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How Can You Help Your Child Become a Better Reader?
What should you do prior to reading a story?
- Provide time for your child to skim the book.
-Encourage your child to use the illustrations to help them predict what the story might be about.
-Let your child use the title to give clues as to what the story may be about
All the these things will give your child a better idea of what the book will be about. It will also help him/her with words that might be otherwise unfamiliar.
What should you do when your child does come to an unfamiliar word?
- Encourage your child to finish reading the sentence/page before you offer help. Quite often, the content of the sentence will enable your child to decode unfamiliar words.
- Help your child "sound it out" by looking at the beginning, middle, and ending sounds.
-"Chunk it" by finding smaller words, sounds, or blends within the more difficult word
Example: understanding= "under" "stand" and "ing"
What do you do if your child reads a word incorrectly?
-If the context of the sentence remains intact, it is not always necessary to correct your child every time he/she misses a word.
- Do stop them if a nonsense word is read.
-Ask your child to explain what the sentence/passage meant.
-Reread the passage the way your child read it to you. This will help your child realize what he/she read does not make sense.
Should I ask my child questions about what he/she is reading?
-Ask lots of questions to assess comprehension.
-Try to avoid asking too many literal questions such as, "What color was the frog?"
-Ask more higher order thinking questions that will encourage your child to make inferences, draw conclusions, or even put themselves into the story character's shoes.
Examples: "How do you think Toad felt when Frog made him get out of the bed against his will? What makes you think this? How would you have felt if you were Toad? Why?"
How important is expressive reading?
-Encourage expressive reading!
-When the passage has words in italics or ending with exclamation marks, allow yout child to read with feeling.
-Model read the passage using an expressive voice, then have your child read the same passage or the two of you can read it together.
-Create a sense of reading enjoyment. Read together and be excited to see your child grow as a reader!
You are your child's greatest role model! Read often!
We learn:
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what is discussed with others
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach someone else.
William Glasser
What should you do prior to reading a story?
- Provide time for your child to skim the book.
-Encourage your child to use the illustrations to help them predict what the story might be about.
-Let your child use the title to give clues as to what the story may be about
All the these things will give your child a better idea of what the book will be about. It will also help him/her with words that might be otherwise unfamiliar.
What should you do when your child does come to an unfamiliar word?
- Encourage your child to finish reading the sentence/page before you offer help. Quite often, the content of the sentence will enable your child to decode unfamiliar words.
- Help your child "sound it out" by looking at the beginning, middle, and ending sounds.
-"Chunk it" by finding smaller words, sounds, or blends within the more difficult word
Example: understanding= "under" "stand" and "ing"
What do you do if your child reads a word incorrectly?
-If the context of the sentence remains intact, it is not always necessary to correct your child every time he/she misses a word.
- Do stop them if a nonsense word is read.
-Ask your child to explain what the sentence/passage meant.
-Reread the passage the way your child read it to you. This will help your child realize what he/she read does not make sense.
Should I ask my child questions about what he/she is reading?
-Ask lots of questions to assess comprehension.
-Try to avoid asking too many literal questions such as, "What color was the frog?"
-Ask more higher order thinking questions that will encourage your child to make inferences, draw conclusions, or even put themselves into the story character's shoes.
Examples: "How do you think Toad felt when Frog made him get out of the bed against his will? What makes you think this? How would you have felt if you were Toad? Why?"
How important is expressive reading?
-Encourage expressive reading!
-When the passage has words in italics or ending with exclamation marks, allow yout child to read with feeling.
-Model read the passage using an expressive voice, then have your child read the same passage or the two of you can read it together.
-Create a sense of reading enjoyment. Read together and be excited to see your child grow as a reader!
You are your child's greatest role model! Read often!
We learn:
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what is discussed with others
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach someone else.
William Glasser