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20 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 16,1993 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" WN PR 2 / i # " A 3 % i fh 2 Bruton' Ss Big Vv hosted a wine and cheese party Friday night marking the opening of its new store on Queen Street in Port Perry, The store officially opened its doors to the public yester- day. Pictured are Diane Durham , merchandizer, Karen Wat- pool, manager and Judy Lee, cosmetician. URGENTLY REQUIRED - ~ VA : Hardcover Books <~o Donated for the Scugog Memorial Public Library. Ra ; Donations to be delivered to "The Best for Less at 143 Perry St. 985-48 (Please do not donate directly to the Library.) tly (1 Books not required for the library will be @ SOLD OFF at our location and all funds raised will be Nz - "uses i. SATURDAY, ~ NOVEMBER 20", 1993 9. gate py 5 FREE Sponsored by the Pine Ridge Railroaders CARMA Xi+vuroa | Hyundai Dealer Victoria County's:A OL Most other £9955 (FILTER Limited time _ (HY unDail Where The Smart Money Goes. HWY. 35, South of Hwy. 7, Lindsay (705) 878-9222 Grade 1 parents learn how to read with their children By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star S.A. Cawker Grade One stu- dents' parents learned how their children learn to read through a "For the Love of Read- ing" workshop held at the school last week. Through a series of presenta- tions including charts, graphs and hand-outs parents learned how they can best help their child at home. There are a number of factors which allow children to learn to read at a faster rate. Confidence and risk taking are one. Chil- dren must be willing to take risks when guessing at a word by taking the chance of being wrong. The second factor is experi- ence. Children must have a strong background of experienc- es through talking, listening and playing with language. Ex- periences come with print, be- ing read to, noticing signs, tele- vision print and computer game print. The third factor is sight words. These are words learned and committed to memory and are the ones most frequently used. We all retain about 3,000 word in our memories, but to be- come a fluent reader we need about 50,000 therefore other strategies are used. The fourth factor is using voice-print matching which shows the word the child is learning is the same as the one they are pointing to. Early in school children learn to make sounds that the.sym- bols make. This allows the child to make a more accurate guess ata word. Predicting is the encompass- ing skills. By taking the mean- ing, knowledge of the language system, size and shape, sound and picture clues children can learn the words. The parents were reminded that all students come to school at different stages oflearning. It is practice that is essential. The more it is done the better they will be at reading. By using the following strate- gies when reading the children will learn how to make it easier. By concentrating, checking for clues in the picture, guessing, then reading on to see if it makes sense, going back and re- reading, skipping the hard words and reading to the next part, thinking about the mean- ing of the whole story, looking at EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LIL 1B9 (416) 985-7306 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE NATIONAL V(x TRUST A Division of National Victoria and Grey Trustco 425° 1 YEAR ANNUAL INTEREST 5.75% - 5 Year Annual Rates Subject to Change without Notice. the first letter of the word and guessing and trying to predict what will come next as you read will all benefit the child. This was the second year the workshop had been held for Grade One parents. It was taught by four Grade One teach- ers along with Joyce Fisher, who is an instructional facilita- tor. The Student Advisory Com- mittee will make the program the focus of an upcoming meet- ing as well. (J 3 ww, Teachers at S.A. Cawker Public School held a reading workshop for Grade 1 parents at the school last week. Pic- tured Diane Chandler and a helper read through one of their reading lessons. Please see story for more details. Now, there's a better way to get complete travel health protection. INTRODUCING TRAVELCARE BY VOYAGEUR Affordable Emergency Medical Insurance Jor the Longer-Term Traveller Travel medical costs are on the rise and many Canadians, especially those over 50, are wondering if they can follow the sun this year. With TravelCare by Voyageur, the answer is a definite yes. Thanks to negotiated prices with Medirect™, a network of quality hospitals and doctors in the better medical centres in the most popular destinations, Voyageur is able to pass on a significant discount to the traveller. And Voyageur pays directly, so you're not out of pocket. Find out today about this new affordable travel emergency medical insurance. Suzys Travel Rig VOYAGEUR \' i INSURANCE COMPANY Subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada 12 Water St., Port Perry 985-TRIP (985-8747) Fax 985-2864 or 1-800-465-0776 yo EN a EE EEE ----_------ Lid.