Reading At Home
March is Reading Month!
Before Reading
Simple Picture Books: Take a picture walk with your child.
Go through each page and talk with them about the pictures. Introduce any words
that might be difficult.
All Levels: Have your child make predictions about what the
book might be about. Ask if it is a narrative or informational book and read
the title to your child.
Practicing Fluency
When fluent readers read aloud, they read effortlessly and
with expression.
Simple picture books: After your child reads the book once,
have them read the book backwards.
Echo Read the book: You read one page (modeling proper
fluency and expression) and your child will “echo” you.
All Levels: Model reading the book with expression. What
does it sound like when you read a question? Make sure punctuation isn’t skipped.
Read the book in different voices (monster, cowboy, mouse, whisper)
Practicing Comprehension
After reading the book, have your child talk about what
happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Your child should name the
characters, setting, problem, solutions, and 3 main parts of the story
(narrative only). *Prompting and think in terms of how to ask the question or
introduce the story vocabulary.
Ask your child to tell you 3 things they learned from the book
(Informational only)
Discuss new words when reading: The man was wearing
spectacles. You say “spectacles are another name for glasses, did you know
that?”
Activities
Read the book in a whisper voice (cowboy, crying, monster,
laughing, etc.)
Have your child read a book to their favorite stuffed animal
or sibling.
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