fe-4b5c-a5e2-0d14f514f034

d. Highlighter

2. Goal of the Day: Say the following sentence to Freddy and have him say it back aloud.

“I can read carefully so that I say each word as the author wrote it.”

3. Activities:

a. Add to the “Good Readers…” list: Read each word as the author wrote it.

b. Mad Libs: Ask Freddy for random, silly words for each empty line in the attached

Mad Libs page. As you read the final product, ask Freddy to think about “Does

this make sense?” After reading, ask him if it made sense. He will likely answer

“No.” Explain that a reader can’t just read any random words; when reading a

real story, he will have to make sure that the words he is reading make sense, or

else it just sounds silly.

c. Mistake Catcher: Ask Freddy to tell you everything he remembers about

pickleball from the previous lesson. Each of you will have a copy of the article.

Freddy will have a highlighter. Tell him: “We are going to play a game. I am going

to read the article aloud but I am going to make 10 mistakes in the words. Your
 job is to catch as many mistakes as you can by highlighting the word that was

said wrong. If you catch more than 5 words, you win. The key to catching these

mistakes is to think about, Does that make sense?” Then, read the article and

change any 10 words as you are reading. After reading, review the mistakes that

Freddy highlighted. Emphasize the idea that reading the wrong words changes

the meaning of the text and does not make sense.

d. Freddy Reads: The roles will then reverse. This time, Freddy’s goal will be to read

aloud each word as it is written. Tell him: “The new game is to make sure you

read every word correctly.”

1. Materials:

a. Laptop or iPad

b. Elastic Headbands

c. Attached punctuation cards

d. One copy of the article from NewsELA: Looking for a new sport in the new year?

Try pickleball, by Fred Bowen https://newsela.com/read/rise-of-

pickleball/id/2001004281/?search_id=8ab4850d-76fe-4b5c-a5e2-0d14f514f034

e. Highlighter

f. “Good Readers…” Poster

2. Goal of the Day: Say the following sentence to Freddy and have him say it back aloud.

“I can use punctuation as a clue for how my voice should sound when I am reading.”

3. Activities:

a. On the “Good Readers…” list, add: Use punctuation as reading clues.

b. Watch the following video to review what each punctuation mark means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-QM6Q9LBW8

c. “Hedbanz”: Play this made-up version of the game Hedbanz with punctuation

marks.

Directions for gameplay: On the attached cards are each type of punctuation

that Freddy would see at his reading level. With elastic headbands, Freddy will

put the headband around the crown of his head and the card will stick out at the

top of his forehead. With the card on Freddy’s forehead, you would say “This
 punctuation is used to show a strong feeling. An example is: “Ahh, I am so

SCARED!” Use appropriate expression and emphasis to show the example.

Freddy would have to guess that there is an exclamation mark on his forehead.

Switch off who has the headband on their head so that Freddy knows how to

explain each punctuation mark and knows them when they are explained to him.

An example sentence should be given for each. Freddy is a great writer so I’d

expect him to do well with coming up with ideas for sample sentences but

emphasize the way his voice should change with commas, question marks, etc.

d. Highlight punctuation: Together, go through the pickleball article to highlight

every punctuation mark. You do not need to read the words yet. The first time

you see each type of punctuation, ask Freddy what it means and how his voice

should sound.

e. Freddy will read the article aloud. Tell him to notice all of the punctuation marks

he highlighted. Freddy should be told that after the article, he is going to be

asked, “What do you know about pickleball?” Listen to him read and if he has

trouble remembering the punctuation, help him focus on the periods only so

that he does not get overwhelmed.

f. With the sentences below, ask Freddy how the sentences would sound with

various punctuation marks. He can be as dramatic and silly as he wants here!

I am super excited. I am super excited!

__ . __ , __ __ !

__ ? “___” ( __ )