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Back to School 2017-18 OCPS ESE Parent Support Team Newsletter for Bright Feats Magazine ACE: ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ESE Stay tuned to the Parent Support Team website around Halloween. That is when we will announce the date and registration details for the 2018 ACE conference. Spoiler alert: probably the first weekend in March! RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES The OCPS URL for parent resources is: www.ocps.net/departments/exceptional_ student_education  These web pages can also be accessed through the main ESE website by  www.ese.ocps.net. Many parent and student resources are available via this link including information on Cyber bullying and how to reach the Speak Out Hotline. For more information, contact your school’s guidance counselor. STRATEGIES FOR CREATING STRONG READERS From the US Department of Education Without doubt, reading with children spells success for early literacy. Putting a few simple strategies into action will make a significant difference in helping children develop into good readers and writers. Through reading aloud, providing print materials, and promoting positive attitudes about reading and writing, you can have a powerful impact on children’s literacy and learning.  • Invite a child to read with you every day.  • When reading a book where the print is large, point word by word as you read. This will help the child learn that reading goes from left to right and understand that the word he or she says is the word he or she sees.  • Read a child’s favorite book over and over again.  • Read many stories with rhyming words and lines that repeat. Invite the child to join in on these parts. Point, word by word, as he or she reads along with you.  • Discuss new words. For example, “This big house is called a palace. Who do you think lives in a palace?”  • Stop and ask about the pictures and about what is happening in the story.  • Read from a variety of children’s books, including fairy tales, song books, poems, and information books. Reading well is at the heart of all learning. Children who can’t read well, can’t learn. Help make a difference for a child. OCPS ESE PARENT SUPPORT TEAM Most of those reading this know who we are and what we do but many may not.  The OCPS parent services program for Exceptional Student Education is a parent to parent partnership funded through the 4 www.BrightFeats.com


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