Good Readers Read Often

Good readers are readers who read often. You can make a difference in your child becoming a fluent reader! Start by encouraging your child to read EVERYDAY for at least 1520 minutes. In this brochure you will find helpful information to develop your childs reading at home. Have fun reading with your child!

Difficult or Unknown Words

When your child comes to a difficult or unknown word, you can help them by using these strategies: Reread and Thinkwhat would make sense? Does that sound right? Check the Endingis there a part of the word that you know? (sudden-ly, thunder-ing) Chunkbreak the word into parts. (fan-tas-tic, home-work) Analogiesdo you know a word that looks like this part? (squawked (saw), growled (cow))

Developing Your Childs Reading at Home

Second Grade Wass Elementary

Reading Prompts
Before Reading Look at the cover and read the title. What do you think this book will be about? Take a book walk to activate prior knowledge (schema). What do you know about this topic? During Reading What are you thinking about as you read? What do you think will happen next? (make predictions) How do you think (characters name) is feeling? What do you wonder about? After Reading

Thinking Beyond the Text

Predicting Using what is known to think about what will follow while reading continuous text. We encourage children to check their predictions during reading and continue making them while reading. Making Connections Searching for and using connections to knowledge gained through personal experiences, learning about the world, and reading other texts. Inferring Going beyond the literal meaning of a text to think about what is not stated but is implied by the writer. Synthesizing Putting together information from the text and from the readers own background knowledge in order to create new understandings. Visualizing Constructing picture images from the writers words. Readers visualize as they read to clarify and deepen their understanding of the text. Asking Questions Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading. Questions that readers might ask while they read, include: What is the author trying to say here? What is the authors message? What is the author talking about?

Tell me what happened in this story. Was there a problem? How was it solved? What can we learn from this story?