Parents and Kids
Reading Together

Reading together can be fun as well as helpful to your child.

Click here for some interactive websites on
reading for you and your child.

Reading With Your Child

Reading with your child in an enjoyable event for you both to share.  Here are some ideas for you to use to assist your child in their reading.

Reading for Meaning

Check for meaning by asking these questions:

ü     Did that make sense?

ü     What's happening in the picture?

ü What could happen next?

ü     What happened in the story when _____ ?

ü What is the problem?

ü How was the problem solved?

Word Attack Skills

When your child comes to a word they don’t know, try some of these clues instead of giving  them the word right away:

Ø     Did that sound right?

Ø     What sound/letter does it start with?

Ø     What would you expect to see at the beginning, middle, and end?

Ø     Point to the word.

Ø     Can you find _____ ?

Ø     Can you reread that?

Ø     What is another word that might fit here?  

Click here to practice some frequently used words.

Self-Checking

It is important that your child should learn to check himself/herself as he/she is reading.  Here are some suggestions to encourage self-checking:

v    Why did you stop?

v    Can you find the tricky part?

v    Try that again.

v  Does that sound right?

v    How do you know?