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Reading Tips For Your Child

Learning to read takes practice. Loving to read takes enthusiasm. So read with your child often and create a sense of enjoyment, wonder, and even a passion for reading.

Here are some easy, practical ways you can increase your child's skills and love for reading.

 Read with your child every day possible -- even your baby. Give children something to look forward to by reading to them every day at the same time.

Have your youngster read out loud to you. Listen carefully and make sure to praise your child's reading.

Take turns reading -- You read a section, then have your child read the next section.
 

Even after children can read on their own, keep reading to them so they can enjoy stories and books that interest them but are too hard for them to read by themselves.

Five Tips for Parents of Reluctant Readers


Would your child rather clean up his room than pick up a book? These five tips from reading expert Marie Carbo can help you get your child back on the right reading track.


1.  Make reading relaxing and low-key for a short part of the day.

 

2.  Read aloud some funny or interesting parts of your favorite book.

 

3.  Draw your child in with a riddle book for kids, a passage from Sports Illustrated, or a newspaper story.

 

4.  If your child likes a movie, see if it's based on a book, then bring home the book.

 

5.  For kids who have lost the motivation to read, use material that's intensely interesting to them. Your child may almost have to disassociate what he's doing at school with the act of reading something for fun.

Brought to you by the National Education Association

 

 

Ways To Help Your Child Read Well

 Five Finger Rule

Here is one way to help your child choose a book.

While reading the first page of a book, count

the unknown words (using fingers to keep track is fine).

If there are five or more, the book is too hard for now.

Read that book together!

 

Reading Just the Right Book

The book that is just right is one that your child

can read independently. It is not too hard and it is

not too easy. It’s just right for their reading level.

 

Harder Books

Children have learned to read many words. They

 may even be reading chapter books.  However,

they might not understand what’s being read.

Ask your child questions about the story to see

if they are understanding the story content.

 

 

When Your Child Comes To An Unknown Word

Parents will tell a child to “sound out” an unknown word.

Frequently that prompt is successful and the word is decoded. 

When sounding it out doesn’t work, adults usually tell the word

and the reading continues. Our goal is to help children become

independent readers.  Here are some alternative suggestions for

parents to use when your child confronts an unknown word.

 

*Wait 5-10 sec. to see what attempts are made. Ask:

 “What would make sense there?”

 

*Use the picture to help figure out the word.

 

*Skip the word and continue reading to the end of the sentence.

 

*Go back and read the sentence again.

 

*If the word was on a previous page, go back and try to find it.

 

*Look for a smaller word in a big one. (chunk)

 

*Cover the ending (-ed, -ing) with your finger and try the word.

 

*Look how the word begins.

 

*Help with blending (sounding it out).

 

*Let the sound “pop” right out.

 

*Tell the word and keep on reading.

 

*It is important that children learn to use these strategies

independently. When your child “figures out” a word, you might

ask how he/she did it. Telling about their reading helps to

reinforce learning. Always praise their effort!!!

 

 

 

 

The Days of Dick and Jane

I remember with fondness reading

the wonderful stories of Dick and Jane.

Dick and Jane still hold a place in the hearts

of many today. Their values still remain

as important to children today as ever before.

Things have changed over the years with many

different reading series.  From their first

publication in the 1940’s to their retirement

in the 60’s, Dick and Jane guided millions of

children through the basics of reading

 through bright pictures and fun adventures.

Reading should be as fun today for children

as it was back then. I hope as a 1st grade

teacher, I can instill in children a love for

 reading as I had with Dick and Jane

 

 

Reading Selection Rules

There are some simple ways to help your child select a

book that is “just right” for him /her to read.

Goldilocks Method

“Too Easy” Books

1.   The book is short.

2.   The print is big.

3.   You have read the book before.

4.   You know all the words in the books.

5.   The book has lots of pictures.

“Too Hard” Books

1.   The book is long.

2.   The print is small.

3.   There aren’t many pictures in the book.

4.   There are a lot of words that you can’t figure out.

5.   There’s no one to help you if you get stuck.

6.   You don’t know much about this subject.

“Just Right” Books

1.   The book looks interesting.

2.   You can figure out most of the words in the book.

3.   Someone has read this book aloud to you.

4.   You have read other books by this author.

5.   There is someone to give you help if you need it.

6.   You know something about this subject.

 

The Goldilocks Test

Too Easy

1.   Have you read it lots of times before?

2.   Do you understand the story really well?

3.   Do you know almost every word?

4.   Can you read it smoothly?

Just Right

1.   Is this book new to you?

2.   Do you understand a lot of the book?

3.   Are there just a few words on a page that you don’t know?

4.   When you read, are some places smooth and some choppy?

Too Hard

1.   Are there more than 5 words on a page that you don’t know?

2.   Are you confused about what is happening in most of this book?

3.   When you read, does it sound pretty choppy?

4.   Is everyone else busy and unable to help you?

 

If there are 5 or more unknown words on the page, the book is too

hard for him/her and your child needs to read the book with someone.

Graphics by Jo

 

 

 

First Grade Reading Profile

First Grade Reading Profile

Christian Center School

6300 W. 41st Street

Sioux Falls, SD 57106

(605-361-8002)

 

Student__________________________________

Teacher:  Mrs. Hayes

Year:       2004-2005

A Beka First Grade Reading Series

Fun With Pets              

Tiptoes                          

Stepping Stones            

Secrets and Surprises  

Seesaw                          

Merry-Go-Round            

Open Windows               

Aesop’s Fables               

Kind and Brave              

Strong and True           

Reading For Fun Enrichment Library

                                             Little Books 1-56     

                                             Our Week                         

                                  The Little Pie           

                                   Jesus Helps                     

                                             The Big Green Bird           

Supplemental Reading

*Handbook                                           *Margaret Hillert Readers

*Curriculum Press Readers                    *Learning Company 1-40

*Scholastic Sets 1-5                             *Giant Step Readers

*School Zone Readers                          *Ready Readers

*Teacher’s Choice Readers                   *First Start Readers

*Bob Books                                           *Houghton Mifflin Readers

*Easy Phonics Readers                          *Numerous Library Books

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